Playlist: David's Love for God (topic)
After God's Own Heart
Sermon by Ronny H. GrahamDavid is the one figure God calls "a man after His own heart" (I Samuel 13:14), and his love for God shows in his character. Facing Goliath, he was indignant that Israel's army, which represented God, feared an uncircumcised Philistine. He ignored the offered rewards and cared only about upholding God's name so that "all the …
God Is Preparing Us For the Kingdom
Sermon by Kim MyersDavid is presented as a man after God's own heart (1 Samuel 13:14) whose love for God showed in how he responded to a life of nearly constant trial. Hunted by Saul, exiled to the desert, betrayed by his men at Ziklag, and torn by civil war, he refused to kill God's anointed Saul, trusting God to remove him in His own time. He …
Handpicked By God
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Kim MyersDavid is presented as the model of a mind and heart aligned with God. God called him "a man after My own heart" (1 Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22), and although he sinned greatly in the adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of the loyal Uriah, he always tried to put God first and bring his heart and mind into subjection to God and …
As The Deer Pants
Sermonette by Ted E. BowlingThere are various connotations of the verb 'pant' as it applies to thirsting in a dry environment as well as to the exhaustion of an escaping animal.
Psalm Genres (Part One): Psalms of Thanksgiving
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughDavid's love for God is the covenant response of a man who has been helped. When Psalm 18 opens with "I will love You, O Lord, my strength," the Hebrew word is raham , which elsewhere means compassion or pity. Since no one can pity God, here it means deep affection and loyalty grounded in relationship, shown in acts of kindness. …
Praise the LORD!
Sermonette by Hunter D. SwansonPsalm 150 establishes a comprehensive framework for acceptable worship and praise, defining the act as shining forth God's limitless greatness.
Keep it Clean!
Sermonette by John W. RitenbaughDavid's love for God was expressed in costly sacrifice. Because he had set his affection on the house of his God, he gave, over and above all he had prepared for the Temple, his own special treasure of thousands of talents of gold and silver, a sum worth more than a billion dollars by one estimate. God already owns everything, …