August 2021

28.29: Psalms 143, 69 and 40: Don’t Panic! Cry out to God in Your Time of Need

One of the unique characteristics of King David’s stories is that we don’t just have the historical accounts, but we have, in writing, his feelings. David wasn’t just a poet, he was a prophet — and I’m not sure he realized it. Many of his psalms are prophetic as they tell about Jesus, the Jewish

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28.27: 2 Samuel 16 and Psalms 63: The Last of God’s Promises for David Comes True

It is said that a human being can survive 40 days without food, 3 days without water, 8 minutes without air, but cannot live a single second without God. King David is fleeing from his son, Absalom, who has crowned himself king. David wrote Psalms 63 when he was in the wilderness of Judah —

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28.27: 2 Samuel 15: A Son Rebels Against King David like God Promised

Let’s do a tally of all the sins that led to rebellion… David commits adultery with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah and granddaughter of Ahithophel. She become pregnant. David tries to hoodwink Uriah into sleeping with his wife, but it doesn’t work, so David has him killed in battle. Nathan the prophet, relays to David

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28.26: 2 Samuel 14: A Parable to Call Out David Hoping to Soften His Heart

e saw in yesterday’s story how 2 wrongs don’t make anything right. They make things worse. If you missed chapter 13, you can read it here. Where last we left Absalom, he fled to Geshur to live with his mother’s father, who was king there. However, King David, missed his son and Joab, his right-hand

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28.24: Psalms 32, 38 and 51: How to Get a Clean Heart and Reclaim Your Joy

Yesterday, we witnessed King David falling into Temptation and committing not just adultery, but deceit, lying and murder. For about a YEAR he suffered guilt-ridden and sick until the prophet Nathan, called him out. David described what he went through in these 3 psalms. Sin zaps our joy. Here, we’ll see how to reclaim that

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28.23: 2 Samuel 11-12: The Man After God’s Own Heart falls from Grace

Back when David was chosen and anointed king, God referred to him as “a man after his own heart”. Unfortunately, King David falls into temptation and one sin begets another sin, which begets yet another sin, then the worst sin. Still, all is not lost. Let’s dig in…. Keep reading in my blog where there

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28.22: 2 Samuel 10: David’s Victory in Battle is Attributed to the Lord

Kindness misinterpreted. That’s how this next battle starts for David. David’s a good guy, a man after God’s own heart. He hears of the death of the King of Ammon and sends ambassadors to share his condolences. Now, that’s something that’s done today. A head of state dies, there is a state funeral, and many

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28.21: 2 Samuel 9 and Psalms 23: Guaranteed Goodness and Unconditional Love for Life

You may have heard a pastor or two mention the word “typology” as it relates to the Old Testament and how it foretells Jesus as the Savior and Messiah. What does typology mean? It’s when you have… a real person, a place, object, or an event that is true, real and factual and that is

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