1 Samuel 17 and the stone that sank into Goliath's forehead: David triumphs with a sling and no sword in his hand.
On conditioned responses — the same dance to the same tune for three decades — and what it takes to change the steps.
1 Samuel 17:45-47. David answers sword, spear and javelin with the name of the Lord, and states plainly that the battle is not his.
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.