But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.

“I regret that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from me and has not carried out my instructions.” 

“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices

as much as in obeying the Lord?

To obey is better than sacrifice,

People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

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. 37The 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.”

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.

Lord God my father,

Keep me from acting on my desire above yours. Allow me to follow you in the struggles and allow you to do the fighting for me. Direct me in the actions you wish me to take.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen