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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
A look at the story of how the Ark of the Covenant was returned to the people of Israel and how they worshipped God because of it.
-so here’s what we’re going to do, for the next two weeks we’re mellowing out a little, no powerpoints, no notes sheets, if you really want to take notes there’s paper we can give you, but we’re going to take things easy. We’re going to have story time. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 4:1
Denomination: Methodist
What happens when we decide to take matters into our own hands instead of following Christ?
Come Follow Me It was a calm, cool and clear morning. The sun was still hovering near the horizon, it’s yellow ball showing a hint of the heat that would soon envelope the land. There were a few birds in the air, going about their early morning business of finding a meal and paying little ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 4:1-11
Denomination: Adventist
The bounce is painful but planned!
“The Big Bounce” Text: 1 Samuel 4:4-11; 1 Chronicles 13:1-14; 15:12-13; 2 Samuel 6:12-15 Introduction A wise man once said “An unexamined life is not worth living.” This message is about examining your life. I. No Ark, No Problem Verse 3 tells us that the nation of Israel did not seek the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 4:4-11, 1 Samuel 4:4
Denomination: Pentecostal
When we fail to obey His voice, He would stop talking to us...
Did not RESTRAIN! 1 Samuel 4:1”And the word of Samuel came to all Israel……………” The portion where we read the encounter of God with little Samuel is thrilling and has been the fascination and the most loved subject in Sunday School as well. It truly ...read more
Today, I will attempt to show you how often, and in how many ways men try to find a cure for what ails them, rather than take the only treatment that will work, to take the case to God.
Show Me That Our God Is In The Camp And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. (1 Samuel 4:7) The Prince of Preachers had a sermon with a similar name: "Is God In The Camp?" Charles ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 4:7
Denomination: Baptist
This ’outside the box’ Mother’s Day sermon honors moms, but it also speaks of Father God and Israel, and we can apply some great truths to mothering in America today, which is one of the greatest challenges of all of human history.
What Did Your Mother Do to You? 1 Sam 4:1-22 Get the full sermon in formatted text w/ PowerPoint template at: http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/StrangeName.html Introduction Can you imagine a mother naming her son Ichabod? Of course, this name is from the Hebrew language. It is made by taking the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 4:1-22
This is a special day set aside to honor our mothers, and grandmothers, because we love them so deeply.
Often a mother’s assignment in life is very difficult. Now if anything negative can be said about mothers, it would be about the names they give their children. I personally think they should pass a law that allows a child that reaches the age of 10 or 12, to have a chance to select the name that ...read more
We will learn from this chapter that there will be corresponding negative consequences that can happen in our lives whenever we do not hear from God. God wants us to obey His voice always.
I Samuel chapter three is about the importance of hearing the voice of God from the example of Samuel. We learned that we must be sure of hearing God's voice and not the voice of the enemy because there are many voices out there trying to get our attention. We had to reject other unfamiliar voices ...read more
Denomination: Nazarene
Part 4a of our 1 Samuel Series
Real People- Real problems Part 4 “Knowing God” I Samuel chapter 4 In the western movie “Young Guns” There is one scene that always makes me laugh just a little In the scene I am talking about Billy and the boys are running from the law and they find themselves in a little cantina somewhere ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 4:2-22
A study of the book of 1 Samuel 4: 1 – 22
1 Samuel 4: 1 – 22 I’m Outta Here 1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. 2 Then the Philistines put themselves in battle array against Israel. And when they ...read more
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
We lose God when we emphasize a ritual or object over and above our relationship with God. Don't expect God's blessings without repentance.
During a service at an old synagogue, when a particular prayer was said, half the congregants stood up and half remained sitting. The half that was seated started yelling at those standing to sit down, and the ones standing yelled at the ones sitting to stand up. The new rabbi didn't know ...read more
Denomination: Independent/Bible
“Luther’s expression sola fide is true if faith is not opposed to charity, to love.”
Thursday After Epiphany 2018 Reformation/Revolution The action of the Israelites and the response of the Philistines we have heard proclaimed from the first book of Samuel help us see the two primitive and wrong conceptions of the divine. For the Israelites, their God was the God of Moses who had ...read more
Denomination: Catholic
God cannot be conned to give you what you want.
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Scripture: 1 Samuel 4:10-22, Hebrews 10:31, Hebrews 12:28-29, Luke 12:5, 1 Samuel 1:11-13 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Story of Jennifer’s encounter with the Lord’s voice a short time after becoming a Christian. She had stopped drinking when she became a Christian,
ICHABOD (Where is the Glory / the Glory is Departed) 1 Samuel 4:10-22 Illustration Story of Jennifer’s encounter with the Lord’s voice a short time after becoming a Christian. She had stopped drinking when she became a Christian, but would still go to clubs with friends if she was invited. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 4:10-22, 1 Samuel 3:1
Denomination: Assembly Of God
We must spread the joy of the Gospel as we fight all kinds of enslavement.
Thursday of First Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel I can’t imagine what it is to be a slave, or, for that matter, like Lincoln, a slave-owner. But all of us have sinned, and many have been addicted to one sin or the other. That’s the worst kind of slavery. The nation of Israel ...read more
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