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.
1 Samuel 10:9 and Saul sent out to look for lost donkeys — a guest message on how much of a life gets spent looking for donkeys while God has…
Hebrews 12:5-11 on discipline as a mark of sonship, opened with the young bull elephants that began killing rhinos in a South African park until older bulls were brought in.
Samuel at Mizpah: put away the foreign gods, direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only — and Israel does, on the day the Philistines come up.