As we look at the newspaper or watch the news on television we could get the impression that the value of life has gone down. We see the senseless crimes that take life. We see people used and abused. People have become a commodity to many. To many, human life has become little more than a number or statistic.

I believe that it is time that we take a look at another perspective. The Bible, Gods Word gives us quite a different view.

A Continuing Series by Pastor David Vento
Shiloh Full Gospel Church, Adamsburg, PA

Let us look at another account of “counting it all joy” in the Word. In 1 Samuel chapter 30 we find King David facing a severe trial. His swift action of “count it all joy” caused him not only to be preserved, perfected, complete and lacking nothing, but David also was one who prospered from it. In verse 1 we find David and his army returning home to Ziklag from an exhausting campaign of battles. Tired and fatigued they were looking forward to seeing their… Read more