A man after God's own heart

I've been preaching a very occasional series at church based on 1 Samuel, and I'm coming to the end. Not the end of the book, but the end of the life of Samuel, and I feel it is a good time to take a break from that book. It's been fun but I think it is time to move on.

Anyway, the final sermon will start from I Samuel 16:1-13 where Samuel anoints David to be the next King of Israel, and God tell him (Samuel) "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart"

The question I want to answer is "When He looked at David's heart, what did the LORD see?".

Lay Preaching - Hanna

I am a member of The Church of Christ and Kingsford and am currently serving as an elder.

Part of my role involves occasionally preaching a sermon (filling in when our minister is away). I had my second attempt at this recently and, as a couple of people asked about written notes, thought I would share then with you, my readership (yes, both of you).

Of course, just reading the text doesn't give you that same feel as being there. You have to imagine me dressed in a suit, feeling a little bit nervous, but not showing it, and trying to read/speak slowly, but not quite slowly enough, and not with long enough pauses at the places where ideas need a few moments to sink in.

The two sermons I have given so far are about Hanna, the mother of Samuel and are taken based on the first two chapters of I Samuel (and lots of other little snippets from around the rest of the bible).

You can see the first one, Hanna's problem, as a PDF or in the original LaTeX.

You can read the second, Knowing God, also as a PDF or in the original LaTeX.

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