1. The Life of David – Part 9 1 Samuel 30:1-6

2. 1 Samuel 30:1
1 David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it,

3. 1 Samuel 30:2
2 and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.

4. 1 Samuel 30:3
3 When David and his men came to Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

5. 1 Samuel 30:4
4 So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.

6. 1 Samuel 30:5
5 David’s two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

7. 1 Samuel 30:6
6 David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

8. First lesson:
When you and I run into trouble, we name it.

9. Second lesson:
Crying is an appropriate response to trouble.

10. Third lesson: Move from trouble towards resolution and growth.
6 But David found strength in the LORD his God. (1 Sam. 30:6)

11. Philippians 2:12-13
12 Work out your salvation with fear and trembling,
13 for it is God who is at work among you both to will and to work his good purposes.

12. How do we strengthen ourselves in the LORD?

13. How do we strengthen ourselves in the LORD?
Pray

14. How do we strengthen ourselves in the LORD?
Pray
Listen

15. How do we strengthen ourselves in the LORD?
Pray
Listen
Do something

16. Life is crisis.

17. Life is crisis.
The cosmos isn’t designed for our pleasure; it is designed for our growth.

18. The Life of David – Part 9 1 Samuel 30:1-6