Main Scripture - 2 Samuel 17: 24-19: 8

God Is Faithful to His Covenants

- 2 Samuel 17: 24-18: 4

- 2 Samuel 7: 13-16

- 2 Timothy 2: 13

- Hebrews 13: 13

Our Actions Carry Unavoidable Consequences

- 2 Samuel 18: 5-18

- Exodus 20: 12

- Deuteronomy 21: 22-23

Don’t Neglect Greater Things for Lesser Things

- 2 Samuel 18: 33-19: 8

- Matthew 10: 35-37

- Luke 9: 57-62

Application Points:

- Trust God’s faithfulness in your sacrifices

- Stand for Jesus even when it costs you

- Live in light of sin’s consequences

- Prioritize Christ above all for the sake of all

Main Scripture - 2 Samuel 15:31-37, 16:23-17:11

Remember, There Is Power in Prayer

2 Samuel 15:31-37

James 5:16-18

Philippians 4:6-7

God Can Change the Minds of Men

2 Samuel 16:23-17:11

2 Samuel 17:14

Proverbs 21:1

Proverbs 21:1

Do Everything You Can to Be on the Side of God

2 Samuel 17:23

John 13:18

2 Corinthians 7:10

Application Points:

• Pray specifically because God hears you

• Trust God’s sovereign power over all

• Choose the power of God over the promises of man

• Respond to sin by seeking the presence of God

Main Scripture - 2 Samuel 16:1-14

Don’t Believe Everything You Hear

• 2 Samuel 16:1-4
• 2 Samuel 19:24-28
• Proverbs 18:13
• Proverbs 18:17
• Hebrews 4:13

When You Feel Judged, Consider if It Is Valid

• 2 Samuel 16:5-11
• Matthew 7:1-5
• Proverbs 27:6
• Proverbs 9:8

When Judgment Is Valid, Pray for Grace

• 2 Samuel 16:10-14
• Galatians 3:13
• Romans 8:28

Application Points

• Consider both sides of the stories you hear
• Receive criticism with humility
• Pray for curses to become blessings
• Trust Jesus, who was cursed for you

Main Scripture - 2 Samuel 14-15

You Need Wise Counsel in Your Life

• 2 Samuel 14:1-3
• 2 Samuel 15:12
• Proverbs 12:15
• Proverbs 19:20
• James 1:5

Reconciliation Must Start Somewhere

• 2 Samuel 14:21-24
• 2 Samuel 14:28
• 2 Samuel 14:33
• Matthew 5:23-24
• Romans 5:6-8

Leaders Deal with Dysfunction

• 2 Samuel 15:1-12
• 2 Samuel 15:30-31
• Luke 19:41
• Luke 22:39-46
• John 18:1

Application Points:

• Seek Wise Counsel
• Filter advice through God
• Find power in forgiveness
• Reject avoidance and deal with dysfunction
• Trust Jesus, who always leads

Main Scripture - 2 Samuel 13:23-39

There Is a Wrong Way to Get a Right Result

• 2 Samuel 13:23–29
• Leviticus 20:17
• Deuteronomy 22:25–27

Personal Vengeance Multiplies Pain

• 2 Samuel 13:30–36
• Romans 12:19
• Joshua 7:25–26
• Matthew 10:28

Dealing with Difficulty Is Better than Avoiding It

• 2 Samuel 13:37–39
• Mark 14:41–42
• Romans 8:1

Application Points

• Stop judging your choices by how they turned out
• Take your vengeance to God and leave it there
• Do the hard thing now — avoidance always costs more later
• Avoid God's vengeance by trusting in Jesus

Main Scripture - 2 Samuel 13:1-22

Lust Always Begins with Deception

• 2 Samuel 13:1-7
• Jeremiah 17:9
• James 1:14-15
• James 3:15
• 1 Corinthians 6:18
• Proverbs 6:27-29

Sin Always Destroys What It Claims to Love

• 2 Samuel 13:8-19
• Hebrews 13:4
• Proverbs 5:3-6

Passive Men Cause More Pain

• 2 Samuel 13:20-22
• Genesis 34:5
• James 4:17
• Isaiah 61:1-3

Application:

• Flee from lust
• Remove wicked counsel and counselors from your life
• Protect your family from abusive evil
• Expose the darkness of sin to the light of Jesus

Pastor Chris Bolt

Main Scripture - 2 Timothy 2:1–13

Faithful Ministry Requires Faithful Equipping

• 2 Timothy 2:1-2
• Ecclesiastes 12:1-8
• 2 Timothy 2:22

Shepherds Are Made, Not Found

• 2 Timothy 2:3-7
• 2 Timothy 4:1-5
• James 1:27
• Luke 18:24-30

You Cannot Proclaim What You Do Not Know

• 2 Timothy 2:8-13
• 2 Timothy 2:24-26
• Ephesians 2:8-9
• 2 Timothy 2:15

Application Points:

• Pass on the good things you were given
• See your ministry through
• Study to show yourself approved

Main Scripture - Romans 9:1-3

We Need to Care About People Knowing Jesus

• Romans 9:1-3
• 1 Corinthians 10:33-11:1
• Matthew 5:44

Discipleship Preserves Righteousness in Culture

• Matthew 5:13-16
• 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
• Romans 1:25
• Romans 3:22-24

Live as Though God Can Use You to Change Lives

• John 4:34-35
• Matthew 9:36-38

Application Points:

• Love people as Jesus loves people
• Tell the truth from a place of hope
• Contextualize the Gospel to change the culture
• Labor for a harvest of people

Main Scripture - Deuteronomy 6:1-9

• Deuteronomy 6:1-3

• Acts 2:39

• Joshua 4:6-7

• Psalm 127:3

• Deuteronomy 6:4-9

• Ephesians 6:1-4

• 2 Timothy 1:5

• 2 Timothy 3:14-15

• Psalm 127:4-5

• Titus 2:3-6

• Matthew 18:5-6

• Form a Christian vision for the next generation

• Take action steps in discipling your children

• Order your life around discipleship for the next generation to witness

• Learn to teach the Christian faith

• Focus on raising Christian adults

Main Scripture - Ephesians 1:22-23

• Ephesians 1:21-23

• Colossians 2:9-10

• Ephesians 4:11-12

• Ephesians 4:16

• Ephesians 2:19-22

• Ephesians 4:13

• Acts 2:42, 47

• 1 Corinthians 12:14

• 1 Corinthians 12:27

• Ephesians 2:21-22

• Ephesians 3:10

• Matthew 16:18

• Hebrews 10:23-25

• Find your life’s purpose as part of the body of Christ

• Build the church to be built as a disciple

• Develop a passion to make more disciples

• Invest in the future of God’s church