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David 
 
1. A Heart For God	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Acts 13:22; Judges 21:25; 1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 10:23-24; 
  1 Samuel 15:26; 1 Samuel 16:1; Ro-mans 8:28; 
  1 Samuel 16:6-7; 1 Samuel 16:11; 1 Samuel 16:12-13
 
2. Who's Your Giant?	{Listen}      (Watch)
  1 Samuel 16:13-14; Luke 11:24-26; Isaiah 54:16-17; 
  1 Samuel 16:18; 1 Samuel 16:23; 1 Samuel 17:1; 1 Samuel 17:4; 
  1 Samuel 17:10-11; 1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:25; 
  1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Samuel 17:32; 1 Samuel 17:37; 1 Samuel 17:40; 
  1 Samuel 17:45-47; 1 Samuel 17:48-49; 
 
3. A Covenant Friend	{Listen}      (Watch)
  1 Samuel 17:57; 1 Samuel 18:1; 1 Samuel 18:10-11; 
  1 Samuel 18:6-7; 1 Samuel 18:8; 1 Samuel 18:9; 1 Samuel 20:1; 
  1 Samuel 18:1; 1 Samuel 18:3-4; 1 Samuel 19:4; 1 Samuel 20:41-42; 
  1 Samuel 23:16; (NLT) Proverbs 18:24; 1 Samuel 18:3-4
 
4. Crutch Removing	{Listen}      (Watch)
  1 Samuel 18:10-12; 1 Samuel 19:12; 1 Samuel 18:16; 1 Samuel 18:25; 
  1 Samuel 19:18; 1 Samuel 20:1; 1 Samuel 20:30; 1 Samuel 20:33; 
  (NLT) 1 Samuel 21:10-11; 1 Samuel 21:12-13; Deuteronomy 33:27
 
5. The Cave		{Listen}      (Watch)
  1 Samuel 21:12-13; 1 Samuel 22:1; Psalm 57:1-11; 
  1 Samuel 22:1-2; 1 Samuel 22:2; (MSG) 1 Corin-thians 1:26-28; 
1 Chronicles 12:22 
 
6. Mercy or Vengeance	{Listen}      (Watch)
  1 Samuel 23:14; 1 Samuel 24:2-4; 1 Samuel 24:4; 1 Samuel 24:5; 
  1 Samuel 24:6; Luke 17:2-3; Job 5:2; 1 Samuel 24:7; Proverbs 16:7; 
  1 Samuel 24:8-9; (TMB) 1 Samuel 24:16-22
 
7. Who's The Fool?	{Listen}      (Watch)
  1 Samuel 25:2-3; Psalms 14:1; 1 Samuel 25:15-16; 1 Samuel 25:4-5; 
  1 Samuel 25:13-14; 1 Samuel 25:22; 1 Samuel 25:30-31; 
  1 Samuel 25:32; Romans 12:19; 1 Samuel 25:36-38; Luke 6:31; 
  1 Samuel 25:39; 1 Samuel 25:39
 
 
Healed Without Scars
 
1. Do Not Enter		{Listen}      (Watch)
  Daniel 3:26-28; Isaiah 53:5; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 4:23; 
  John 8:32
 
2. Who Is That Masked Man?	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 3:7-9; Matthew 7:5; 
  Luke 4:18; Daniel 3:24-25 
 
3. Cultivated Wounds	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Genesis 25:28; Genesis 37:34-35; 
  (KJV) Psalms 22:3; (NLT) Psalm 22:3-5; Acts 16:23-26
 
4. Wounds And Faith	{Listen}      (Watch)
  1 Thessalonians 3:2-3; Galatians 6:5; Matthew 9:28-30; 
  Hebrews 11:8, 9, 11, 17; Genesis 21:10-11; Genesis 22:12
 
5. Let Go of the Past	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Luke 4:18: Phillipians 3:13-15; Numbers 11:4-6; Numbers 14:4; 
  Genesis 19:26; 1 Samuel 16:1; Jeremiah 31:34; Micah 7:19; 
  
 
How To BE Rich
 
1. Bad News		{Listen}      (Watch)
  1Timothy 6:17-19; Ecclesiastes 5:19; 
  Luke 18:18; Luke 18:23-24; Luke 18:25; Luke 12:48
 
2. Deceitfulness of Riches   {Listen}      (Watch)
  Timothy 6:17-19; Matthew 6:24; 1 Timothy 6:10; 
  Ecclesiastes 5:10; Proverbs 18:11; Proverbs 15:16; 2 Corinthians 8:2-3
 
3. Intentional Givers	{Listen}      (Watch)
  1 Timothy 6:17-19; 2 Corinthians 9:11; 
  2 Corinthians 9:7; Luke 12:16; Luke 12:20; Malachi 3:10

    
    
 
 
Supernatural
 
1. Spiritual Warfare	{Listen}      (Watch)
  2 Corinthians 10:3-4; Colossians 1:13; Ephesians 6:10-12; 
  Matthew 4:3; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Matthew 13:19; 2 Timothy 2:26; 
  1 Thessalonians 2:18; 1 Peter 5:8; Ephesians 6:13-18; 
  2 Kings 6:15-16; 2 Kings 6:17
 
 
2. Reality and Power of the Holy Spirit	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Acts 1:8; John 14:16-17; John 3:3; John 3:5-6; Romans 8:16; 
  John 14:26; John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 2:4-5; Acts 4:31; Romans 8:5; 
  Romans 8:6; Galatians 5:16-17; Hebrews 2:3-4; 1 Corinthians 12:7; 
  Ephesians 5:18; Acts 7:51; Mark 3:28-29 
 
3. Satan and his demons 1	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Mark 5:1-4; Mark 5:5; Mark 5:6-9; Mark 5:10; Mark 9:17-18; 
  Mark 9:21-22; James 4:7-8 
 
4. Satan and his demons 2	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Isaiah 14:4; Isaiah 14:12; Isaiah 14:16; Genesis 3:1; Job 1:6-8;
  Job 2:6; John 8:44; 1 Peter 5:8; Genesis 6:4-5; 2 Peter 2:4-6; 
  Revelation 20:1-4; 1 Corinthians 6:3; Jude 1:8-9; Acts 19:15-16;
  Deuteronomy 18:10-12; Matthew 10:1; Galatians 3:27; Ephesians 4:27
 
5. Angels	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Malachi 4:2; Psalm 148:1-2; 2 Kings 19:35; Hebrews 13:2; 
  Judges 13:6, 21; Genesis 19:1; Genesis 19:5; Revelation 1:1; 
  Revelation 19:9-10; Hebrews 1:14; Matthew 4:11; Revelation 12:7; 
  Luke 1:30-31; Luke 22:42; Luke 22:43
 
 
Jonah
 
1. The Word of the Lord Came to You	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Jonah 1:1-3; Matthew 28:19; Jonah 1:4; Jonah 1:8-9; 
  Jonah 1:11-12; Jonah 1:15-17
 
 
2. Jonah Will Pray	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Jonah 1:6; Jonah 1:17; Jonah 2:1; (NIV) Jonah 2:2; (KJV) Jonah 2:2; 
  (NLT) Jonah 2:2; Jonah 1:9; Hebrews 4:16; 1 Corinthians 15:10;
  (KJV) Jonah 2:2; Jonah 2:3-7; Jonah 2:6; Psalms 43:5; Jonah 2:6; 
  Jonah 2:8; Jonah 2:9; Jonah 2:10
 
3. Jonah Will Obey	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Jonah 1:17; Jonah 2:10; Jonah 3:1-3; Jonah 3:2; Matthew 28:19; 
  Jonah 3:3; Jonah 3:4; Jonah 3:5-9; Jonah 3:10
 
4. Jonah's Anger Does Not Matter	     {Listen}      (Watch)
  Jonah 1:17; Jonah 2:10;
 
 
CHRISTMAS
 
1. What Is Christmas Really All About?
  Luke 2:8-14 
 
GET A LIFE
 
1. Why Am I Here?	{Listen}      (Watch)
  John 10:10; Genesis 1:27; Genesis 1:31; Ephesians 1:11;
  Jeremiah 29:11; Matthew 4:3; Revelation 4:11
 
2. What is Really Important to Me?	{Listen}      (Watch)
  John 10:10; 1 Timothy 4:8; Matthew 6:21; Mark 12:43
 
3. Am I Making Mile Markers	{Listen}      
  John 10:10; Matthew 3:13, 16-17; Matthew 16:21; Matthew 16:13-16
  Haggai 2:9; Luke 10:17-18, 21
 
4. What Am I Good At?	{Listen}      
  John 10:10; 1 Corinthians 12:11, 17-19; Matthew 25:14-15, 26, 29-30
 
5. What Do I Need to Learn?	{Listen}      
  John 10:10; Matthew 5:3; Ephesians 4:26; Deuteronomy 5:9; Acts 28:31;
  Galatians 3:28
 
6. What Do I Need to Learn 2?	{Listen}      
  John 10:10; Psalm 139:14-15; Matthew 26:18; Psalms 90:10; James 4:14;
 
7. What Do I Need to Learn 3?	{Listen}      
  John 10:10; Proverbs 21:20; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Proverbs 22:7; 
  1 Corinthians 6:19; Romans 8:6-7; John 8:28; Matthew 15:14; 
  1 Thessalonians 5:23
 
 

    
    
GREATEST HITS 2007
 
1. Baggage of Addictions	{Listen}      (Watch)
  2 Peter 2:19; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 
  Romans 6:12-14; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5;
  1 Corinthians 9:27
 
2. Baggage of Depression	{Listen}      (Watch)
  1 Kings 19:3; Luke 10:34; 1KI 19:4-5; 
  1 Kings 19:8; 1 Kings 19:9; 1 Kings 19:13; 1 Kings 19:18; 1 Kings 19:15-16;
  Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
 
 Malachi 3:8-11; Leviticus 27:30; 
 Numbers 18:21; Deuteronomy 14:23-26; 
 Deuteronomy 14:28-29
 
  Acts 2:44-45; Mark 6:31-34; Acts 3:5-7;
  Galatians 6:7-8; Luke 15:17
 
  Acts 2:44-45; Mark 6:31-34; Acts 3:5-7;
  Acts 2:44-47; John 13:35; Acts 2:42; 
  Matthew 18:20; John 13:34; Romans 12:10; Galatians 5:13; Acts 2:44-45
 
 
CHALLENGE
 
1. to do Something Great	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Revelation 3:15-16; Genesis 12:1-4; Matthew 18:1-4;
  John 10:38; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Mark 3:13-16; Mark 9:33-35;
 
2. to Make Great Decisions   {Listen}      (Watch)
  Luke 23:4; Luke 23:7; Luke 23:12; Luke 23:16-20; 
  Matthew 27:19; Luke 23:23-24; Matthew 27:24
 
3. to Self-Manage   {Listen}      (Watch)
  1 Thessalonians 5:23; Job 30:16; Ephesians 4:26;
  John 11:34-36; Matthew 18:33-34; Deuteronomy 14:4, 9, 11, 19, 21;
  Matthew 6:21
 
4. to Belong	{Listen}      (Watch)
   Genesis 2:18; Acts 15:39-40; Matthew 22:37-39; Exodus 4:14;
  1 Timothy 3:4-5; John 15:13; John 15:15; Exodus 18:19-24; 
  Romans 1:6
 
5. of the Wilderness	{Listen}      (Watch)
  1 Kings 19:4; Exodus 2:15; Job 13:15;
  Exodus 14:30-31; Joshua 5:12; Galatians 1:15-16; Exodus 33:18;
  Exodus 16:23; Exodus 16:29-30; Mark 2:23-28; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:14
 
DISCIPLE
 
1. My Disciple		{Listen}      (Watch)
  Acts 11:26; Luke 14:25-33; Mark 1:40-42;
  Matthew 9:10; Matthew 9:11-13; Matthew 15:12-14; Matthew 12:9-14
 
2. Because You Say So	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Luke 5:1-11; Luke 5:10-11; Proverbs 6:9-11; 
  Luke 5:4; Luke 5:5
 
3. Remaining Salty	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Luke 14:26-35; Luke 14:26-35; Matthew 28:19-20; 
  John 10:10; Matthew 9:12-13; John 3:17; Matthew 10:34-38; 
 
4. From House to House	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Acts 2:44-47; John 13:35; Acts 2:42; 
  Matthew 18:20; John 13:34; Romans 12:10; Galatians 5:13; Acts 2:44-45
 
5. Go!			{Listen}      (Watch)
  John 8:44; Matthew 28:19-20; Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:5-8;
  Matthew 21:42-43; 1Corinthians 2:2; Matthew 10:19
 
 
BAGGAGE
 
1. Baggage Dump	{Listen}      
  Psalms 109:22; Psalms 109:21;
  Job 7:11; Psalms 109:31; Psalms 143:8; Job 6:24; Romans 12:2;
  Ephesians 4:22-23; Colossians 3:13
 
2. Baggage of Addictions	{Listen}      
  2 Peter 2:19; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 
  Romans 6:12-14; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5;
  1 Corinthians 9:27
 
3. Baggage of Divorce (Pastor Doug Eaker) {Listen}      (Watch)
  (Notes not available)
 
4. Baggage of Depression	{Listen}      
  1 Kings 19:3; Luke 10:34; 1KI 19:4-5; 
  1 Kings 19:8; 1 Kings 19:9; 1 Kings 19:13; 1 Kings 19:18; 1 Kings 19:15-16;
  Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; 
 
5. Emotional Baggage	{Listen}      
  2 Samuel 18:33; Psalm 34:18-19; 
  Luke 4:18-19; Psalms 94:12; 1 Samuel 17:28; Luke 10:40; John 4:17-18;
  Luke 23:34; 
 
HANDLING DIFFICULT PEOPLE
 
1. Handling Critical People		{Listen}      
  Numbers 12:1; Exodus 14:12; 
  Ecclesiastes 7:5-6; Romans 2:21-23; Proverbs 15:31-32;
  Matthew 15:12-14; 1 Thessalonians 2:4
 
2 Handling Overly Needy People	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Acts 2:44-45; Mark 6:31-34; Acts 3:5-7;
  Galatians 6:7-8; Luke 15:17
 
3. Handling Controlling Manipulative People	{Listen}      
  Judges 16:15-17; Matthew 16:22-23; Exodus 20:3-5;
  Galatians 1:10
 
4. Handling Hypocritical People	{Listen}      (Watch)
  Matthew 23:23-24; Matthew 23:28; 
  2 Samuel 12:5-7; 2 Samuel 12:14; Galatians 6:1, 2
 
 
THOUGHTS! THE CREATIVE POWER
 
1. Thoughts Create Reality	{Listen}      
  Proverbs 23:7, Genesis 1:11-25,
  Mark 7:20-23, Job 3:25-26, Genesis 2:7,
  Galatians 6:7, 2 Corinthians 10:5,
  Matthew 21:21-22 
 
2. Whosoever Shall Have Whatsoever	{Listen}      
  Proverbs 23:7, Mark 11:23-24; Matthew 7:7;
  Luke 18:41-43; Mark 10:14-15; Matthew 6:8; 
  2 Corinthians 10:5
 
3. Stopping Backward Thinking	{Listen}      
  Philippians 4:8; Proverbs 23:7;
  Mark 7:21-23; Mark 11:23-25; Job 3:25-26;
  2 Corinthians 10:5
 
4. Thoughts: Life Unfolds That Way	{Listen}      
  Proverbs 23:7; 2 Timothy 1:7; Matthew 22:37-40
  Jonah 1:17; Genesis 30:43; Genesis 31:10; 
  James 2:17; Matthew 21:22; John 11:41-44

DEAL OR NO DEAL

 
 Malachi 3:8-11; Leviticus 27:30; 
 Numbers 18:21; Deuteronomy 14:23-26; 
 Deuteronomy 14:28-29
 
2. Forgiving      			{Listen}      
 Matthew 6:9-15; Matthew 18:21-35; 
 Matthew 5:43-48; Job 42:7-10
 
3. Salvation and the Resurrection of the Dead     {Listen}      
 Job 17:1, John 5:24-29, 1 Corinthians 15:17-22, 
 Acts 4:2-4, Acts 26:8, Revelation 20:11-15,
 Matthew 10:28, 1 Corinthians 15:42-45, John 11:24-26
 
4. Hearing the Word of God     	{Listen}      
 Luke 8:4-21
 
 
OFFERING AND SACRIFICE
 
1. A Disrespectful Offering 	{Listen}    
 Romans 12:1 Genesis 4:1-16, 
 Hebrews 11:4,6
 
2. Playing With Strange Fire        	{Listen}    
 Leviticus 9:24 – 10:5, Psalm 66:13-20
 
3. How Can I Know?      		{Listen}    
 Genesis 15:1-21
 
4. Stopping the Plague 		{Listen}   
 2 Samuel 24:1-25
 
5. The Lord Smelled the Pleasing Aroma    {Listen}    
 Genesis 8:18-9:16, 2 Corinthians 9:7-8
 
 
HAVE YOU INVITED ANYONE?
 
1. We Have Found...	      	 {Listen}
 John 1:35-49
 
2. Climb In The Chariot      		 {Listen}   
 Acts 8:26-40, Matthew 28:19-20, 
 Mark 16:15
 
 
GREATEST HITS
 
1. It All Goes Back In The Box	{Listen}    
 Matthew 6:33, Luke 12:2-31
 
2. Retrospect - Worst Day / Best day  {Listen}   
 Romans 8:28
 
3. Your Kingdom  	              		{Listen}     
 Psalm 145:13, Matthew 3:2-12,16:19;  
 Luke 4:43
 
4. WHY???  	                   	     	{Listen}     
 Matthew 27:45-46, John 3:16,  
 2 Corinthians 5:21
 
 
DON'T BE LIKE
 
1. Don't Be Like Absalom		{Listen}     
 2 Samuel 13:1- 18:15
 
2. Don't Be Like Jezebel		{Listen}     
 1 Kings 16:31-33, Revelation 2:20-23
 
3. Don't Be Like Saul           		{Listen}    
 1 Samuel 9:2, 1 Samuel 31:4

    
 
 
DEMONS AND DARKNESS
 
1. Met By A Demon		{Listen}     
   Luke 8:26-39
 
2. From Childhood		{Listen}     
   Mark 9:14-29
 
3. A Spirit of...			{Listen}      
 Luke 11:20-26, Mark 1:23-26, Luke 8:2, 
 Luke 13:10-12, Mark 9:25

    
 
 
LIVING IN PEACE
 
1. Peace Depends On You	{Listen}     
   Romans 12:17-21
 
2. Peace In The Home		{Listen}     
   Colossians 3:12-21
 
3. Peace With Enemies		{Listen}    
   Luke 6:27-36, Romans 12:19
 
3. Peace In The World 		{Listen}      
   Isaiah 11:6-10, Luke 11:5-8

    
 
 
LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE TONGUE
 
1. Set A Guard On My Mouth	     
  Psalm 141:3, Proverbs 18:21
 
2. The Heart and the Mouth	   
 Matthew 12:34-35
 
3. Gossip and the Sick Mind	     
 Romans 1:28-30, Matthew 12:36
 
4. Wonderful Boasting Tongue	     
 James 3:5, Proverbs 18:21
 
 
BAPTISM
 
1. Remission
  Acts 2:37-38
 
 
DESIRE
 
1. What Things Soever Ye Desire	{Listen}
  Mark 11:24,  Psalm 37:4-5
 
2. Desire When You Pray	                {Listen}
  Luke 11:9-10, Marl 11:24
 
 
TEACH ME THE POWER OF A MOMENT
 
1. ...With People		 
  1 Corinthians 15:52
 
2. ...In a Place		 
  1 Kings 17:1-6, Luke 4:5
 
3. ...With a Plan		
   Jeremiah 29:11-13
 
 
COMMUNION
 
1. Communion
 1 Corinthians 10:15-18, Galatians 2:20
 
 
TOUGH QUESTIONS
 
1. Does God Exist?		
  Romans 1:19-20, Psalm 14:1
 
2. What About Hell		(Listen)
  Luke 16:22-23, Matthew 25:41
 
3. Why Do Bad Things Happen 
   To Good People			
  Romans 8:28
 
4. Why Be A Christian?		(Listen)
  John 10:9-10, John 14:6
 
 
GROWING UP
 
1. Growing Up In Giving	                	
  2 Corinthians 9:7, 1 John 2:12-14
 
2. Growing Up In Prais