Loyal Follow-ship

""Do all that you have in mind", his armour-bearer said, "Go ahead, I am with you heart and soul."" (1 Samuel 14:7)

Jonathan decides to make a surprise attack on the Philistines without his father's knowledge. His armour-bearer supports him, despite the odds, fully united to his cause.

We are engaged in a spiritual war where we will often have to take on the enemy. Jonathan's armour-bearer demonstrated the sort of loyal follow-ship, united under a shared vision and cause, that I pray will become evident in our church.

Key Principles

1. We are engaged in a spiritual war! The enemy is real.
2. The ability to follow precedes the ability to lead
3. People will follow a God-honouring, compelling vision