Destination: It Starts With The Heart: 1 Samuel 16:7-13

Series: Destine Nation
Scripture: 1 Samuel
Topics: After God's Heart, Blessing, David, Guard Your Heart, Heart Change

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It Starts With The Heart

Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed.
Acts 13:36 (NIV)
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens…
Psalm 78:70 (NIV)

1. God will anoint you and bless you if you follow Him.

So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David.
1 Samuel 16:13 (NIV)

2. God will choose you and use you if you have a heart for Him.

After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’
Acts 13:22 (NIV)

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)