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	<title>To be fully HUMAN -- A Daily Reflection</title>
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		<title>GETTING YOUR ACT TOGETHER – 2 Samuel 18:1-5 NIV</title>
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	David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.&nbsp;&nbsp; David sent the troops out - a third under the command of Joab, a third under Joab&#8217;s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king told the troops, &quot;I myself [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://izumi.blogsome.com/2008/07/05/p119/</link>
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		<title>FEELING USELESS – 2 Samuel 17:1-7, 23</title>
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	Ahithophel said to Absalom, &quot;I would choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.&nbsp; I would attack him while he is weary and weak. I would strike him with terror, and then all the people with him will flee. I would strike down only the king and bring all the people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://izumi.blogsome.com/2008/07/04/p118/</link>
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		<title>PARANOIA – 2 Samuel 16:1-4 NIV</title>
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	When David had gone a short distance beyond the summit, there was Ziba, the steward of Mephibosheth, waiting to meet him. He had a string of donkeys saddled and loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs and a skin of wine.    

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		<link>http://izumi.blogsome.com/2008/07/03/p117/</link>
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		<title>A GENERATION OF ABSALOMS – 2 Samuel 15:13 NIV</title>
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	A messenger came and told David, &quot;The hearts of the men of  Israel are with Absalom.&quot; 
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	When you take a good, close look at Absalom, you see something very closely resembling a spoiled brat. &nbsp;He was a gorgeous young man.&nbsp; And he was talented, charismatic, intelligent, a leader &ndash; everything we&#8217;d all like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://izumi.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/p116/</link>
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		<title>CHARISMA VS. INTEGRITY – 2 Samuel 15:1-12</title>
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	2 Samuel 15:1-12 NIV
	
	Absalom was an incredible young man&hellip; handsome, intelligent, talented and very, very charismatic.&nbsp; People were drawn to him.&nbsp; People adored him.&nbsp; They responded to his charm&hellip; his manipulation&hellip; his charisma.&nbsp; But with all of his many good points, Absalom was lacking in one very essential quality &ndash; integrity.&nbsp; Hiding behind those glorious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://izumi.blogsome.com/2008/07/01/p115/</link>
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		<title>THE RESULTS OF INDECISIVENESS – 2 Samuel 13:21-24 NIV</title>
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	When King David heard all this, he was furious.&nbsp; Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.    

&nbsp;&nbsp; Two years later, when Absalom&#8217;s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king&#8217;s sons [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://izumi.blogsome.com/2008/06/30/p114/</link>
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		<title>LOVE VS. LUST – 2 Samuel 13:1-15</title>
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	2 Samuel 13:1-15 NIV
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	Amnon claimed to be in love with Tamar, his half-sister.&nbsp; Actually, he was in lust&hellip; so much in lust that he set a trap for her and raped her when she wouldn&#8217;t give in willingly.&nbsp; Within hours, his so-called &quot;love&quot; turned to hatred and disgust.&nbsp; Then he compounded his sin by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://izumi.blogsome.com/2008/06/29/p113/</link>
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		<title>PLAYING OLD TAPES – 2 Samuel 12:20-24 NIVt</title>
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	Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.    

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; His servants asked him, &quot;Why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://izumi.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/p112/</link>
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		<title>AN APPEAL FOR MERCY – 2 Samuel 12:13; Psalm 51</title>
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	2 Samuel 12:13 NIV:
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Then David said to Nathan, &quot;I have sinned against the LORD.&quot;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nathan replied, &quot;The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. (NIV)
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	Psalm 51 NIV
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	Finally, David&rsquo;s eyes were opened.&nbsp; After all he had done wrong, one sin compounded by the next, David had not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://izumi.blogsome.com/2008/06/27/p111/</link>
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		<title>THE RIGHT APPROACH – 2 Samuel 12:1-14</title>
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	2 Samuel 12:1-14 NIV
	
	Nathan had a tough assignment from the Lord.&nbsp; More than a year had passed since David had gotten into his sin cycle with Bathsheba and Uriah.&nbsp; By this time, David had done such a good job of suppressing his guilt that when Nathan told him the allegory, David did not recognize himself [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://izumi.blogsome.com/2008/06/26/p110/</link>
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