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sometimes even in our immediate family with

close blood kin.

We find in 1 Samuel 17:28 that David's

brothers despised him because of David’s zeal

for the Lord — David, a 17-year-old young man.

His brothers despised him because he stood up

for God. He said, “Is there not a cause?” He's

willing to stand up against the giants, the

enemies of God, and his brothers despised him

because he was sold out to the Lord. In Genesis

37, Joseph's brothers hated him and they sold

him into slavery. Some of them wanted to kill

him. They wanted to get him out of the way.

Why? One of the reasons — and there's more

than one — but one of the reasons was that he

received dreams from God. He received

revelation and visions from God. They didn't

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