Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 29-31
THE HIGHS AND LOWS IN LIFE
God allows (even causes) good and bad seasons of life. We are to live knowing that God is good, and accomplishing things we cannot see or understand.
Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 27-28
WE AREN’T SUPPOSED TO KNOW EVERYTHING
God doesn’t reveal everything to us immediately. Faith requires us to live in the “unknown” and follow God daily, sometimes one step at a time.
Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 25
KEEPING OUR EYES ON JESUS
The Old Testament points us to Jesus, not just character or moral studies. David fails, and so do we. Our mistakes allow us opportunity to draw near to God.
Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 21-23
CAN THE CHURCH BE THE ANSWER?
David, on the run from corrupt king Saul, cares for people. Can the church be what our community needs when government has fails us?
Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 18-20
The Fall & Rise of a King
Don’t let anything, especially jealousy lead to your demise;
If you find yourself green with envy or red with jealousy, rid yourself of it by loving God and loving your neighbor as yourself.
Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 17
AVOIDING THE TRAP
Culture wants to suck us into their battles and their solutions. God has entirely different ways of solving human problems.
Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 15-16
A NEW KING FOR GOD’S PEOPLE
God removes Saul, a failed king, and provides hope through David. Through this God points forward to a new King in Jesus who provides hope for the world.
Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 13-14
WAITING ON GOD
Hard circumstances often test our patience. Do we wait for God to lead us, or do we take matters into our own hands?
Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 11-12
A PROPHET’S HEART
Samuel pours his heart out to God’s people at the end of his life, hoping they will honor God in the years to come.
Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 8-10
GIVE US A KING!
Israel demands a king like the other nations, rather than being led by God. What can we learn from Israel about our own hearts?
Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 4-7
GOD RETURNS TO HIS PEOPLE
After a long silence God returns to His people who are living in disobedience. We have to ask ourselves if we are not guilty of the same thing today.
Kings & Prophets: 1 Samuel 2-3
GOD’S PATIENCE HAS A TIME LIMIT
God reveals how our world sinful and corrupt, and our complicity in it so that we can change. God is patient, but at some point that patience comes to an end.
