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    It's The Principle of the Thing
    It's The Principle of the Thing
    It's The Principle of the Thing
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    It's The Principle of the Thing

    By O. William Cooper

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    A series of meditations on principles one can find in the Scriptures; principles that affect the way we live and serve God.

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    PublisherO. William Cooper
    Release dateDec 19, 2010
    ISBN9781458191816
    It's The Principle of the Thing
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    O. William Cooper

    Bill Cooper was a pastor for 29 years and has made ten trips to Israel. He is the president and founder of Logos Ministries, Incorporated. Bill has taught in six different countries for 10 years and then for 8 years he directed and taught in the Emmaus Biblical Seminary in Vaudreuil, Haiti. He is active in his local church in Fort Collins, Colorado and he also conducts Spiritual Life Retreats for church conferences and congregations. He and his wife, Ruth, an internationally known porcelain artist, have two grown children: a daughter, Ruth and a son, Kiel. Bill presently devotes full time to teaching Inductive Bible Study and writing books on Bible study for the laity.

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      It's The Principle of the Thing - O. William Cooper

      It's the Principle of the Thing

      A series of meditations on principles one can find in the Scriptures; principles that affect the way we live and serve God.

      by

      Dr. O. William Cooper

      Published by Logos Ministries Inc at Smashwords

      Copyright, 2010, 2011 Logos Ministries, Inc.

      eBook Version 20110106

      This book was originally published as a series of devotionals in the Logos Ministries newsletter between December 1994 and April 1999.

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      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book, please return to Smashwords.com to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      Scriptures quoted, unless otherwise noted, are from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Title Page

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      Table of Contents

      WHOM DOES GOD CHOOSE

      GOD TAKES EVERY RELATIONSHIP SERIOUSLY

      WHEN GOD'S CHOSEN VESSELS FAIL

      LITTLE BY LITTLE

      ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED

      MORE THAN ENOUGH

      GROWING NEARER TO GOD

      FAITHFULNESS LEADS TO OPPOSITION

      A SECOND CHANCE

      FAITHFULNESS

      About the Author

      WHOM DOES GOD CHOOSE

      As you study the Scriptures, you sense that there are principles by which God deals with people. This can be found in both the Old and New Testaments. One of the principles has to do with values.

      Most non-Christians and many Christians have similar ideas about the kind of person they would choose to do an important task. Corporate America, and often the church, would have a list of characteristics they would look for in a leader. They want an articulate, intelligent person who gives the appearance of success. It should be a young person who is very popular.

      In the church, people's heads turn when they learn that the president of a very prosperous corporation is visiting in the church this morning. Somehow, there is not the same kind of enthusiasm when a working mom or an assembly line worker visits the church. When looking through the membership list for perspective financial chairpersons, the attention often focuses on a person who is the president of a bank. The chairperson of the Board should really be a person of power; a leader in the community.

      The apostle Paul understood the principle very well. He said,

      For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are, that no flesh should glory before God." 1 Corinthians 1:26-28

      The Old and New Testaments are full of examples of this principle.

      In a culture where the oldest son was the leader of the family, God chose to save Israel, not through Reuben, Jacob's first-born, but through Joseph, Jacob's eleventh son.

      Again, Moses was

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