Encourage Yourself in the Lord
Ken Yeager · March 15, 2026 · 11:00 AM service
Guest preacher Ken Yeager preaches from 1 Samuel 30, where David encouraged himself in the Lord after returning to find Ziklag burned and his family taken captive. He shows how David first turned to God and sought His will rather than acting in the flesh, then points to King Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20 as another example of seeking God in a time of great trouble. The message reminds believers that the battle belongs to the Lord and calls them to exercise their faith and trust God through coming trials.
“And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. …”