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...
FAITHFULNESS & DESTINY
1 Samuel 17:17 (NKJV)“Then Jesse said to his son David, ‘Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and...
AGE, RESPECT AND FOLLOWERSHIP
1 Samuel 17:14 (NKJV)“David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul.” There is too much emphasis on age...
WE ARE THE SOLUTION
1 Samuel 16:23 (NKJV)“And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play...
A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP NEED
1 Samuel 16:21“So David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly, and he became his armorbearer.”...
A WEIRD DNA
1 Samuel 16:20"And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by his son...
ASK FOR HELP
1 Samuel 16:19"Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, 'Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.’”...
FIVE CRITICAL AREAS FOR GROWTH
1 Samuel 16:18 (NKJV)"Then one of the servants answered and said, 'Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite,...
THE POWER OF CORRECT WORSHIP
1 Samuel 16:16“Let our master now command your servants, who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful...
WHEN GOD LEAVES
1 Samuel 16:14 (NKJV)“But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the Lord troubled...
A PILGRIM PRAYER
1 Samuel 16:12 (NKJV)“So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the...