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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
This sermon explores how God often chooses the unlikely and the weak to showcase His strength and faithfulness, using the story of David as an example.
Welcome back for another week of worship together! I’m thankful you decided to join us this morning. If you were here last week, you know we started a brand new sermon series called “5 Smooth Stones.” We looked at the story of David and Goliath. This is a well-known story about the Israelite army ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:12-28
Topics: Unlikely Heroes, Divine Plan, Facing Giants
Sermon Series: Five Smooth Stones
This sermon explores how, like David facing Goliath, we can overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges through faith in God, and how one person's faith can inspire a community.
Good morning, Church. I want to thank you for joining us this morning for the third week of our series called Hope Is Here. We have been discovering all the ways that God brings us hope in the face of a world that is hopeless. The first week we talked about how Jesus brings us hope when we are ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:20-50, Ephesians 6:12
Topics: Overcoming Fear, Faith In God, Community Believers
Sermon Series: Hope Is Here
This sermon explores how David's faith, love, and hope in God guided him through hostility, gave him purpose, and helped him persevere in the face of doubt.
Good morning, cherished family of God. It's such a joy to gather together, united by our shared love of Christ and a desire to grow in our understanding of His Word. Today, we are turning our hearts and minds towards the life of young David, a shepherd boy who would become a king. Our Scripture ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:24-31
Topics: David's Brother, Motives
What made the difference between David and the other men of his day? What is the key to dynamic leadership? What unlocks our greatest potential?
"THE KEY TO DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP" (The Leader’s Faith) 1 SAMUEL 17:1-54 Someone has wisely stated, "everything rises or falls on leadership." Through the years there have been major decisions made by leaders that would either make or break countries. I am reminded of the decision Harry Truman ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-54
David shows us a Biblical model for defeating the difficulties in our lives
Defeating Difficulties 1 Samuel 17 - Selected Passages Evening Service 1. It’s a bad day when... A. Morning news - emegency routes out of the county, sun - rises in the west, Bird singing sweetly - buzzard, horn on car gets stuck - following a group of bikers, B. Boss - Don’t bother taking off ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-51
Denomination: Church Of God
I don’t think we serve a second rate God that is happy with our leftovers. If really believe that there is none like God, then there should be nothing like the commitments and sacrifices we are willing to make to please Him.
Introduction — Cathy Rigby was a member of the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team during the 1972 Olympics held in Munich, Germany. As the reigning United States champion she had only one goal in mind— to win a gold medal. Prior to the Olympics she had trained longer and harder than she ever had before. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:20-37
Denomination: Baptist
This is a sermon summarizing the stories learned by the children during Vacation Bible School, looked at through the "tests" that each individual endured. How, through the power given by God, ordinary people accomplished extraordinary things. Stories in
August 18, 2002 VBS Wrap-Up Sermon Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Late Friday night, I was in this room recording the opening for this morning’s radio broadcast. We had just completed this years VBS and I think I can speak for ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:4-51, Acts 9:10-17
Denomination: Lutheran
David faced gaint problems. In Facing Goliath he faced one of the biggest problems in his life. This sermon takes a look at how he dealt with that problem and it applies it to everyday life.
Sermon by Rodney Brown, Revised by Mark Engler “FACING GIANT PROBLEMS” 1 Sam. 17, Psalm 20:7-8 If you were asked to name a great battle, what would come to mind? Pearl Harbor? Gettysburg? The Alamo? Maybe what began at the World Trade Center almost a year ago? Some battles are a bit ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 20:7-8, 1 Samuel 17:8-47
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
A message taken from the story of David and Goliath on the purpose of Mountaintops and Valleys in the life of the believer.
Mountaintops And Valleys I Samuel 17 Introduction I remember talking to someone a few years ago and they ask me this question. “Why does God allow bad things to happen to people?” Why are people unhappy in a miserable marriage was the issue at stake. This individual went on to mention other ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-49
How to deal with the problems of life and gain the victory.
DEALING WITH A GIANT I SAMUEL 17 INTRODUCTION Overheard one employee at a health club speaking to another at the beginning of the new year. “It will be busy for the next couple of weeks but then things will be back to normal”. There is a person with an understanding of their culture. But isn’t ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-50
This message instructs believers to biblically deal with the problems they consider to be "GIANTS" in their home.
“HAPPILY EVERY AFTER…” – PART FIVE JACK & THE BEANSTALK –- FIGHTING THE GIANT PROBLEMS FACING OUR FAMILIES 1 Samuel 17 • Larry L. Thompson (June, 2002) Introduction: There are many people these days that live in a family full of fear. Fearful of health problems, fearful of failure, fearful of ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:17-52
Youth inspiration
The Giants Just Keep On Coming! I Samuel 17 D. P. Garth 1st night revival Bethlehem (Alabama) Song: I need thee Text: 1 Samuel 17 (We want to call your attention to this chapter and I urge that you read the entire chapter) However, because of the limitation of time and the length of the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:40-47, 1 Samuel 17:17-47
This sermon looks at the examples of David and the three Hebrew boys and finds four charateristics of Courage.
I. Introduction a. Christians are in need of courage today. b. Nathan Hale epitomized courage when he said, “My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country.” c. We are all in the midst of a battle, and we need the courage to stand up for Jesus. d. We can look to a boy named ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:20-50, Daniel 3:8-18
We need to always consider where we are going and what we are doing when it comes to our spiritual life.
I. Introduction To understand how we relate to this scripture we must first understand who David is. A. David is seen as a son(son of Jesse) B. David is seen as a servant(servant of Jesse) C. David receives instruction from his Father II.David was Going A. David left early in the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:20-51
It was no accident nor coincidence, that made David a giant killer, Before the giant he had already killed a lion and a bear. In this sermon we look at the characteristics of Davids life that made him a giant killer.
Secret #1 David was Self disciplined: If David were standing here today he would tell you if you ever expect to slay the giants in your life you have become self disciplined like the ant, who has no ruler or overseer = she disciplines herself. (Pro 6:6-8) 6 ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-58
Denomination: Pentecostal