Main Points:
1) The next Generation refuses to pick up the mantel. (8:1-3)
2) The people request to be like everyone else. (8:4-5)
3) The people reject the true King. (8:6-9)
4) The prophet warns them of the result. (8:10-18)
5) The King relents his position. (8:19-22)

If your spiritual life only moves when someone else has the idea, you are living Saul’s story.
Main Points:
1) Looks are not leadership. (9:1-5)
2) You can’t delegate personal growth. (9:5-10)
3) God is King when you are lost. (9:15-21, 10:1)
4) A new heart doesn’t always mean new living. (10:1-16; 21-22)
5) Weaknesses ignored will define your whole life. (10:23-27)

Main Points:
1) A win does not prove your heart is right.
2) Pressure does not create your heart. It exposes it.
3) You can win the moment and still fight God.
4) Partial obedience plus image-management is how you lose the throne.

Main Points (The process of redemption):
1) The King returns to the scene. (7:1-2)
2) The people repent of their sins. (7:3-6)
3) The people rely on the King for salvation. (7:7-9)
4) The King routs the enemy. (7:10-11)
5) The people recognize the Lord’s help. (7:12-13)
6) The King restores what was lost. (7:14-17)

Main Points:
1) The King will not be handled. (4:1-22)
2) The King needs no help. (5:1-12)
3) The King must be honored. (6:1-21)

Main Points:

1) Hearing God is different than listening to God. (2:12-26)

2) God still speaks to his homies. (2:27-36)

3) We need to understand how God’s speaks. (3:1-10)

4) We need to remove hurdles to God’s voice. (2-3)

5) When God speaks, it removes the haze. (3:11-21)

The true King has a good heart, He sees us in our brokenness and barrenness, and He works to change our hearts so we end up worshiping.