July 20, 2025 Sermon Notes and Questions

July 20, 2025 Sermon Notes and Questions

Posted on July 17, 2025 Posted By: Jenni Nikolakakis Categories: Message Notes, Weekly Program

Kings of Israel-David

1 Samuel 26

WK 10 – “When Trouble Returns”

July 20th, 2025

Justin Scarberry

Context:

_______________ is the first king of Israel and is trying to hold onto the throne.  ___________was anointed to be the second king by the prophet ___________.

The Ziphites are from the lineage of _____________.  They have continually been against David and are also from ____________ the same region/tribe as David.  The region/tribe is called ___________.

David has God on his side!

Isaiah 54:17 ESV

17 no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord
and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”

When we try to go back to the “old ways” in our life:

2 Peter 2:22 NLT

They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”

Modern Freewill Offerings

1. ____________time

2. Prayer time to offer _______ blessing

3. Time to set aside to _________ God

God will use different ___________ in different ways for his glory.

God will give you the ________ to carry out his will.

Our goal as Christians should be to _________ with God’s _______ for our life.

God’s will for my own life is: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Aces Baseball Faith & Family Night 

July 25th at 6:10 PM.  50 tickets are booked, more available if needed. Tickets are highly discounted at $24 for seats in the shade. Please let Paulette know if you are interested.   Includes a free cap, fireworks show and a great time of fellowship!

2nd Annual Car Show!

August 2nd, 2025 4 PM-10 PM @ the church! hamburgers, hot dogs, and hot rods!  Invite your friends and if you want to showcase your car, there are flyers with more information.  An excellent way to get people out to the church for fellowship without having to sit through a sermon!  See Paulette & Jen for more details.

Zelle is up and running! 

Zelle is a digital option for giving your tithes or offerings to support the church to fulfill the Great Commission.

If you would prefer to give digitally:

Go to your bank app on your phone or computer.  Go to the payments section.  Go to the Zelle payment option. If available, scan the link below in the payment section that lists Zelle as an option.  There should be an icon asking to “scan the pay” or something similar.

Zelle Link (scan from your bank app)

Account email is:  accounting@thebridgespanishsprings.com for the Account “The Bridge Church Spanish Springs”.  As a security measure, your bank may want to send you a text to verify your first payment.

 

 

  1. What are some things you know about Saul at this point in our study? How does that compare/contrast with David?

  2. Read 1 Samuel 26:1-4, how would you look up in the Bible all the mentions of the Ziphites? What are some things we know about the Ziphites.  About how far away is the area of Ziph from Jerusalem?

  3. Read Isaiah 54:17, what do you think is meant by this scripture? Does this scripture pertain to everyone? Why or why not?

  4. Can we become a born again Christian and return to our own sinful ways? Why or why not?

  5. Read 1 Samuel 26:5-8, who is Abner? Who is Joab?  Why do you think David has not looked for revenge against Saul?

  6. What are Psalms? Read Psalm 54:1-7, the Bible indicates David wrote this around this time In 1 Samuel.   What are the words for God and Lord in the original language in verse 4? What languages was the Bible originally written in?

  7. If someone told you the Bible is an ancient book written by ancient people, how could it be useful in a modern society? How would you respond to that question/accusation?

  8. What are some of the offerings/sacrifices of the Old Testament? Are we still responsible to keep the rules/laws of the Old Testament? Why or why not?  If someone told you that you pick and choose what you follow in the Bible, how would you answer that accusation?

  9. Read 1 Samuel 26:9-14, how can we differentiate between what God wants us to do and what our own heart wants us to do?

  10. Pray that God would put someone on your heart to minister to. Maybe someone who is in need or someone who just needs someone to talk to and ask God to give you the words to say to them.

 

 

Proverbs 8:17 ESV

17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

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