1 Samuel 21:2 (NKJV)“So David said to Ahimelech the priest, ‘The king has ordered me on some business, and said to me,...
EXPRESSED LOVE – A TEST OF DEEP RELATIONSHIP (2)
1 Samuel 20:41 (NKJV)“As soon as the lad had gone, David arose from a place toward the south, fell on his face to the...
GET AN ASSISTANT!
1 Samuel 20:36“Then he said to his lad, ‘Now run, find the arrows which I shoot.’ As the lad ran, he shot an arrow...
CORRECTLY MANAGING ANGER
1 Samuel 20:34“So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month, for he...
THINK OF POSTERITY
1 Samuel 20:15“but you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the LORD has cut off every...
ONE STEP AWAY
1 Samuel 20:3“…But truly, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.” Be...
OPENNESS – A TEST OF DEEP RELATIONSHIPS (1)
1 Samuel 20:2 (NKJV)“So Jonathan said to him, ‘By no means! You shall not die! Indeed, my father will do nothing...
RAW POWER!!
1 Samuel 19:20 (NKJV)“Then Saul sent messengers to take David. And when they saw the group of prophets prophesying,...
STAY CONNECTED
1 Samuel 19:18 (NKJV)“So David fled and escaped, and went to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to...
YOUR INSIDER (2)
1 Samuel 19:11“Saul also sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And Michal,...
DISTRESSING SPIRITS
1 Samuel 19:10“Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and...
YOUR INSIDERS (1)
1 Samuel 19:2,4a (NKJV)“So Jonathan told David, saying, ‘My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore please be on your...
BEYOND EXPECTATION
1 Samuel 18:27 (NKJV)“therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines....
DEEP PLOTS!
1 Samuel 18:17 (NKJV)“Then Saul said to David, ‘Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife....
YOU WILL ESCAPE!
1 Samuel 18:11-12 (NKJV)“And Saul cast the spear, for he said, ‘I will pin David to the wall!’ But David escaped his...
CONSEQUENCES OF DOING WELL
1 Samuel 18:7,9 (NKJV)“So the women sang as they danced, and said: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten...
BEHAVE WISELY
1 Samuel 18:5, 15 (NKJV)“So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men...
A COVENANT FRIEND
1 Samuel 18:1 (NKJV)“Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David,...
HONOR THEM
1 Samuel 17:58“And Saul said to him, ‘Whose son are you, young man?’ So David answered, ‘I am the son of your servant...
PROMOTION, GOD’S WAY
1 Samuel 17:55 (NKJV)“When Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the...
IGNITION!
1 Samuel 17:52 (NKJV)“Now the men…arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance of the valley...
STRATEGIC FOCUS
1 Samuel 17:49 (NLT)“Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the...
PRESS FORWARD
1 Samuel 17:48 (NKJV)“So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried...
LEARNING FROM DAVID
1 Samuel 17:45-47 (NKJV)“Then David said to the Philistine, ‘You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a...
LEARNING FROM GOLIATH
1 Samuel 17:42“And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy...
RESPONDING AS PILGRIMS
1 Samuel 17:29 (NKJV)“And David said, ‘What have I done now? Is there not a cause?’” You will be despised. You will be...
MOTIVATION, REWARD & FAITHFULNESS
1 Samuel 17:26 (NKJV)“Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, ‘What shall be done for the man who kills...
PRACTICING ACTIVE LISTENING
1 Samuel 17:23 (NKJV)“Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name,...
HOW TO OBEY
1 Samuel 17:20 (NKJV)“So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and went...
PLAY YOUR ROLE
1 Samuel 17:17-18 (NKJV)“Then Jesse said to his son David, ‘Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain...