How Bad Do You Want It? | Pastor Mike Young | One Church Columbus

How Bad Do You Want It? | Pastor Mike Young | One Church Columbus

ICEBREAKER:

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MESSAGE NOTES:

"How Bad Do You Want It."

1 Samuel 18:17-27

17 Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage; only serve me bravely and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul said to himself, “I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!”

18 But David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?” 19 So[a] when the time came for Merab, Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

20 Now Saul’s daughter Michal was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased. 21 “I will give her to him,” he thought, “so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law.”

22 Then Saul ordered his attendants: “Speak to David privately and say, ‘Look, the king likes you, and his attendants all love you; now become his son-in-law.’”

23 They repeated these words to David. But David said, “Do you think it is a small matter to become the king’s son-in-law? I’m only a poor man and little known.”

24 When Saul’s servants told him what David had said, 25 Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.’” Saul’s plan was to have David fall by the hands of the Philistines.

26 When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed, 27 David took his men with him and went out and killed two hundred Philistines and brought back their foreskins. They counted out the full number to the king so that David might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

  • To have THIS, you have to be willing to do THAT

  • There is nothing EASY about being GREAT

  • If you want the EXTRAORDINARY you have to be willing to be the EXCEPTION

  • Your DESIRE has to be strong enough to overcome DISAPPOINTMENT

  • There are some things that you are going to have to be willing to KILL & CUTOFF

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

QUESTION 1: How do we determine the difference between our own desires and God’s desires for our lives?

QUESTION 2: What would be an example of something you would need to kill off or cut off, in order to make way for what God has next for you?

QUESTION 3: How do you practically apply this scripture and content to your life today?

GUIDED PRAYER:

God thank you for your presence in my life, and for loving me unconditionally. Today I give you my desires, and ask you to align my will to yours. Give me the courage, strength, and wisdom to cut off all that is holding me back from what you have for me. I praise and worship you. AMEN.

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