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David is Chosen - The Book of 1 Samuel · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

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  Speaker 1: But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance,
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  Speaker 1: or on the height of his stature, because I have
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  Speaker 1: refused him. For the Lord seeth not as man seeth.
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  Speaker 1: For man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord
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  Speaker 1: looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16.7 Thank you, God,
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  Speaker 1: that the same anointing that rested on David in 1
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  Speaker 1: Samuel 16 is the same anointing that rests on my life.
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  Speaker 1: When men try to overlook me because of what they
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  Speaker 1: perceive as a hindrance, I thank you that you will
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  Speaker 1: anoint me in their presence, because you determine elevation by
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  Speaker 1: the heart. Therefore, keep my heart pure through all circumstances
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  Speaker 1: and seasons of my life, because this will be the
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  Speaker 1: key to my opportunities and advancement. Just like you strategically
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  Speaker 1: placed David in the palace, the place of his future destiny,
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  Speaker 1: I thank you for placing me in the vicinity of
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  Speaker 1: my destiny as well. Father, you can call upon me
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  Speaker 1: because my heart is positioned to do your will fully
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  Speaker 1: and completely. If you anoint me and choose me, I'll go.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for anointing me and calling me in the
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  Speaker 1: presence of those who doubt me. In Jesus' name, amen.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for praying with me today. Continue listening for
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  Speaker 2: David is chosen. In our last story, we learned about
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  Speaker 2: Saul's rejection as king. His pride, greed, and disobedience lost
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  Speaker 2: him the favor of God. Samuel wept over Saul's fall.
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  Speaker 2: Now we will learn about God's new king, chosen not
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  Speaker 2: for his stature or status, but his heart, inspired by
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  Speaker 2: the book of 1 Samuel.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the
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  Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. In yesterday's story, we saw
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  Speaker 3: how Saul disobeyed God and lied to Samuel when confronted
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  Speaker 3: with his sin. Saul had rejected God and chosen to
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  Speaker 3: exalt himself rather than obey God. As a result, God
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  Speaker 3: tells Saul that he will lose his throne and it
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  Speaker 3: will be given to another. Today we will hear how
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  Speaker 3: God chooses a young man, a shepherd boy, that nobody
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  Speaker 3: would have expected to be God's pick for such a
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  Speaker 3: mighty king. But this young man had the heart that
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  Speaker 3: God desired in a leader, and he would grow into
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  Speaker 3: the greatest king Israel would ever know. Let's listen now
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  Speaker 3: to today's reading.
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  Speaker 2: Samuel mourned the loss of Saul's soul to the burden
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  Speaker 2: of power. He mourned the state of Israel under a
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  Speaker 2: king with a weakness for status and fame. God came
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  Speaker 2: to Samuel in his mourning and said, Why do you
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  Speaker 2: grieve over Saul? I have rejected him. Go, fill up
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  Speaker 2: your horn with oil and go to the home of
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  Speaker 2: Jesse in Bethlehem. I have provided Israel with a new
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  Speaker 2: king among his sons. Samuel's heart began to pound. Excitement
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  Speaker 2: filled his old bones. He gathered sacrifices to be made
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  Speaker 2: in Bethlehem, for he did not want Saul to know
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  Speaker 2: he was searching for a king. Samuel greeted Jesse, and
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  Speaker 2: the two of them ate together and consecrated the land
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  Speaker 2: for God. Samuel looked at Jesse intently and asked if
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  Speaker 2: he could bring forth his sons. When they came, Samuel
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  Speaker 2: looked at the oldest, Elias. He was a well-built man, tall, muscular,
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  Speaker 2: and had charismatic qualities that made up a king. Surely
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  Speaker 2: this must be the Lord's anointed, Samuel thought to himself.
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  Speaker 2: Yet God interrupted him and said, Do not look at
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  Speaker 2: his stature or looks, for I do not see as
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  Speaker 2: man sees. Man looks at the outward appearance, but I
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  Speaker 2: look upon the heart. Abinadab came forth before Samuel, and
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  Speaker 2: he too was not the one God had chosen. Seven
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  Speaker 2: more of his sons passed by Samuel, and none of
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  Speaker 2: them were the one God had spoken of. Frustrated and
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  Speaker 2: a bit flustered, Samuel turned to Jesse and said, Are
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  Speaker 2: these all your sons? Jesse scratched his head and said, Well,
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  Speaker 2: there is still the youngest. He is out in the
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  Speaker 2: field tending to the sheep. David was in the fields.
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  Speaker 2: The day was almost over, and the cool spring air
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  Speaker 2: whistled across the grass where the sheep fed. David often
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  Speaker 2: took them to a hill not too far from home
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  Speaker 2: where he would sit and look at the stars. David
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  Speaker 2: sat in complete peace, but still on alert for any
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  Speaker 2: predators that may lurk around the corner. David took a
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  Speaker 2: deep breath, soaking in the last rays of good sunlight.
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  Speaker 2: As his eyes were closed, he could hear his father's
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  Speaker 2: voice in the distance beckoning him. Slowly and methodically, David
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  Speaker 2: corralled the sheep and stepped into his father's house. Samuel
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  Speaker 2: was sitting when David entered into the home. He had
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  Speaker 2: a smile on his face. He was a handsome young man,
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  Speaker 2: no older than 17, and had beautiful eyes that made
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  Speaker 2: you feel warm and welcomed. God whispered to Samuel and said, Arise,
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  Speaker 2: for this is my king. So Samuel stood up slowly
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  Speaker 2: and laughed. He looked at David and anointed him with oil.
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  Speaker 2: Samuel did not tell David or Jesse that he was
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  Speaker 2: going to be king of Israel, for he knew that
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  Speaker 2: the Lord would call David in due time. From that
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  Speaker 2: time forward, the Spirit of God was upon David. Weeks
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  Speaker 2: had passed, and Saul was greatly disturbed at night. His
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  Speaker 2: dreams consumed him, and his days were filled with anxiety, paranoia,
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  Speaker 2: and loneliness. God had departed from him, and he could
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  Speaker 2: not bear the sight of himself in the Saul's servant
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  Speaker 2: saw how tormented he was and offered respite in the
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  Speaker 2: form of music. My lord, the servant said, I know
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  Speaker 2: of a man named Jesse who is in Bethlehem. His
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  Speaker 2: son is very skilled with the lyre and could possibly
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  Speaker 2: offer you rest with his music. So Saul sent for David,
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  Speaker 2: and David served under Saul as his musician and armor-bearer.
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  Speaker 2: Saul grew to love David as a son, and whenever
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  Speaker 2: he was tormented, David would play music and worship God
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  Speaker 2: in his presence. Listening to David's worship was the closest
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  Speaker 2: to God he had felt in months. David was only
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  Speaker 2: a few feet from the throne that God had called
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  Speaker 2: him to sit upon, yet neither him nor Saul knew that.
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  Speaker 2: God was in their midst. He would raise up David
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  Speaker 2: as he once did Moses, Joshua, and every judge that
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  Speaker 2: came before him. David was his chosen hero. destined to
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  Speaker 2: change the course of Israel forever.
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  Speaker 3: Samuel was distraught over Saul's sin and rejection of God's ways.
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  Speaker 3: He took it personally, though it was not him that
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  Speaker 3: Saul had rejected, it was God. This is the same
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  Speaker 3: as when the people rejected God as their king and
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  Speaker 3: Samuel grieved over their demands for a king. Clearly, this
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  Speaker 3: prophet had a heart for his people and a heart
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  Speaker 3: for the Lord. And it saddened him to see the
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  Speaker 3: state of this beloved nation and the leader that God
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  Speaker 3: had appointed. But everything was going just as God had said.
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  Speaker 3: So God told Samuel to dry his tears and to
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  Speaker 3: get his horn ready with anointing oil. The time had
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  Speaker 3: come to choose a new man that God was calling
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  Speaker 3: to the job. He sent Samuel to Jesse, a man
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  Speaker 3: in Bethlehem who has many sons. It was from Jesse's
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  Speaker 3: household that God would call a new king. So Samuel
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  Speaker 3: and Jesse share a meal and consecrate the land. Then
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  Speaker 3: Samuel asked him to call his sons. The oldest is
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  Speaker 3: presented to him. Samuel sees Eliab and is sure this
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  Speaker 3: will be God's pick. But God says to Samuel in
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  Speaker 3: 1 Samuel 16 and verse 7, Do not look on
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  Speaker 3: his appearance or on the height of his stature, because
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  Speaker 3: I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as
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  Speaker 3: man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance, but the
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  Speaker 3: Lord looks on the heart. So one at a time,
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  Speaker 3: six strong young men are presented to Jesse. Each one,
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  Speaker 3: from a human perspective, seems to be fit to be
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  Speaker 3: the king, but God is silent on each of them.
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  Speaker 3: God is far less interested in what seems humanly possible
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  Speaker 3: or logical. God does not need the strongest or the
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  Speaker 3: brightest to accomplish his purposes. He used Moses, a timid speaker,
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  Speaker 3: to lead the people out of Egypt. He used Joseph,
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  Speaker 3: a prisoner and a slave, to save a nation from starvation.
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  Speaker 3: God looks much deeper for a heart that is willing
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  Speaker 3: and fully committed to Him. So Samuel asks if there
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  Speaker 3: are any more sons, and there is just one more.
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  Speaker 3: But he is an unlikely choice. David wasn't even present
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  Speaker 3: during the survey of the previous sons. He was a
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  Speaker 3: young lad that was out tending the sheep in the field.
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  Speaker 3: Samuel says he wants to see him too, so he
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  Speaker 3: sent for David. The moment David enters, God tells Samuel
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  Speaker 3: to arise and anoint him because he is the one
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  Speaker 3: that God has chosen. Samuel does just as he is instructed,
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  Speaker 3: and from that day on, God's spirit was upon David.
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  Speaker 3: This unlikely king was now the man who had a
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  Speaker 3: heart for God to lead the nation. Meanwhile, Saul was
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  Speaker 3: battling a tormented mind. God's presence had left him, and
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  Speaker 3: without God's presence, Saul was a man without any peace.
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  Speaker 3: So his servants told him, of a young man who
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  Speaker 3: played the harp, the son of a man named Jesse.
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  Speaker 3: So David, now the anointed king, still a young man,
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  Speaker 3: a shepherd boy, was called to play for Saul, and
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  Speaker 3: the music soothed and calmed the king. David remained with
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  Speaker 3: Saul in his service, And of course, that seems to
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  Speaker 3: be an unlikely path for the next king to take,
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  Speaker 3: but God was at work and his purposes are being fulfilled.
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  Speaker 3: This was just the beginning. Soon David would conquer more
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  Speaker 3: than the evil spirits that tormented Saul. He would slay
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  Speaker 3: a giant that struck fear in all of Israel. And
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  Speaker 3: we'll tell that story the next time. Dear God, thank
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  Speaker 3: you for the story of David, that you seek people
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  Speaker 3: like him after your own heart. God, that you will
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  Speaker 3: use us when we are available and usable. Help us
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  Speaker 3: to have hearts that are fully committed to you. In
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  Speaker 3: the name of Jesus, amen. Thank you for listening to
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