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…
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. 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…
WHO IS JESUS? Saviour Christ Lord WHAT DOES JESUS BRING? Peace Reconciliation HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND TO JESUS? Listen Up and Look Up Urgently and Personally Rejoice that the Extraordinary is being offered to the Ordinary
Look what’s in the Priest’s Postbag … A) Something: Personal – (v68) Paying a Debt – (v68) Promised – (v69-70, 72-73) Powerful – (v71,74) Permanent – (v74-75) Prophesied – (76-78) Piercing – (v79) Peaceful – (v79) B) This wonderful and threatening Gospel demands a change in us: From Tradition to Truth From…
1. Joy in the Presence of Jesus In the womb In the women 2. Joy in the Promises of God Her story is wrapped up in His story 3. Joy in the Proclamation of the Gospel Hope for the hearers; blessing for the believers