David's Story: Belonging - The Necessity of Friendships

The Necessity of Friendships
2 Timothy 4:16 At my first defense, no one came to
my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not
be held against them.

The Necessity of Friendships
17 But the Lord stood at my side and gave me
strength, so that through me the message might be
fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it.
And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.

Loyalty and _________ in the Face of
Failure
2 Samuel 15:13 A messenger came and told David,
"The hearts of the men of Israel are with
Absalom."
Flexibility

Failure
14 Then David said to all his officials who were with
him in Jerusalem, "Come! We must flee, or none of
us will escape from Absalom. We must leave
immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake
us and bring ruin upon us and put the city to the
sword."
Flexibility

Failure
15 The king's officials answered him, "Your
servants are ready to do whatever our lord the
king chooses."
Flexibility

Failure
Proverbs 18:24 A man of many companions may
come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer
than a brother.
Flexibility

Failure
2 Samuel 15:16 The king set out, with his entire
household following him….
Flexibility

Failure
17 So the king set out, with all the people following
him, and they halted at a place some distance
away.
Flexibility

Failure
18 All his men marched past him, along with the
Kerethites and Pelethites; and all the six hundred
Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath
marched before the king.
Flexibility

Failure
19 The king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why should
you come along with us? Go back and stay with
King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from
your homeland. 20 You came only yesterday….
Flexibility

Failure
21 But Ittai replied to the king, "As surely as the
LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives,
wherever my lord the king may be, whether it
means life or death, there will your servant be."
Flexibility

"___" you
2 Samuel 15:23 The whole countryside wept aloud
as all the people passed by. The king also crossed
the Kidron Valley, and all the people moved on
toward the desert.
For

"___" you
24 Zadok was there, too, and all the Levites who
were with him were carrying the ark of the
covenant of God. They set down the ark of God,
and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people
had finished leaving the city.
For

"___" you
25 Then the king said to Zadok, "Take the ark of
God back into the city. If I find favor in the
LORD's eyes, he will bring me back and let me see
it and his dwelling place again.
For

"___" you
26 But if he says, 'I am not pleased with you,' then I
am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to
him."
For

"___" you
27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Aren't
you a seer? Go back to the city in peace, with your
son Ahimaaz and Jonathan son of Abiathar. You
and Abiathar take your two sons with you.
For

"___" you
Philippians 2:20 I have no one else like him who
takes a genuine interest in you, 21 for everyone
looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus
Christ.
For

"___" you
2 Samuel 15:28 I will wait at the fords in the desert
until word comes from you to inform me."
For

"___" you
29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God
back to Jerusalem and stayed there.
For

"___" you
30 But David continued up the Mount of Olives,
weeping as he went; his head was covered and he
was barefoot. All the people with him covered their
heads too and were weeping as they went up.
For

Grief ________ (sharers)
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens and so
fulfill the law of Christ.
Grabber
s

2 Samuel 15:32 When David arrived at the
summit, where people used to worship God,
Hushai the Arkite was there to meet him, his robe
torn and dust on his head.
Grabber
s

Romans 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice;
mourn with those who mourn.
Grabber
s

2 Samuel 15:34 But if you return to the city and
say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king; I
was your father's servant in the past, but now I
will be your servant,' then you can help me by
frustrating Ahithophel's advice.
Grabber
s

35 Won't the priests Zadok and Abiathar be there
with you? Tell them anything you hear in the
king's palace.
Grabber
s

36 Their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and
Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them.
Send them to me with anything you hear."
Grabber
s

37 So David's friend Hushai arrived at Jerusalem as
Absalom was entering the city.
Grabber
s

_______ Needs
Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a
brother is born for a time of adversity.
Practical

_______ Needs
2 Samuel 17:27 When David came to Mahanaim,
Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the
Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo
Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim
Practical

_______ Needs
28 brought bedding and bowls and articles of
pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour
and roasted grain, beans and lentils,
Practical

_______ Needs
29 honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows'
milk for David and his people to eat. For they said,
"The people have become hungry and tired and
thirsty in the desert."
Practical

_______ Needs
2 Corinthians 12:15 I will most gladly spend and
be spent for your souls.
Practical

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