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If you have your Bible (and I hope you do) turn with me to 1 Samuel 13 . Keep your Bible open in front of you this morning as we continue to work our way through this part of God’s Holy Word. Look in your Bible at verse 1 of 1 Samuel 13 . 1 Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned…

Today we will look at a transition phase within the nation of Israel. One might call it a turning point. Up until this time, God had allowed Israel to be ruled through judges. Going back into the historical perspective we find judges being appointed after Joshua’s death and would rule until Samuel a…

Integrity reuires doing WHAT God instructs and WHEN he instructs it.

Human deficiencies highlight God's faithful purposes.

Recap Last time we got a bit of a foundation for the study, we covered the start of kings in Israel with Saul, and then the anointing of David to be king. Remember the nation wanted to be like everyone else and have a king, which they already had God. After Saul was named king he was disobedient to God’s…

Children’s time : God has a plan for us. buying house in ‘07 - God gave us what we wanted When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel. His firstborn son’s name was Joel and his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beer-sheba. However, his sons did not walk in his ways—they turned…

Introduction 1 Samuel 24:1-22 1 After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the Desert of En Gedi.” 2 So Saul took three thousand able young men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. 3 He came to the sheep pens along…

Leader Guide CSB, Unit 10, Session 3 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser, edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, MA Summary and Goal In this session, we will see the Israelites ask for a king to judge them and lead them in…

We are continuing our series this morning Titled Waiting on God - Patience while waiting for the promise. Waiting on God to act or trusting His promises can be challenging. Sometimes we feel the need to take matters into our own hands, but the Bible shows us this doesn’t work out well. During this series…

1 Samuel 9:1-2 1 Samuel 10:1-2 1 Samuel 17:1-11 We have spend the last couple of weeks talking about the Truth about Change. Change isn’t always fun. But change often brings some very positive results. Because change can be scary, we often put off things that we know will bring change. What do you procrastinate…

Your child comes to you in tears... What do you do? [I] ask - WHY are you crying? The child responds - “So-n-so YELLED at me” What do ya do? [I] ask - Why did they YELL at you? The child responds - “Because I hit so-n-so” What do ya do? NOW - some of you have caught on - Some of you are thinking - Didn’t…

The Wounded Healer Henri Nouwen in his book The Wounded Healer laments that most Christian leaders are not prepared to be spiritual leaders for hurting people. “Our service will not be perceived as authentic,” Nouwen warns, “unless it comes from a heart wounded by the suffering about which we speak.…

Last week, we saw Saul rushing God and offering sacrifices without Samuel, God’s chosen one. This sin resulted in Saul and his family losing their kingdom. No longer would Saul’s family be in the line for leader over Israel. If we think about it, it was nothing more than simple disobedience that led…

19 But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.” Last week, we looked at the anointing of Saul as King of Israel.…

Saul becomes king 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it , they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not…

Some places are more important than others. Some places that are memorable for you are a drive by or flyover zone for me. Some places become significant because of what happens there. The Murrah Federal Building was in a neighborhood I had driven by dozens of times before Timothy McVeigh made it famous.…

Introduction: Waiting is one of the most difficult things that you and I can be called to do as believers. We want to know things right away. We want to have answers to our questions. We don’t want to have our faith stretched. However, God often calls us to patient obedience. Patient obedience is where…

Lesson 4: The First King – Saul Part 2 The Kings of Israel & Judah 1 Samuel 13-31 Last week we started looking at our first king of Israel under the kingdom united as one. His name was Saul. We learned that he was definitely the right choice for the job. God would not choose someone that could not accomplish…

12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be to him a father, and…

Today we come to our final sermon in this series walking through the book of Samuels. As I looked back through the sermons for this book of 2 Samuel... It took me some time staring at the content... But I feel like what I saw was a purposeful flow of information... …that - ON IT’S OWN - builds the story…

Evil schemes are no match for God's shelter!

Where it Started As I mentioned a while back we are going to do something a little different we are going to look at the various Scriptures that paint a picture of David’s life. This is what you would call a biographical sermon series. We will be introduced to hopefully familiar characters, and My hope…

You’re at home…you ask your daughter to go and clean her room... And instead of CLEANING her room - she goes outside to play. Strike 1 You then tell your son that he needs to … take this $5 and go to the corner store to get a loaf of bread. So he GOES - but instead of getting a LOAF of bread - he gets…

In making our way through 1 Samuel - it’s been fascinating to me - to see the correlation between - THAT TIME period - and New Testament Paul. Between THAT TIME period - and even now. Last week we looked at - The WAY of the Heart... The Way of the Heart Tastes the Blessings of God Desires to Rule Itself…

A TIME OF TESTING “But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king. Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for; see, the Lord has set a king over you. THE WARNING…