David, the annointed of God, finds himself in a “cave” after leaving the house of God to go to the enemy’s fire, getting burned and depending on himself to escape. His sin causes 85 priests of the Lord to be killed as a result of King Saul’s insecurity and pride. However, David chooses to take […]
2 Samuel 3 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
The House of David grew steadily stronger while the House of Saul grew steadily weaker, just as the Lord had spoken. Abner eventually submitted to God's choice and defected to the House of David in Judah. Where is our allegiance? In the House of God or the house of "self"? Like Abner, let's stop fighting [...]
1 Samuel 28
Both David and King Saul found themselves in desperate situations as a result of aligning themselves with something other than the Lord. David avoided the Lord's voice, while King Saul sought the Lord, but didn't get an answer. Who are we aligning ourselves with? For the sake of ourselves and those around us, let's make [...]
1 Samuel 26-27 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
After David chose to trust in the Lord by refraining a second time from taking King Saul's life into his own hands, he made the mistake of listening to himself and took refuge in the land of the Philistines, where he fell into compromise and ultimately shed innocent blood. When David's eyes were on the [...]
1 Samuel 21 – John Honold (One Love Ministries)
1 Samuel 19-20 – Mike Archibald (One Love Ministries)
Once again, King Saul becomes jealous of David and sets out to kill him. But God protects him through Jonathan, who risks his own life to protect David. Let's not have a "Saul mentality" by harboring hate and unforgiveness in our heart and "hurling spears" at others, because we will end up hurting those we [...]
1 Samuel 18 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
1 Samuel 15 – Waxer Tipton (One Love Ministries)
The Lord rejects Saul from being king over Israel because of his impatience, pride, and final disobedience in refusing to "utterly destroy" the Amalekites. Saul was more concerned with his reputation and didn't listen to the Lord's voice because he feared the people. Anything other than complete obedience to the Lord is rebellion, which is [...]