Running To Win - 15 Minute Edition

It seemed like God was overreacting. When God struck a man dead for reaching out to stabilize the ark of the covenant, David became angry. In this message, we learn the truth about who we are when God does the unexpected. What does God’s holiness reveal about us and the way we view sin? This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

Is it ever okay to be angry with God? We are usually angry at Him because we know that behind our difficult circumstances, there is God. In this message from 2 Samuel 6, we consider the truth about who God is when we’re angry at Him. Bitterness only separates us from the help we need. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

God often uses stressful situations to get our attention and set us back on track. In Israel, David’s hometown was destroyed by fire and his family captured. In this message from Psalm 18, we consider two lessons from David’s return to God. Anyone who’s strayed from the path can turn back to God. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

When God doesn’t seem to act on our behalf, many of us turn to other dependencies, like addictions or relationships. For David, he strayed from God, becoming a man of blood. In this message, we explore the consequences of David’s choices. What happens when everything else on which we depend is lost? This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

We sometimes look to our most dangerous enemy to meet a need only God can. David fell so far that he joined Israel’s enemy army for a time. In this message, we review key narratives of David’s flight from Saul from 1 Samuel 24-27. What happens when we run from God to other fortresses instead?  This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

We’d like to think that our Christian leaders always walk on the mountaintop and never have times far from the Lord. But it’s not true. Like King David, we all fail. In this message, we find three lessons about victory from David’s experience of doubt and despair. We don’t rely on yesterday’s victories but upon the Lord.  This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

The Bible is honest about human nature, even of its heroes’ failures. David is seen as a man after God’s own heart because he always cried out to God. In this message from Psalm 34, we see a picture of David in prayer in a cave. Despite our doubts, God can free us from our self-imposed madness.  This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

When we fail to trust God, sin tightens its grip on us. While on the run from King Saul, David lied, starting a cycle of insanity. In this message from 1 Samuel 21, we see a picture of David in a panic, believing a lie of his own making. Rather than sliding into despair, let’s face our doubt and win.  This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

Relational conflict steals our peace and even our sleep. David’s long road to the throne was blocked by Saul, who attempted to kill him with a spear. In this message, we find God’s perspective through three traits of a spear-thrower. While Saul tried to hold onto his kingdom, David humbly waited and trusted that God’s promises would come to pass. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

God has ways of refining us, even though it hurts. God’s choice of David as king set in motion a twelve-year conflict with the existing king, Saul. In this message, we examine David’s posture of submission to God versus Saul’s. While Saul would not let go of his throne, God taught David lessons he could not learn in any other way. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

Too often, we cling to our lives and our possessions as if they belong to us, not God. This was Saul’s posture towards the kingdom God had entrusted to him. In this message, we begin to discuss three contrasts between King Saul’s character versus David’s. David begins a long period of interpersonal conflict, running as a fugitive while Saul burns with jealousy.  This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

The giants we face—a layoff, a heartache, or even our sin—can seem bigger than us. David’s example in defeating Goliath led to Israel’s victory as courage bred more courage. In this message, we find three lessons to help us face our giants. Whether ours is a decisive victory or a drawn-out battle, no giant is bigger than God. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

Courage takes years to develop, but only a moment to demonstrate. David’s courage before Goliath started in a pasture while tending sheep. In this message, we consider what a God-sized imagination like David’s can do in the face of a towering obstacle. God prepared a young man for a decisive battle.  This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

When we face insurmountable obstacles, we often ask, “Where is God?” David faced a literal giant named Goliath. In this message from 1 Samuel 17, we paint the picture of the pagan giant and the paralyzed army. Our seemingly giant-sized problems are dwarfed by the size of our God. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

God chose David unexpectedly because of the integrity of his heart—not his outward appearance. If we were choosing a king, we would naturally choose a warrior not a teenage boy who tends sheep. In this message, we ponder the characteristics of the heart that God saw in David. What is the state of our hearts? This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

When no one thinks we amount to anything, we are often ignored. Young David had lots of older brothers who overshadowed him as he tended sheep. In this message, we meet his brothers according to their birth order. God used the conflicts of David’s early family life to prepare him to become king. 

We typically evaluate people by their appearance, personality, or intelligence. But in 1 Samuel 16, we discover that God evaluated the shepherd boy David differently than his brothers. In this message, we follow David’s family tension through God’s selection of a new king. Our God still does great things with those the world sees as insignificant. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

When we give to our church, what kind of outcome do we anticipate? Since God’s grace to us abounds, we can practice generosity. In this message, we recognize how giving creates a strong root from which much fruit can grow—fruit that multiplies in the lives of others. Cheerful giving truly brings about a blessed life. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

Is there a correspondence between what we give financially and what God is going to give back to us? Scripture reveals God’s heart towards givers. In this message from 2 Corinthians 9, we examine our hearts to find our true motivations for contributing. Imagine the kind of harvest that radical generosity will bring for God’s glory. This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.

How much should we give to God’s work? We reap what we sow. The law of sowing and reaping applies in giving. In this message, we explore the context of Paul’s revolutionary understanding of finances for the church in Corinth. Let’s identify what might hinder us from being cheerful givers.  This month’s special offer is available for a donation of any amount. Get yours at offerrtw.com or call us at 1-800-215-5001.