It is hard to fully comprehend how much lasting impact one single human life can accomplish. Think of just David's brief lifetime. Three thousand years ago he lived and died—yet today millions and millions of people read, quote,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The older we get, the harder it is to hide what is really going on inside our hearts and minds. We become more and more transparent with our feelings and fears. God designed it that way so that as this clay pot, this tent we live in cracks and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Jesus gave all of us something to look forward to. He told us what He would like to say to each of us when we arrive safely home to dwell with Him forever--'Well done good and faithful servant'!Christ's well done is what any of us would call,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalm 31 confronts all of us with a serious question—'Am I seeking the Lord deliberately with all my heart—or just coasting along spiritually'?Many weeks ago when we began this look at David's life we read God's epitaph for David's...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When David is at the bottom, comes to his weakest point—and gets hit while he is down, what does he do? He writes a Psalm. A Psalm is a worship song, truth offered to God in worship that is to be shared by participation. David invites us...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
One of the oldest and meanest tricks in the book is to hit someone when they're down. Just sneak up on them when they are distracted by something else and hit them with a knockout blow. That is one of Satan's tactics.He used it on Joseph...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
David's final years from God's perspective, begin with his fall into sin with Bathsheba.Everything from 2 Samuel 11-12 (Bathsheba) to 1 Kings 2 (David's death) is touched, affected, and colored by that event.God forgives the sins, and God forgets...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
To know God is the greatest treasure in all of life. The treasure of knowing God comes to us through His Word. Are you finding the treasures of God? He has left them out in plain sight in His Book the Bible.Please open with me to one of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When David stood at the other end of Nathan's boney finger, pointed directly in his face—he was guilty, and he knew it. David had broken every law in the book, God's Book.In reality, David had broken all of the Ten Commandments when he...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Have you ever felt so dirty that you just can't stand it any longer? There is nothing like a good hot bath after camping for a few days, or working in the attic or barn—when you feel dirty, completely grimy, sweaty and stinky.That was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
