{"id":1050,"date":"2012-05-31T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2012-05-31T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T18:35:00","slug":"what_god_looks_for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2012\/05\/what_god_looks_for\/","title":{"rendered":"What God Looks For"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/transformedbypassion_400w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1051\" title=\"transformedbypassion_400w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/transformedbypassion_400w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/transformedbypassion_400w.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/transformedbypassion_400w-300x136.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>SERIES:\u00a0 Transformed By Passion<\/h1>\n<h2>TITLE:\u00a0 What God Looks For<\/h2>\n<h2>TEXT: \u00a0I Samuel 13:13-14 &amp; others (p.235)\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>I.\u00a0 MAN\u2019S CHOICE NOT GOD\u2019S\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Turn to I Samuel 8 for background.\u00a0 Two things stand out:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li>Their displeasure with Samuel\u2019s sons<\/li>\n<li>They want a king just like the nations around them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The choice was a man named (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saul<\/span><\/strong>).\u00a0 Description is 9:2.\u00a0 Two instances that show the problem:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I Samuel 13<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I Samuel 15<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>II. GOD\u2019S CHOICE NOT MAN\u2019S \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">4 characteristics of God\u2019s choice:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li>A (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thirst for God<\/span><\/strong>).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Turn to Psalm 42:1-2 (p.469) and Psalm 63:1<\/li>\n<li>(<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sensitivity<\/span><\/strong>).\u00a0 \u201cFor the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.\u201d\u00a0 2 Chron.16:9\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGod is constantly on the lookout for people who are totally committed to Him.\u201d\u00a0 (MSG)<\/li>\n<li>(<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Integrity<\/span><\/strong>).\u00a0 Psalm 78:71-72.\u00a0 God is not looking for magnificent specimens of (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">humanity<\/span><\/strong>).\u00a0 He is looking for deeply <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(<strong>spiritual<\/strong><\/span>), genuinely (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">humble<\/span><\/strong>), honest-to-the-core (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>servants<\/strong>)<\/span>\u00a0 who have integrity.<\/li>\n<li>A willingness to (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">admit sin<\/span><\/strong>).\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSearch me, O God, and know my heart!\u00a0 Try me and know my thoughts!\u00a0 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!\u201d\u00a0 Ps.139:23-24<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NEXT:\u00a0 Series: David: Transformed by Passion<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sermon: \u00a0Who Says You\u2019re a Nobody? \u00a0I Samuel 15:24-16:13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SERIES:\u00a0 Transformed By Passion TITLE:\u00a0 What God Looks For TEXT: \u00a0I Samuel 13:13-14 &amp; others (p.235)\u00a0 \u00a0 I.\u00a0 MAN\u2019S CHOICE NOT GOD\u2019S\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Turn to I Samuel 8 for background.\u00a0 Two things stand out: Their displeasure with Samuel\u2019s sons They want a king just like the nations around them. \u00a0 The choice was a man named &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2012\/05\/what_god_looks_for\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}