1 Samuel 16 and the anointing of David, after a long run through Hannah, Eli, Samuel and a search for donkeys — some of us still out looking for ours.
1 John 2 on walking as Jesus walked, and on feeding from Scripture rather than merely reading it.
1 Samuel 13:1-15. Saul has a timing problem — he offers the sacrifice himself rather than wait, and it costs him the kingdom.
1 Samuel 9 and Saul sent to find his father's lost donkeys — a head taller than anyone in Israel, and entirely unaware of what he is walking into.
1 Samuel 10 and the beginning of Saul's reign: a man with everything going for him who is frightened to death, which the preacher takes as the point.
1 Samuel 8. Samuel's sons take bribes and pervert justice, so Israel asks for a king like all the other nations — and God tells Samuel to listen to them.