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Saul's Life After David
Saul’s life before David and after he meet David, I think we will see in the chapters on Saul, David, and Goliath. All three men when they meet had a very decisive effect on each other’s lives. Learn how their meeting changed each mans direction and life.
We will also see how Saul let things and events influence him and set him on the road that will ultimately take him to his own destruction and losing his life. Saul even wondered into the forbidden world of witch craft as most do when they are looking for answers.
In other places, we see how decisions and disobedience cost Saul. We learn about the green-eyed monster of jealousy and the other emotions that can much harm and only to push them farther down the road to self-destruction.

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