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THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING (2 Sam 2:4)

  1. GRIEF! (2 Sam 1:17-27) Saul & Jonathan are killed David in deep sorrow 2. GROWTH! (2 Sam 2:1-4a) David enquired of the Lord 3. GRACE! (2 Sam 2:4b-7) May you be blessed of the Lord because you showed loyalty to Saul your Lord LESSONS: 1. How brief life is 2. How terrible it…

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EN GEDI (1 Samuel 24:1-22)

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…

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THE FUGITIVE (1 Samuel 22:1-5)

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…

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THE PASSION AND THE POISON (1 Samuel 18:1-16)

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…

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GIANTS, GIANTS, GIANTS (1 Samuel 17)

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…