1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel (reference not given) Harmony in the Home quoted to say obeying is better than sacrifice and listening better than the fat of rams
• 1 Samuel 2 My Time Is Not Yet Here quoted at the opening to lead worship: 'there is no one holy like the Lord'
• 1 Samuel 2:2 Romanian Missionary. REMM - Traditional quoted after singing Holy Holy Holy: 'there is no one holy like the Lord, there is no one beside you, there is no rock like our God'
• 1 Samuel 2:2 The Grass Withers but the Word Stands Forever opening verse: no one holy like the Lord, no rock like our God
• 1 Samuel 2:2 A City on a Hill, Not a Cruise Ship opening call to worship, 'there is no one holy like our Lord'
• 1 Samuel 2:2 Share the Hope That Is in You quoted as an encouraging word to lead into worship
• 1 Samuel 2:2 Seek Me So That You May Live read aloud as an encouraging word to lead into worship
• 1 Samuel 3 Speak Lord, Your Servant Is Listening Main passage read in unison and expounded throughout the sermon
• 1 Samuel 3:9 The Melancholy Entry Eli tells Samuel: 'if the Lord calls you, say, speak, oh Lord, for your servant is listening,' offered as a prayer for the congregation
• 1 Samuel 8:4-5 Who is your King Traditional (3) The elders of Israel come to Samuel asking for a king like all the other nations
• 1 Samuel 8:4-7 Who is your King Contemporary (3) read to show the elders demanding a king and God telling Samuel the people had rejected Him as their king
• 1 Samuel 8:7 Who is your King Traditional (3) God tells Samuel the people have rejected Him as their king
• 1 Samuel 8:10-18 Who is your King Traditional (3) Samuel warns the people what a human king will take from them and do to them
• 1 Samuel 8:10-18 Who is your King Contemporary (3) read at length as Samuel warned the people what a human king would take and cost them
• 1 Samuel 8:19-22 Who is your King Traditional (3) The people refuse to listen and insist on having a king to lead and fight their battles
• 1 Samuel 8:19-22 Who is your King Contemporary (3) read to show the people refusing to listen and insisting on a king to fight their battles
• 1 Samuel 15:22 What the Camino Taught Me About Sharing Faith obedience is better than sacrifice, submission better than offerings
• 1 Samuel 15:22 As You Are Going quoted on the topic of obedience: obedience is better than sacrifice, submission better than offering the fat of rams
• 1 Samuel 16:6-7 Above Reproach: The Elder's Noble Task God telling Samuel not to look at Eliab's appearance, for the Lord looks at the heart
• 1 Samuel 16:7 A Noble Task God does not look at outward appearance but at the heart, used to balance the outward qualifications list
• 1 Samuel 16:7 Women's Bible Study - January 31st, 2024 - Walking in the Holy Spirit God told Samuel he looks at the heart, not the outward appearance, when choosing David
• 1 Samuel 20:15 No Longer Strangers and Aliens Jonathan asks David not to cut off kindness from his house; they make a covenant
• 1 Samuel 21 I Will Bless the Lord at All Times context for David feigning madness before Achish king of Gath
• 1 Samuel 21:10-22:1 Taste and See That the Lord Is Good historical background of David fleeing Saul and feigning madness before King Achish
• 1 Samuel 21:10-15 His Praise Continually in My Mouth background context for Psalm 34, David fleeing Saul and feigning madness before Achish king of Gath

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