Sermon Title : Give All for One Glory
Date : 20th March 2022
Delivered by : Ps. James

**Give All for One Glory : 1 Samuel 13 : 16 - 22 ; 14 : 6 - 23

1 Samuel 13:16–22 (NIV)**

Ramp-up fear to fight (13:16-18)

• Three raiding parties in three directions.
• The Israelites’ fear ramped up.
• Our fear ramps-up when we …
  • remove our focus on Jesus
  • trust in ourselves rather than in the Lord

Restrict ability to fight (13: 19-22)

• The Philistines had prevented the Israelites from making weapons.
• This had restricted the Israelites’ abilities to fight their enemy.

Powerless believers

• Stop praying to the Lord.
• Stop depending on the Holy Spirit.
• Stop uniting as a church.

Faithless believers

• Stop meditating on the Word of God.
• Stop putting love actions into their faith life.

Onlooker believers

• Stop coming together as one body.
• Stop serving to build-up and equip the church.
• Stop involving in Christ’s kingdom works.

**1 Samuel 14:6-23 (NIV)
How faith and love in God can be restored?

Johnathan and armour bearer (14:6-14) - Training the spiritual muscles of faith**

• The enemy’s challenge was a sign of victory.
• A small victory but great success because God was with them.
• Johnathan and his armor-bearer had their parts to play.

Saul and his armies (14:15-20) - Found in the Spirit’s conduit of power and love

• Saul saw that the Philistines panic stricken.
• He immediately assembled his men for the battle.
• As God showed signs of His presence and power, Saul and his armies caught on the courage to fight.

Other Israelites (14:21-22) - Catch on and move with the Spirit

• As the people saw God’s will unveiled, they joined in the battle.
• People catch on our spirit.

CONCLUSION - GOD IS CALLING US TO GIVE ALL …

• to train our spiritual muscles to be built-up.
• to welcome the Holy Spirit’s presence and power, and be found in His direct path.
• to desire the Holy Spirit to move in our hearts to impact lives in Jesus’ name.