Sermons on Jonathan Morris:

Continual Prayer (1 Samuel 23)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 18, 2025

How often should we pray and what about? Let's begin in 1 Samuel 23)

Did David continually ask God for guidance? As a result did he escape several potentially deadly situations? Are we people of continual prayer? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 23. Did David save the city of Keilah? Did he ask God first? Now they told David, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Lamenting An Enemy (2 Samuel 1)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 27, 2025

How did David honor a man who became his enemy? Let's look at 2 Samuel 1.

Is Bible history blunt and honest, often without a statement of approval or disapproval? Would we honor an enemy with a song of lament? Was David forgiven? Are we? Let’s look at 2 Samuel 1. How did news of Saul and Jonathan’s death first reach David? After Saul’s death, when David had returned ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

How The Holy Spirit Can Lead You As He Led Jonathan

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

The Holy Spirit helped Jonathan by encouraging him to believe God for great victories with his valiant faith.

How The Holy Spirit Can Lead You As He Led Jonathan Illustration:Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand. Thomas Aquinas. Quote:Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 14:1-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Like Mephibosheth, You Are Valued!

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Feb 1, 2008

David was so moved by his friendship with Jonathan that he just wanted to pay respect to someone in Jonathan’s family. David wanted that “feel” or “association” with his best friend Jonathan! David refused to let his memories and the covenant that he and

You are Valued Like Mephibosheth! Text: 2 Samuel 9:1-8,11b 1.Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”2 And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. So when they had called him to David, the king ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 9:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

September 11 2001 Message

Contributed by Steven W. Satterfield on Jan 29, 2021

Based on The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn

Chapter 6 (The Oracle) (can refer to Sep 11?) Isaiah 9:10 - "The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with smooth stones; The sycamores have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars." Chapter 5 (The 2nd Harbinger, The Terrorist, per Cahn) Isaiah 10: 5 Woe to ...read more

Denomination: Vineyard

A Friend After Your Own Heart Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 13, 2005

Jonathan’s friendship with David has always been the model of the ideal friendship for Christians. But there is an even deeper application to this description of the love Jonathan had for David. Do you know what it is?

OPEN: I sang “You’ve Got A Friend” (a song by James Taylor and made popular by Carole King - if you’d like a copy of the words with guitar chords e-mail me at jesus@kconline.com) APPLY: Several years ago the song “You’ve Got A Friend” was extremely popular. And it was popular because it caught the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:1-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Tag Team Revival!"

Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Oct 22, 2003

God’s ways are so far past our ways! The battle plan of Jonathan was laughable from man’s point of view, but God saw in Jonathan great "faith." Also note the great loylaty of Jonathan’s armour bearer. What a message for the Church today!

Title of the Message: “Tag Team Revival!” 1 Samuel 13: 22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. Only two swords. In all ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 14:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Friendship That Matters Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 6, 2016

The marks of a godly friendship is wholehearted commitment, unwavering support and spiritual encouragement.

How many friends do we really need in life? Two hundreds, or just two. • When we go through our most difficult moments, how many friends do we need by our side? Twenty, or two? (Just got to know that I’ve 226 friends on FB.) • How many of our friends today are merely ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 23:15-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Beware Of Inconsistency Series

Contributed by Manny Salva Cruz on Jan 9, 2017

Inconsistency is a habit we need to break if we want to prosper this New Year.

BEWARE OF INCONSISTENCY INTRODUCTION: We will continue our series on the Book of 1 Samuel. We are now in the second half of chapter 14. We will be focusing our lessons on the inconsistencies displayed by the decisions of King Saul. His inconsistencies as the King brought about harmful consequences ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 14:24-46

Denomination: Nazarene

"A Friend In Need And A Friend Indeed”

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jul 23, 2013

Jonathon demonstrates how we might be a friend indeed to a friend who is in need.

The key verse in our passage for today is verse 15: “While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that Saul has come out to take his life.” Now, this verse seems a bit redundant. After all, what is new about the fact that Saul was out to take David’s life? It ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 23:1-29

Denomination: Baptist

Free Will?

Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 15, 2014

Is the will truly free, as some suggest?

Title: The Question of Human Free Will Text: Ephesians 2:1-3 Anytime the discussion of God’s sovereignty in election arises, one question is sure to be included in the conversation: How do we rectify the free will of man with the sovereign omnipotence of God? This question is a natural ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Giant Challenges

Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 2, 2013

This is the eleventh of 31 lessons on The Story. David becomes the replacement for Saul as king. In so doing he must overcome "Giant Challenges" of Saul, Goliath, and an Impossible Friendship with Jonathan.

1. Ideal Football Player The coach at Auburn University - Shug Jordan - had asked his former Linebacker Mike Kollin if he would help his alma Mater do some recruiting. Mike said, "Sure, coach. What kind of player are you looking for?" The coach said, "Well Mike, you know there's that fellow, you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 6:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Toxic Jealousy (1 Samuel 19)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 15, 2025

When does jealousy become toxic? Let's look at 1 Samuel 19.

Was Saul jealous of David? Why is envy such a toxic emotion? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 19. How did Jonathan come to David’s defense against his father Saul? Saul now urged his servants and his son Jonathan to assassinate David. But Jonathan, because of his strong affection for David, told him what ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Lesson In Living

Contributed by Tim Shepard on Jan 3, 2008

This sermon is on lessons learned about living well from a secular book "Tuesdays With Morrie" but with a Christian perspective.

A LESSON IN LIVING His name was Morrie Schwartz. Chances are that you’ve never heard of him. But in 1994 and 1995 he captured the public eye and wrenched at the hearts of millions of people across the United States. Morrie Schwartz was dying. In the summer of 1994 he was diagnosed with ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7

Denomination: *other

Sinners In The Hands Revisited

Contributed by Shelly Griffin on Mar 30, 2001

Jonathan Edwards’ sermon is still relevant today.

A few days ago someone asked me why preachers never talked anymore about what was going to happen to you if you didn’t do what God said. I answered that I thought it was because we’d lost the whole concept of sin and judgment over the past 30 or 40 years because everybody’s been preaching that ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:26-31

Denomination: *other