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But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”        --1 Samuel 16:7 I was reading awhile back about a man who worked for a bank in a large city. On the ground floor of this bank building, there was a cafeteria. Day after day, this man would get a two-cent pat of butter and hide it under his roll so that he wouldn’t have to pay for it when he got through the line. Now, this went on for a month or so. And eventually, people began to watch him and noticed him stealing the butter. So it was reported to the bank president, who subsequently fired him on the spot saying, “If I can’t trust a man with a two-cent pat of butter, how can I trust him with thousands of dollars?” I wonder how many believers God doesn’t use because they’re not faithful in the little things. Yes, they may go to church, serve on a committee or two, sit in the front row, and bring the best dish to the picnic. But when it comes to actual obedience, they’ve strayed in the little things. Today’s passage couldn’t be clearer. While the world defines the outward appearance as important, God looks beyond that and into your heart. So if you want God to do something great in your life, be obedient in the little things and He’ll bless you beyond your imagination! BE OBEDIENT IN THE LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE AND GOD WILL DO BIG THINGS IN AND THROUGH YOU! Use All the Stones Wednesday, November 06, 2019 by Dr. Paul Chappell “And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.” 1 Kings 18:30–32 The story of Elijah confronting hundreds of false prophets on Mount Carmel is one of the most dramatic in the entire Bible. After three years without rain, the people of Israel gathered. The prophets of Baal, a god who was claimed to control the weather, cried out for fire to come down and burn the sacrifice. Nothing happened. Then it was Elijah’s turn. Before his brief prayer which was answered by fire, Elijah took twelve stones to make an altar. This was the custom laid down by Moses and followed by succeeding generations. But at the time of Elijah, Israel had been divided into two nations for more than sixty years. Elijah still used twelve stones to represent all the people. If we want to see God’s power fully displayed, then we must be united in our work for Him. Many churches have their work hindered because the members are not all on the same page. We need what each person has to contribute to accomplish God’s purpose. “From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love” (Ephesians 4:16). If we allow divisions within the church, we are forfeiting the blessings of unity. Today's Growth Principle:  If a church is not united, it cannot accomplish the mission God has called it to carry out.