“What is more pleasing to the Lord:
your burnt offerings and sacrifices
or your obedience to his voice?
Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice,
and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.
23Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft,
and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols.
So because you have rejected the command of the Lord,
he has rejected you as king.”
The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”
“You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Lord God my Father,
I ask you to destroy the distractions in my life that I allow to keep me from obedience to you. May I submit to your will in all things. Remove my rebellious nature and replace it with obedience to you. Rescue me from the claws of this world, may your name be my fuel burning in me.
I Jesus name,
Amen