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1 Samuel 13:8-14 8  He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him. 9  So Saul said, "Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offerings." And he offered the burnt offering. 10  As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came. And Saul went out to meet him and greet him. 11  Samuel said, "What have you done?" And Saul said, "When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines had mustered at Michmash, 12  I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.' So I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering." 13  And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the LORD your God, with which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your ki...

Luke 9:57-62 57  As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."  58  And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."  59  To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."  60  And Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."  61  Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home."  62  Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God." I firmly believed that the moment we made the decision to repent our sins before God and accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour, we have also made a promise to follow him. Do we still remember what we have promised to Jesus? Did we whol...