Someone once said, “People do not realize how important decisions are until they make the wrong ones.” The word legacy means to cast a lengthened shadow of one person or one institution. There is no reset button in life. You can’t take anything back, and you can’t undo anything. All of your actions have consequences,…
KING DAVID Series
JC Ryle once said, “Do nothing that you would not like God to see. Say nothing you would not like God to hear. Write nothing you would not like God to read. Go no place where you would not like God to find you. Read no book of which you would not like God to…
J.C. Ryle once said, “True repentance begins with KNOWLEDGE of sin. It goes on to work SORROW for sin. It leads to CONFESSION of sin before God. It shows itself before a person by a thorough BREAKING OFF from sin. It results in producing a DEEP HATRED for all sin.” As we continue in our…
Euripides once said, “Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.” Each new year begins with people longing for a fresh start, hoping for a prosperous future, and setting goals to get the most out of what this life has to offer. New Year’s Eve is a great time to take personal inventory of what’s…
As we continue our series on the Life of King David, we reach that dreadful part of the story where the curse of sin takes center stage. Never underestimate the depth of the depravity of the human nature. In just one chapter, David goes from a man after God’s own heart to an adulterer and…
In 2 Samuel 11:1-5, King David is 50 years old. He’s been the reigning king of Israel for 20 years. He’s rich, he’s powerful, and he’s popular. It’s spring in Israel, a time when war is commenced, but David sends Joab to war while he basks in his accomplishments. At the beginning of 2 Samuel…
When addressing one of the many problems in our day and age, the great philosopher of the west, John Wayne, addressed the problem in a nutshell when he said, “You’re short on ears and long on mouth!” Far too often, we struggle with being good listeners. We’d rather be heard… we’d rather be the one…
John Bunyan, the great author of A Pilgrim’s Progress, once said. “Saint abroad, and a devil at home.” This week in our #KINGDAVID series, we’ll be looking at 1 Samuel 28-30. David listened to his heart (mistake #1), defected to the camp of the Philistines so that Saul would leave him alone (mistake #2), and…
What do you do when things don’t go as planned? How do you respond when you take a bold stand for righteousness and no one is willing to stand with you or to stand up for you? In this week’s #KINGDAVID series, David goes from front and center as Israel’s champion to fleeing for his…
Beware of phony friendships… they cost you much more than they’re worth. How do the people around you, who call you friend, respond to your success? Your failures? Are they true friends? What does the Bible say about true friendships? After David slew Goliath, we read about two very different responses from Saul’s court to…