Together for Good: Wants and Needs

Our lives are cluttered with so many things we thought we wanted. When Israel asked for a king, Samuel took it personally. God reminded him that the people had not rejected Samuel but God. What if we already have everything we need in God? God knows all of our endless wants, but he provides everything we need, right on time. Message based on I Samuel 7:12-8:9, 12:20-25.Quotes:George MacDonald: Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best; God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it.Duane Brooks: Christ is the true king over God’s kingdom, who brings good, not harm, to his subjects.Satchel Paige: How old would you be if you didn’t know your age.Duane Brooks: Our desires may reveal our lack of satisfaction with God.Duane Brooks: We have a passion for substitutes and an aversion to holiness.R.T. Kendall: Everyone I admired too much sooner or later disappointed me.  Alexander MacLaren: One of the first lessons which we have to learn is a wholesome disregard of other people’s ways.Ravi Zaccharias: Sin always takes us farther than we wanted to go, keeps us longer than we wanted to stay, and costs us more than we ever wanted to pay.Irving Kristol: Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want.Johanna Spyri in Heidi: Oh, I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It was not so good as I thought.C.S. Lewis: There are two kinds of people in the world: those who respond to God saying, "Thy will be done" and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."Duane Brooks: God’s answer to our insurrection is the crucifixion, resurrection, and victorious return of Jesus.To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/.Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbcFollow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptistFollow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist