1Samuel 15-16; Luke 14:25-35. Samuel tells Saul to utterly wipe out the Amalekites. Saul almost does. He saves the king and the best animals. Further proof that God regretted making Saul king. God sends Samuel to Bethlehem to anoint the next king. He is sent to Jesse and considers each of his sons. It turns out to be Jesse's youngest son, David. When he is anointed by Samuel it says the Spirit comes upon him mightily. Yet David does no miracles but he does prophecy because he writes many of the Psalms. I wonder if the Spirit also helps David become a better leader and king.
Jesus tells the people to pick up their cross and follow him. He then tells twin parables of counting the cross which he encourages people to do before following him.
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