1 Samuel 20:1-31 — True Friendship
DAVID AND JONATHAN — A MODEL OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP
1 Samuel 21:1-15 — On the Run and Out of Control
WHEN WE LOSE FOCUS ON GOD’S POWER TO PROTECT US WE RESORT TO DESPERATE MEASURES TO SAVE OUR OWN SKIN WITHOUT REGARD TO:
– THE IMAPCT ON THE WELL BEING OF OTHERS
– THE IMPACT ON OUR TESTIMONY FOR THE LORD
1 Samuel 22:1-23 — Desperation Replaced by Determination
GOD’S APPOINTED LEADER MAKES ALL NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TO MOBILIZE AND FULFILL HIS CALLING IN RESPONSE TO GOD’S LEADING (AND TIMING)
1 Samuel 23:1-29 — Our Rock of Escape
GOD SPECIALIZES IN ENGINEERING NARROW ESCAPES
1 Samuel 24:1-22 — David Spares Saul’s Life — The Hunter Becomes the Sitting Duck
HONORING UNJUST AUTHORITY POSITIONS THE RIGHTEOUS FOR ULTIMATE VINDICATION
1 Samuel 25:1-44 — The Big Stick or Wise Restraint?
SPIRITUAL LEADERS MUST RESTRAIN THEIR EXERCISE OF POWER TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF DISCERNMENT RATHER THAN IMPULSIVELY RESPONDING TO PROVOCATION
1 Samuel 26:1-25 — While You Were Sleeping – High Stakes Games – Who Really Deserves to Die?
THE UNJUSTLY ACCUSED FUGITIVE REFUSES TO TAKE MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS WHILE EXPOSING THOSE WHO ARE TRULY GUILTY
1 Samuel 27:1-12 — Out of Bounds
DESPAIR FUELS DESPERATION RESULTING IN A LIFE OF DECEPTION
1 Samuel 28:1-25 — Physic Hotline: Looking For Guidance in All the Wrong Places
FEAR OF THE FUTURE INTENSIFIES WHEN ONE LOSES ALL CONNECTION WITH THE LORD AND TURNS INSTEAD TO PHYSICS
1 Samuel 29:1-11 — Released From the Horns of a Dilemma
GOD CAN MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE WHEN THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY
1 Samuel 30:1-31 — When God is For Us, Who Can Be Against Us?
OUR GREATEST TRAGEDIES OFTEN ARE GOD’S TESTING GROUND TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR GREATEST TRIUMPHS
1 Samuel 31:1-13 — Finishing Poorly
DEFEAT, DEATH AND DESECRATION MARK THE END OF THE LINE FOR THE BACKSLIDDEN KING OF ISRAEL