After His Own Heart

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February 7, 2025

After His Own Heart

Samuel the prophet came to Saul the king of Israel with a message of rejection from the Lord. The story is recorded in I Samuel 13 and we find these words in Verse 14, “But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought Him a king after His own heart ... because thou hast not kept that which the Lord hath commanded thee.”

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