2. Four Moves Leaders Make

3.  Leaders Do What’s In Front Of Them

4. 1 SAMUEL 13:13-14 (NIV) “You have done a foolish thing,” Samuel said. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

5. 1 SAMUEL 13:13-14 (NIV) But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.”

6. 1 SAMUEL 16:10-13 (NIV) Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, “The Lord has not chosen these.” So he asked Jesse, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered. “He is tending the sheep.” Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.”

7. 1 SAMUEL 16:10-13 (NIV) So he sent for him and had him brought in. He was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome features. Then the Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; this is the one.”

8. 1 SAMUEL 16:10-13 (NIV) So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David.

9. 1 SAMUEL 17:34-37 (NIV) But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.

10. 1 SAMUEL 17:34-37 (NIV) Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.

11. 1 SAMUEL 17:34-37 (NIV) The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.”

12. Four Moves Leaders Make  Leaders Do What’s In Front Of Them  Leaders Have A Steely Determination

13. 1 SAMUEL 17:40 (NIV) Then David took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.

14. 1 SAMUEL 17:41-44 (NIV) Meanwhile, the Philistine, with his shield bearer in front of him, kept coming closer to David. He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him. He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?”

15. 1 SAMUEL 17:41-44 (NIV) And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. “Come here, and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!”

16. 1 SAMUEL 17:45 (NIV) David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

17. 1 SAMUEL 17:46-47 (NIV) This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

18. 1 SAMUEL 17:46-47 (NIV) All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

19. 1 SAMUEL 17:48-49 (NIV) As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.”

20. Four Moves Leaders Make  Leaders Do What’s In Front Of Them  Leaders Have A Steely Determination  Leaders Love Deeply &  Leaders  Leaders Create A Sense Of Meaning

21. 1 SAMUEL 18:13-14 (NIV) “So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns. In everything he did he had great success, because the Lord was with him.”

22. Psalm 142:1-7 (NIV) “I cry out to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD I make my request. I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare before Him my trouble. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path.

23. Psalm 142:1-7 (NIV) In the way in which I walk they have secretly set a snare for me. Look on my right hand and see, for there is no one who acknowledges me; refuge has failed me; no one cares for my soul. I cry to you, Lord; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

24. Psalm 142:1-7 (NIV) Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me. Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.”

25. 1 SAMUEL 22:1-2 (NIV) “David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there. All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.”

26. 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV) Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

27. Four Moves Leaders Make  Leaders Do What’s In Front Of Them  Leaders Have A Steely Determination  Leaders Love Deeply &  Leaders  Leaders Create A Sense Of Meaning