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January '03
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February '03
Week 6
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March '03
Week 10
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April '03
Week 14
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May '03
Week 18
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Week 21
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June '03
Week 23
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26

July '03
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Week 31

August '03
Week 32
Week 33
Week 34
Week 35

September '03
Week 36
Week 37
Week 38
Week 39

October '03
Week 40
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Week 43
Week 44

November '03
Week 45
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December '03
Week 49
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Week 52

Key Passage: 1 Samuel 2:30

"Therefore the LORD God of Israel says: ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the LORD says: ‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.

God is full of love and mercy, but He is also a consuming fire. He showers His mercy, love and favor upon the upright, but pours His anger and judgment upon the wicked. He hates pride and arrogance, and resists those who are haughty; whose hearts are hardened against Him.

The two sons of Eli were wicked and arrogant. They reduced the consecrated office of the priesthood to a filthy ball, committed sacrilege and turned God’s sanctuary into a brothel. They were rebellious and incorrigible, and despised God’s ordinances.

God sent warnings to their father, but he so esteemed his children that he would not restrained them. The repercussion was obvious. God’s judgment came upon their family, and it was brutal. Eli and his two sons died on the same day, and the ark of God in their custody was taken away by the enemies of Israel. His daughter-in-law also died in childbirth, leaving behind an orphaned boy delivered in precipitate labor and with a name that tells the story of their tragedy – Ichabod (The glory has departed) (1 Sam 4:12-22).

Pharaoh hardened his heart against God, and God used him to teach the world that He is Sovereign over all flesh. He broke his will with ten terrible plagues that devastated his nation, and finally buried his army in the bowels of the Red Sea (Ex 14:28). Nebuchaddnezzer exalted himself because of his great wealth and power, and God reduced him to size. He ate grasses in the forest like an animal for seven years until he acknowledged the Most High who lives forever and whose dominion is everlasting. His testimony was, “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down” -Dan 4:37

Prayer: Lord, circumcise my heart and take away haughtiness from me; help me to always recognize that you are Lord over my life; teach me to praise and worship you.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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