Climb Out of the Hole

I Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. Today I would like to talk to you about...

Protesting Your Innocence

I Samuel 29:8 And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? And what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? Some people are always throwing their elbows. They...

The Right Thing is Simple

I Samuel 25:26 The Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand. I believe it was Dwight Eisenhower who had a special kind of formula, a chart, by which he made decisions. Eisenhower, of course, was the Supreme...

The Opportunity and the Test

I Samuel 24:7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. Francis Bacon supposedly said, “Wise men make more opportunities than they find.” Sometimes we are sitting...

A Rogue Ally or an Honest Enemy?

I Samuel 27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so...