10 Tweets

Here's last weekend's sermon in 10 Tweets, "Faith"  (1 Samuel 26) in 1 Samuel series:

1/ Faith waits. Waiting requires divine imagination. What might God be up to?

2/ Waiting faith looks for signs of God at work.

3/ God’s sign for David is the spear.

4/ Do you trust God enough to look for God at work and then to see it.

5/ Corporate worship fuels our faith. It’s the fuel for the vision that sustains worship scattered.

6/ DRD-“David would have made a poor [modern] evangelical; he would never have been content with his study Bible, prayer list, & a quiet cave.”

7/ God commands what is good for us. God commands corporate worship (Heb 10:24-25; the “one anothers”)

8/ “…when attending church goes up against other things and church always gets the short end of the stick, something is wrong.”

9/ Faith obeys.

10/ Saul displays exquisite religious emotions, but his life does not change in the slightest degree.

10 Tweets

Here's last weekend's sermon in 10 Tweets: "Courage," 1 Samuel 17, The David Story: Finding Strength in God

1/ Opening sets the scene in a way that draws the reader to another important scene in the story of God. W/out context, miss the meaning.

2/ SOG connections: Israel's fear of giants in Promised Land, Joshua driving them to Gath, Goliath of Gath, 40years/40days

3/ What's at stake? God’s promises and God’s plan for his people. Courage to take hold of them.

4/ David was likely aware God could prevail even if he were to die in this battle but the situation didn’t call for hedging and balance.

5/ One of the clear purposes of this account is to correct our mindset.

6/ What matters most to you matters most. God and his glory matters most to David.

7/ David has a plan. He knows how to use a sling & stone, he knows Goliath's vulnerabilities (i.e., his forehead & overconfidence)

8/ Arm yourself well. In your battle to take hold of God’s promises, God will provide the victory, but he will use his means to provide it

9/ Take a step to take a stand. David runs...

10/ Representation precedes inspiration. What inspires - be/ of Christ, the grace & love of God, the truth that sin & death no power over us