https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/podcasts/193799/ The First Book of Samuel tells the story of Israel’s transition from the era of judges to a monarchy. It begins with Hannah’s heartfelt prayer for a child, leading to the birth of Samuel, whom she dedicates to the Lord. Samuel grows up to become a prophet and judge, delivering God’s judgment against the corrupt priest Eli and his sons.The narrative shifts to the struggles of Israel against the Philistines, including the capture and eventual return of the Ark of the Covenant. Samuel leads Israel in repentance and victory over the Philistines, but the Israelites demand a king to rule over them. Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, is anointed as the first king of Israel but soon faces challenges.Saul’s reign is marked by disobedience to God, including a failed sacrifice and the sparing of Amalekite king Agag, leading to Samuel’s announcement that Saul’s kingship will end. David, a shepherd chosen by God for his heart and character, is secretly anointed as the future king.David gains fame by defeating Goliath. Religion & Spirituality Servants For Christ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://vps.sermonaudio.com/resize_image/images/series/1440/1440/193799.1723474934.jpg https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/podcasts/193799/ en Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:11:58 +0000 30 Darrell Bailey no Darrell Bailey litabailey07@gmail.com The First Book of Samuel tells the story of Israel’s transition from the era of judges to a monarchy. It begins with Hannah’s heartfelt prayer for a child, leading to the birth of Samuel, whom she dedicates to the Lord. Samuel grows up to become a prophet and judge, delivering God’s judgment against the corrupt priest Eli and his sons.The narrative shifts to the struggles of Israel against the Philistines, including the capture and eventual return of the Ark of the Covenant. Samuel leads Israel in repentance and victory over the Philistines, but the Israelites demand a king to rule over them. Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, is anointed as the first king of Israel but soon faces challenges.Saul’s reign is marked by disobedience to God, including a failed sacrifice and the sparing of Amalekite king Agag, leading to Samuel’s announcement that Saul’s kingship will end. David, a shepherd chosen by God for his heart and character, is secretly anointed as the future king.David gains fame by defeating Goliath. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/62925534296422 David: A Faith That Meets Adversity Head-On. 1 Samuel 17:3-8,32-37,45-47 KJV Sometimes the giants we face aren't ten feet tall—they're test results, unpaid bills, broken homes, or fractured dreams. The battle isn't always on the battlefield… sometimes it's in your heart. But like David, you can win in the valley when your faith is in the God who never loses.Facing fear: True faith confronts fear with confidence in God's power.Remembering God's faithfulness: Faith grows by recalling how God has worked in the past.Taking bold action: Faith calls for active obedience, stepping out in trust that God will provide.As we face our own "giants" in life, we can follow David's example: confronting fear with faith, recalling God's past victories, and moving forward with boldness, trusting in God's ultimate victory. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/62925534296422 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:34:44 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/22025012581376 Signs of a Spiritual Decline1 Samuel 3:1-3 Spiritual blindness can hinder our walk with God, but we can take steps to ensure our eyes remain open to His truth. First, we must examine our hearts daily, asking God to reveal any areas of spiritual blindness (Psalm 139:23-24). Staying rooted in Scripture provides the light we need to navigate life (Psalm 119:105). Prayer is essential, as we seek the Holy Spirit's guidance to enlighten our understanding (Ephesians 1:18). Surrounding ourselves with godly influences strengthens our faith (Proverbs 27:17), and obedience to God's convictions keeps us aligned with His will (James 1:22). Finally, we must walk by faith, trusting in God's wisdom rather than relying on worldly perspectives (2 Corinthians 5:7). By following these steps, we can avoid spiritual blindness and grow in our relationship with Christ. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/22025012581376 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:28:31 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/106242043262571 "You Need Some Anointing in your life" 1 Samuel 16:13 This moment symbolizes not just a change in leadership, but the empowering presence of God in our lives. Just as David received the Spirit of the Lord through the anointing oil, we too are invited to seek the anointing of God to equip us for our daily challenges and responsibilities. We put on the armor of God every day. Daily anointing serves as a protective barrier against spiritual attacks from the enemy. It strengthens our spiritual defenses and helps us resist temptation. I received the Holy Spirit when I got saved. Facing Life's Trials: Each day brings its own set of challenges, whether personal, professional, or relational. The anointing empowers us to face these challenges with strength, wisdom, and grace. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/106242043262571 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 06 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:22:37 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/8122473137233 Jonathan: beyond the Spotlight.1 Samuel 18:1-4; 19:1-4; 23:15-18Through the selected passages, we gain insight into Jonathan's character, his loyalty, and his selflessness.1 Samuel 18:1-4 - This passage highlights the deep bond of friendship between Jonathan and David. Jonathan's actions, such as giving David his royal robes and weapons, signify his support and commitment to David's future as king, even though it meant relinquishing his own claim to the throne. 1 Samuel 19:1-4 - Here, Jonathan courageously intervenes on David's behalf when King Saul seeks to kill him. Jonathan speaks up for David, emphasizing his righteousness and the value he brings to the kingdom. This act of bravery showcases Jonathan's willingness to protect his friend despite the personal risks involved.1 Samuel 23:15-18 - In this passage, Jonathan continues to show his unwavering support for David. He meets David in the wilderness, strengthening his resolve and reassuring him of God's plans. Jonathan's encouragement and affirmation reflect his deep faith and commitment to God's will, even when it places him in a difficult position. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/8122473137233 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:27:23 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/8424114514730 David: Beyond the Spotlight_03 1 Samuel 18:1-16This passage offers profound insights into the dynamics of success, opposition, and faithfulness. By examining David's journey, we are encouraged to serve with excellence, manage our responses to jealousy, and trust in God's greater plan, regardless of the spotlight or lack thereof.The chapter opens with David's increasing favor with Saul and the people of Israel. His valiant victory over Goliath and his service as Saul's armor-bearer elevate him in public esteem. Saul becomes troubled by the people's praise of David, who is celebrated with the song, "Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands."As Saul's jealousy intensifies, he begins to act out against David. Yet, David continues to serve with integrity and humility, refusing to retaliate or seek personal gain.David's exemplary behavior and God's favor make him increasingly popular, reinforcing the notion that true success is grounded in faithful service rather than seeking validation.Lessons Learned by David:Serve with Excellence,Handle Jealousy Gracefully, and Trust in God's Plan. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/8424114514730 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 04 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:44:16 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/12142313153653 When Abigail [Stepped In]. 1 Samuel 25:14-17,23-28,32-35The details of the conflict between David and Nabal are spelled out in verses 2-13. David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep. Collecting the wool from the sheep was cause for a celebration and often accompanied by a feast. David sent ten of his young men to Nabal to ask for a payment in goods for the protection and favor David and his men had shown to Nabal's shepherds and herds.David's men were not received well.David's men returned to David and reported what had happened. David was furious and instructed 400 of his 600 men to prepare themselves to move against Nabal and his household.The stage was set for conflict that would bring great harm to many. Fortunately, one person was willing to step into the conflict to help bring about resolution. Abigail modeled effective intervention and offered positive solutions that led to peace and blessing.However, as with Abigail, when the conflict has potential to affect us, those near us, or the innocent, we need to be willing to step in. When such intervention is carried out with grace and love, problems can be solved and relationships restored, further hurt prevented, and God glorified. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/12142313153653 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:40:15 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/1119232027242795 Its Not About Me, Myself or I. 1 Samuel 24:1-15 When Relationships Collide: Thriving in the Midst of Conflict.David retreats to a place called Engedi. Engedi means "spring of the goat or spring of climbers or leapers." This place was 200 yards from the Dead Sea on the center of the western shore. An abundance of palm trees use to be here. This oasis had luxurious vegetation watered by fresh water springs and waterfalls. Saul thought he was in control and secure, but in reality David is the one who is in control. David has the power to destroy the king. The tables have been turned. If David kills Saul, he would be king! He and his 600 men would be free from persecution, suffering, and a fugitive life.Have you been hurt, slandered, or verbally attacked? Here is what you can do? 1. Respond with humility and graciousness. 2. Speak the truth and give evidence of your integrity with your words and actions. 3. Make sure your conscience is clear of any offenses and seek forgiveness for any wrongs. 4. Look at your offender as God's tool to develop character in your life. Someone said, "God gives us motivation to push us. He gives us friends to push us to our potential. He gives us enemies to push us beyond our potential." God is using Saul to develop in David's life traits like humility, faith, trust in God, self-control, patience, forgiveness, and long suffering. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/1119232027242795 Religion & Spirituality Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:28:30 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/82723415204076 Abigail: A Woman of Wisdom1 Samuel 25:14-17,23-28,32-35The choices we make can put us on the path of wisdom or on the path of folly. One way leads to life while the other leads to death.Step in to keep a bad situation from getting worse.In 1 Samuel 25, we encounter three people: Nabal on the path of foolishness;Abigail on the path of wisdom; and David wavering between the two paths.In 1 Samuel 25, we will see how Abigail intervened in the life of David when he was headed toward foolishness and destruction. We will learn how God wants to use us to intervene in the lives of others.We must employ discernment and listen to the guidance of the Holy Spirit when deciding how to intervene.Abigail was intelligent or discerning.Abigail showed humility and respect. Abigail went in person to talk to David. David agreed with Abigail by crediting the Lord God of Israel as the One who prevented him from making a disastrous decision.Father, give us the wisdom and courage we need to step into harm's way to avert the consequences of poor decisions made by others. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/82723415204076 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 27 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:50:11 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/6192345902627 Eli and Samuel 1 Samuel 2:22-26;3:7-10,15-18 As followers of Jesus Christ, we will also experience our share of failures and successes. Failure, however, doesn't need to define us. We may blow it from time to time. When that happens, it's critical that we keep moving forward, knowing two important facts: 1. God is a God of second chances. He will neither forsake us nor stop loving us.He's pulling for us. 2. God can use our failures for good in our lives. Through failure we can learn important lessons—lessons we can pass on to others.We first meet Eli in the story of Hannah, a grieving woman who desperately wanted a child 1 Samuel 1. Eli served as both a judge and high priest at the tabernacle located in Shiloh. His two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as priests under their father v. 3.Mentoring others isn't easy. There can be failures along the way. God can grow us through our mistakes, and we don't need to be afraid to share with those we are disciplining concerning our failures. Others can learn from our mistakes and avoid making similar errors. God is in the business of taking our mess-ups and using them for our growth and the growth of others. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/6192345902627 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 18 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:25:38 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/614191815283964 Brian Busby is a minister with the Calvary Children's Home. I met him when he filled in for Snyder Turner because of Snyder's wife Marsha had surgery. We enjoyed having Brian and the Calvary Children's Home choir come and sing and Him preach. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/614191815283964 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 26 Aug 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Busby 0:56:59 no Brian Busby - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/5821232402744 Abiathar: Survivor of a Massacre. 1 Sam.22:1-23In today's world of pandemics and disunity, racism and lies in America. One of the sons of Ahimelech escaped the slaughter of the priests and fled to join David. Arriving at David's hideout, he reported the horrible atrocity committed against the priests and charged Saul with being the instigator 1 Sam. 22:20-21. Shocked and stunned, David was stricken with an agonizing grief for the priests. And note, he accepted responsibility for their deaths 1 Sam. 22:22. There were at least two reasons why David accepted responsibility for the horrible crime: He had neglected to kill Doeg when he discovered that Doeg was in the Tabernacle while he was seeking the help of the priest 21:7.He had sought the help of the priests by lying to them, claiming that he was on a secret mission for the king 21:2.Knowing that his lie and deception had led to the horrible massacre of the priests was a heavy burden that David had to bear for the rest of his life, for the priests were completely innocent of any crime. No doubt, he sought the forgiveness of God. And God forgave him just as He promises to forgive any person who confesses and repents of his sins. But this lie and deception led to such a horrible evil. Lying and deception can cause devastating consequences. Lying and deception can… arouse lust, greed, and covetousness, break hearts, cause financial difficulty, lead to false accusations, cause a person to lose his job, keep a person from securing employment or a promotion. Lies can destroy people and property, causing devastation and the most catastrophic upheavals in life. For this reason, God strongly condemns all liars and deceivers. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/5821232402744 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:29:24 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/71819142330870 Do you ever feel overwhelmed by life? We all do from time to time! This text finds David is one of those times. He is in a dark, damp, dreary, depressing cave. He has experienced the loss everything and everyone he leaned on in his life. He is alone, defeated and discouraged. David is in one of the cave experiences of life. What David did not see at the time, but soon came to understand, was the fact that God was behind it all and in control of it all. David did not know it at the time but God was going to use his time in the cave to help David grow stronger in the Lord. The day would soon come when David would emerge from that cave far stronger in the Lord than he was when he entered that time in his life. There are times when we too find ourselves in one of life's cave experiences. We think all of our help and strength is gone. We feel alone, discouraged and deserted. Ever been there? Sure you have. In fact, some are there right now! Well, like David, when we are dwelling in one of the caves of life, we often fail to see the hand of God in what we are facing. But, I would remind you today that just as surely as God is behind all the blessings of life; He is behind all the burdens as well, Isa. 45:7; Psa. 37:23; Rom. 8:29-29. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/71819142330870 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:30:47 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/79191244146712 https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/79191244146712 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:30:47 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/751963521882 There is a hidden lesson nestled among these verses. Samuel was the desire of Hannah's heart. She brings him to Shiloh and leaves him there. She could have brought him each year and allowed him to return home for a time. Instead, on her first visit she brings him and leaves him there. Hannah has brought her burdens and blessings to the Lord and left them there. This truth is seen in the name... Shiloh. The name Shiloh is a name for Jesus Christ (Genesis 49:10). This name means "tranquility, rest, peace." Hannah came to the place of rest and peace and found her rest and peace in the Lord... the Prince of Peace. That is where we will find peace too. I ask you mothers listening to me at this very moment, have you put a robe of prayer around your children? Have you clothed them in the garment of prayer and praise? I say to you, that is your mission as a mother. That is your privilege as a parent. If you did that, what a strike you would make against the forces of evil https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/751963521882 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 09 May 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:58:01 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/32321126575472 The Calling of Samuel1Sam.3:9-10 and 1Sam.7:3-17 reveal God's plan to raise up young Samuel to succeed Eli. Samuel receives one of the few audible calls from God recorded in the Bible, but notice that this is not a call to a type of work or ministry."I didn't call you, go back to bed," Eli answered a second time. A third time God called Samuel and Samuel got up and went to Eli. And Samuel said: "Here I am!" Finally, Eli realized that it was God who was calling Samuel. He told Samuel, "Go and lie down, and if he calls you again, say, 'Speak LORD, for your servant is listening."In the changes and confusions of today, in the indisposition to receive new light, in the confessions of multitudes that their eyes are dim and they cannot see, we may recognize a parallel to the time of Eli. Let us strive that in the new unfoldings of the Word of God we may ever keep that humility of mind that says, "Speak, Lord; for Thy servant heareth." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/peeplesvalleybapt/sermons/32321126575472 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0000 Pastor Darrell Bailey 0:38:06 no Pastor Darrell Bailey - 1 Samuel