LIVING BEYOND THE SEERS
1 Samuel 9:9 (NKJV)“(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he spoke thus: ‘Come, let us go to the...
ARE YOU A SERVANT OF GOD?
1 Samuel 9:6 (NKJV)“And he said to him, ‘Look now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honorable man; all...
HOW MEN DESCRIBE YOU
1 Samuel 9:1-2 (NKJV)“There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of...
JOURNEYING TO DESTINY
1 Samuel 9:3 (NKJV)“Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to his son Saul, ‘Please take one...
DON’T PROCESS ALONE
1 Samuel 8:21 (NKJV)“And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the hearing of the Lord.”...
WATCH WHAT YOU COPY
1 Samuel 8:19-20 (NKJV)“Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, ‘No, but we will...
TRUE LEADERSHIP
1 Samuel 8:11 (NKJV)“And he said, ‘This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your...
HOW TO RESPOND
1 Samuel 8:6-7 (NKJV)“But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” So Samuel prayed...
A PAINFUL CYCLE
1 Samuel 8:1,3“Now it came to pass when Samuel was old that he made his sons judges over Israel…But his sons did not...
SURRENDERED TO SOVEREIGNTY
1 Samuel 3:18 (NKJV) “Then Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, ‘It is the Lord. Let Him...
KNOW WHEN TO SPEAK
1 Samuel 3:15 (NKJV) “So Samuel lay down until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was...
INTENTIONAL PARENTING
1 Samuel 3:13 (NKJV) “For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because...
GOD’S CONFIDANT
1 Samuel 3:11 (NKJV) “Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of...
THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF ELDERS
1 Samuel 3:9 (NKJV) “Therefore Eli said to Samuel, ‘Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say,...
AN IRONY
1 Samuel 3:7 (NKJV) “(Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor was the word of the Lord yet revealed to him.)” Here...
RESPONDING TO THE CALL
1 Samuel 3:4 (NKJV) “that the Lord called Samuel. And he answered, ‘Here I am!’” God is calling. God’s voice is...
BEFORE NIGHT COMES
1 Samuel 3:2 (NKJV) “And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his eyes had...
WHAT THE CHURCH NEEDS
1 Samuel 3:1 (NKJV) “Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those...
WHAT GOD EXPECTS (3)
1 Samuel 3:1 (NKJV) “Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli…” God expects that all ministry should first...
WHAT GOD EXPECTS (2)
1 Samuel 2:35 (NKJV) “Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart...
WHAT GOD EXPECTS (1)
1 Samuel 2:29 (NKJV) “Why do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling place, and...
MINISTER TO THE MINISTER
1 Samuel 2:27 (NKJV) “Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Did I not clearly reveal...
HOW TO GROW WELL
1 Samuel 2:26 (NKJV) “And the child Samuel grew in stature, and in favor both with the Lord and men.” God wants us to...
OUR PRIVILEGED POSITION
1 Samuel 2:25 (NKJV) “’If one man sins against another, God will judge him. But if a man sins against the Lord, who...
WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH
1 Samuel 2:23-24 (NKJV) “So he said to them, ‘Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the...
DYING WELL
1 Samuel 2:22 (NKJV) “Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with...
HOW TO GROW
1 Samuel 2:21 (NKJV) “…Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord.” There are many ways to grow, in just as many...
WAIT FOR GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
1 Samuel 2:21 (NKJV) “And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters....
DECLARE BLESSINGS
1 Samuel 2:20 (NKJV) “And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, ‘The Lord give you descendants from this...
SAMUEL NEEDS YOU
1 Samuel 2:19 (NKJV) “Moreover his mother used to make him a little robe, and bring it to him year by year when she...