1. Eden in the Heart’s Desert A story of mended hearts in four parts
I Samuel 15: 34-35

2. Prelude
Part I : Faithful love
Part II : First betrayal
Part III : A relationship shattered
Part IV : Restoration

3. Prelude
Part I : Faithful love
Part II : First betrayal
Part III : A relationship shattered
Part IV : Restoration

4. I Samuel 15: 34-35
Then Samuel left for Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul. Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

5. YHWH God of Israel
Samuel
Israel

6. Prelude
Part I : Faithful love
Part II : First betrayal
Part III : A relationship shattered
Part IV : Restoration

7. YHWH God of Israel
Israel

8. YHWH God of Israel
Samuel
Israel

9. Prelude
Part I : Faithful love
Part II : First betrayal
Part III : A relationship shattered
Part IV : Restoration

10. YHWH God of Israel
Samuel
Israel

11. I Samuel 12: 3-5
Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right.”
“You have not cheated or oppressed us,” they replied. “You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.”
Samuel said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.”
“He is witness,” they said.

12. YHWH God of Israel
Samuel
Israel

13. YHWH God of Israel
Samuel
Israel

14. I Samuel 12: 20-23
“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless. For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own. As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.

15. YHWH God of Israel
Samuel
Israel

16. YHWH God of Israel
Samuel
Israel

17. Prelude
Part I : Faithful love
Part II : First betrayal
Part III : A relationship shattered
Part IV : Restoration

18. YHWH God of Israel
Samuel
Israel

19. YHWH God of Israel
Samuel
Israel

20. YHWH God of Israel
Samuel
Israel

21. Prelude
Part I : Faithful love
Part II : First betrayal
Part III : A relationship shattered
Part IV : Restoration

22. I Samuel 15: 34-35
Then Samuel left for Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul. Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

23. I Samuel 16: 1
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”

24. YHWH God of Israel
Samuel
Israel

25. Ezekiel 17:22-24
“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.  On the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches. All the trees of the forest will know that I the Lord bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.
“‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’”