Tag: dependence

• A Word to the Self-Confident

  1 Samuel 23:1-4 “Now they told David, ‘Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors.’ Therefore David inquired of the Lord, ‘Shall I go and attack these Philistines?’ And the Lord said to David, ‘Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.’ But David’s men said to him, ‘Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how…

  lejaneyoung

  July 20, 2025

  1 Samuel, 1 Samuel 23

  arrogance, dependence, prayer, preparation, pride, self-confidence

• The Upheld

  John 21:1-6 “Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. ’I’m going out to fish,’ Simon Peter told them, and they said, ‘We’ll go with you.’ So they went out and got into…

  lejaneyoung

  September 15, 2023

  John, John 21

  dependence, fishers of men, self-sufficiency, success, the self-made man

• Are you grateful?

  Psalm 145:15-16 “The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.  You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.” Do you realize how dependent you are on God for the most basic necessities of life?  If you eat anything today, it is only because God provided it…

  lejaneyoung

  November 14, 2022

  Psalm 145, Psalms

  accountability, dependence, gratitude, thanksgiving