1. THE PROMISE OF GOD! He hears 2. THE PRESENCE OF GOD! He is near 3. THE PROVISION OF GOD! He delivers LESSONS: 1. Trust God’s word 2. Be real in His presence 3. Remember heaven is real 4. We have Jesus now
1. REVENGE! (v1-2) War is declared 3,000 chosen men 2. RESTRAINT! (v3-15) Grace is observed I will not harm the Lord’s anointed 3. REMORSE! (v16-22) Tears are observed…… Grief but no change LESSONS: 1. Root out the root 2. Realise the horror of hypocrisy 3. Remember the triumph of grace 4. Where sin abounds grace…
A Place of: 1. TRAUMA! David alone in the cave. “No-one cares for my soul” 2. TRAINING! His family and 400 broken people join him 3. TRANSFORMATION! Wanting God’s will and doing God’s will LESSONS: 1. God is the restorer of His people 2. God sees diamonds in the rough 3. Obedience is better than…
A Stone of: 1. DECISION! (v22, 37) Do I go or do I stay? 2. DEPRESSION! (v41) David weeping and falling 3. DEVOTION! (v42) A covenant of love LESSONS: 1. Beware of an inward civil war 2. Be sure that life will bring pain 3. Beware of the suction of sadness 4. Be sure of…
1. DAVID’S FRIEND! (v1-4) A soul mate – spiritual, humble, transparent, generous, loyal. 2. DAVID’S FANS! (v5-7) Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands 3. DAVID’S FOE! (v8-16) Saul – angry, surly, jealous, suspicious, hypocritical, murderous, fearful, paranoid, abandoned. LESSONS: 1. Beware of the toxic poison of bitterness 2. It’s not fans we…
1. A PASSIONATE CALL! Oh give thanks to the LORD 2. A PURPOSEFUL CALL! For He is good and His steadfast love endures for ever 3. A PARTICULAR CALL! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so Redeemed from: Lostness, Darkness, Sickness, Fearfulness
The GIANT of: 1. FEAR! (v1-11,24) The fear of man brings a snare (Prov 29:25) What they saw, what they heard, what they felt) 2. FAITH! (v12-39) This is the victory that overcomes the world even our faith (1 John 5:4) Faith honours God in small things (v17-22) Is jealous for His glory (v26) Perseveres…
Something: 1. DISTRESSING! (v1-2) A terrifying vision of death and decay: lifeless, useless, helpless 2. DIVINE! (v3-6) ‘The Voice’ and ‘The Breath’ 3. DYNAMIC! (v7-14) They stood on their feet – an exceedingly great array APPLICATIONS: 1. The HISTORICAL application: The return under Cyrus 2. The PROPHETIC application: The return to the land 3. The…
Something: 1. HARROWING! (v1) Saul is rejected by God 2. HONOURING! (v2-4) Samuel serves the Lord even when he doesn’t feel like it 3. HUMBLING! (v5-13) Arise, anoint him, he is the one LESSONS: 1. Don’t measure people by their height but by their heart! 2. You’re never too young to be anointed of…
1. He is SYMPATHETIC (v6) 2. He is our STRENGTH and SHIELD (v7-8) 3. He is our SAVIOUR (v8) 4. He is our SHEPHERD (v9) Our Response: Cry Out to Him (v1-2, 6) Trust in Him (v7) Rejoice in Him (v7) Give thanks to Him (v7)