"No matter what God has given you, he's given you enough to be generous."

This week, Pastor Ben begins a series on contentment, starting in 2 Corinthians 9:6-15.

1. God will respond to your heart. (v6-7)

2. God will increase the harvest of your righteousness. (v8-10)

3. God will increase the harvest of His grace. (v11-15)

In this sermon, Pastor Ben shows us the consequences of ongoing disobedience at the end of King Saul's life (1 Samuel 31:1-31).

1. Ongoing disobedience leads to tragic losses (v1-3).

2. Ongoing disobedience leads to tragic desperation (v4-6).

3. Ongoing disobedience leads to tragic defeat (v7-10).

4. Ongoing disobedience will not have the final word (v11-13).

Today Pastor Ben discusses the leading of God as David lives among the Philistines in 1 Samuel 29:1-30:31.

1. God protects us when we need it the most. (v 29:1-11)

2. God leads us to our next challenge. (v 30:1-6a)

3. God leads us to seek His will. (v 30:6b-15)

4. God gives us His victory. (v 30:16-31)

In this message, Pastor Nate teaches about a time Saul attempted to seek God's direction out of desperation in 1 Samuel 28:3-25.

Saul's hopelessness led to bad decisions (v7-10), deception (v12-14), desperation (v15-20), and death (v21-25).

1 Samuel 27:1-28:2

1. We must ready ourselves for significant risk.

2. We must remain on mission.

3. We must rely on discernment from God.

Gina interviews Michelle Maly, Dean and Angie Meyerink, and Alan Miller about ministry in Ukraine, in local prisons, and to our friends and neighbors.

September 27, 2024 - 1 Samuel 26:1-25

1. God allows problems that we've seen before.

2. God guides us to approach the problem with what we've learned.

3. God leads us to testify to His faithfulness.