CONTENTS
About the Straight to the Heart Series 11
Introduction: The Kind of Person God Can Use 13
1 SAMUEL 1-7: A HUMBLE PERSON
Why God Makes People Cry (1:1-28) 18
How to Make God Your Enemy (2:1-26) 22
Water Flows Downhill (2:27-36) 26
Far Away from Witnesses (3:1-21) 30
Act like a Little Girl (3:18) 34
Pint-Sized God (4:1-6:21) 38
The Glory Has Not Departed (4:19-22) 42
Success Where Samson Failed (7:1-17) 47
1 SAMUEL 8-15: AN OBEDIENT PERSON
The People's Choice (8:1-22) 52
What Humility Is and Isn't (9:1-10:27) 56
Advertisement for Obedience (11:1-15) 60
How to Persuade People to Obey (12:1-25) 64
How to Sin without Doing Anything (12:23) 68
How to Disobey in Five Easy Steps (13:1-22) 72
Perhaps (14:1-15) 76
Too Busy to Listen (14:16-52) 81
Rejected (15:1-35) 85
1 SAMUEL 16-31: A PURE PERSON
Skin-Deep Isn't Deep Enough (16:1-13) 92
Spirit-Filled? (16:13-23) 96
Don't Try to Be a Hero (17:1-58) 100
Lions, Bears and Philistines (17:32-37) 104
Back to Where It All Began (17:54) 109
The School of Purity (18:1-19:24) 113
Little White Lies (20:1-21:9) 117
Madness and Sanity (21:10-22:23) 121
The Return of the Ephod (23:1-14) 125
Second Fiddle (23:15-29) 129
The Messiah (24:1-7) 133
How to Shout at Your Enemies (24:8-22; 26:1-25) 137
How to Save a Nation (25:1-44) 141
Man-Made Plans (27:1-29:11) 145
Sweet Discipline (30:1-30) 149
To Reign in Hell (31:1-13) 153
2 SAMUEL 1-10: A PERSON WHO LOVES GOD'S NAME
David's Greatest Passion (1:1-2:7) 158
Joab, Son of Saul (2:8-3:39) 162
When a Nation Says Yes (4:1-5:5) 166
Priority One: Jerusalem (5:6-25) 171
Priority Two: God's Presence (6:1-19) 176
Priority Three: Worship (6:12-23) 181
Priority Four: The Temple (7:1-7) 185
Priority Five: The Covenant (7:8-29) 189
Priority Six: The Nations (8:1-18; 10:1-19) 194
Priority Seven: The Gospel (9:1-13) 199
2 SAMUEL 11-24: A REPENTANT PERSON
The Comeback King (11:1-27) 204
A Pure Heart (12:1-25) 209
Do Babies Go to Heaven? (12:18-23) 213
Domino Rally (12:26-13:39) 217
What God Desires (14:1-22) 222
The Home Front (14:23-24) 226
King Saul II (14:25-15:12) 230
How to Respond to Opposition (15:13-17:29) 234
Harder Than Following (15:24-37; 16:15-17:23) 238
Time to Repent (18:1-19:43) 243
How to Repent (20:1-26) 248
What Stops Repentance (20:9-13) 252
Kingdom Army (21:1-22; 23:8-39) 256
Weak People Wanted (22:1-23:7) 261
God Has a Better Messiah (24:1-25) 265
Conclusion: The Kind of Person God Can Use 269
