Sermons About David
Confession: Good for the Soul, Part I: Fault before God
How much do we truly understand our own sin? In this sermon series, we want to look at the power of confessing our sins--and receiving forgivenes--from a pastor or a fellow Christian. But before we can get to confession, we must first come to a fuller understanding of our own sin and sinfulness.
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Make Us ... Risk-Takers
As we join together with churches from around the world in the One Prayer series we begin on Father's Day with a teaching focused upon men living like men. The church today, our world today, needs men who will become sold out to Christ and take great risks for the kingdom. If you want to become a risk-taker for God it begins and ends with a fresh vision for God himself. This will be the only teaching from the series that will be posted.
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I'm Still A Guy
Despite what our culture often says, it is okay to be a masculine, manly man. In fact, the Bible encourages every man to "show yourself a man."
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Making Life Work - Speak Truth
More than stating facts, speaking truthfully is about being a reliable and faithful friend over the long haul. Speaking truthfully must be done with love and the ultimate purpose of leading people toward the healing and redemptive power of Jesus.
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Fathers Day Message
Hope's last Sunday with Wesley Memorial. Her Father's Day message is taken from 1 Kings 2:1-3, David's Instructions to Solomon. Hope asked us two questions-- 1. Are you showing your children how to live a Godly life? 2. Are you living your life that you would be proud of your children imitating? We wish Hope the best in her new adventure in life and at her new church. Next week we will begin uploading sermons by our new pastor, the Reverend Joanne Lockhard-Hawkins. Approx 14 minutes.
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The Lord is My Shepherd Part 3
King David continues to teach us about how God loves us by using the illustration of a shepherd taking care of his flock of sheep. Shepherds had to prepare fields to remove poisonous plants and they would anoint the sheep with oil to ward of harmful insects. God looks after us in a similar way as He provides for our needs and watches over us. It is amazing to know that the God who rules over the whole universe cares for insignificant creatures like us. We should celebrate this care and then love other people with the same kind of care that God has shown to us.
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Making Life Work - Be Kind
Proverbs says that kindness is part of the path of wisdom. The Hebrew word for kind means merciful or compassionate rather than just being nice. Kindness has something to teach us about dealing with people, especially in situations where how you feel like treating them is something other than mercifully, compassionately.
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The Lord is My Shepherd Part 2
Sheep are powerless to fend off predators so a good shepherd must be skilled in fighting so that he can protect his flock from harm. The Bible teaches us that God is the shepherd of those who believe in Him, so they have the most powerful being in the universe as their protector, and the wisest being in the universe as their guide. This does not mean that God will never lead His children into difficult circumstances or make their life easy and comfortable, but instead it means that when we go through circumstances as dark as death itself that He is right there beside us to protect us and guide us through them, and this should be a source of tremendous comfort and hope in the midst of trying times.
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David vs. Absalom
David is famous for all sorts of great things, but he was one messed-up guy when it came to his parenting. Absalom is his favorite son, and it’s a tragic story of how NOT to parent. Absalom ends up being killed by David’s chief military advisor Joab when he leads a nearly successful coup attempt against his own father. How did things get so bad? A history of permissive parenting. Absalom’s name means “peace of a father”, and David seemed to want a son that liked him and was close to him more than he wanted a son who knew what it meant to be disciplined and raised with healthy limits. First David does NOTHING when his other son Amnon rapes his half sister Tamar. Actually, David does get furious, but doesn’t do anything beyond that. So Absalom, Tamar’s brother, takes matters into his own hands and murders Amnon. And guess what David does about that? NOTHING. Interesting how Absalom is expecting David to do something, he flees, but David does nothing. (2 Samuel 13) David clearly just wants a peaceful relationship with the son he adores. David doesn’t rock the boat. But it doesn’t get David his son’s love and devotion: Absalom revolts against him, telling the people that they can’t count on David for justice. The father who did nothing to correct things in his own family is the king that Absalom says can’t be counted on to do anything for his subjects, either. What we see in David is not just permissive parenting, but sentiment-driven parenting. For him it’s all about how much he adores Absalom and longs to be loved by his favorite son. This is so common today: parents who under-discipline and spoil their children, usually in hopes that their children will love them and like them and be close to them, and most of the time, it doesn’t yield that kind of closeness. It usually yields selfish, defiant, disrespectful, self-absorbed kids. Absalom was WAY past spoiled. He was completely self-involved. And even after his death, David is still driven by his feelings for Absalom, until finally Joab sets him straight and tells him he needs to start doing his job as king and do what people need him to do as king. (2 Samuel 19:4-6) Finally, David gets past his sentiment and starts being who he is meant to be as king, but only after it is too late for his relationship with his son, Absalom. In this message we will encourage parents to take a good long look at how they discipline their children (or DON’T discipline them, as the case may be). We’ll talk about how Ephesians 6:4 warns parents to not exasperate their children which is usually taken to mean that being overly strict is exasperating (which literally means to provoke to anger) but also UNDER disciplining children tends to provoke kids to anger, too, because as Hebrews says, discipline is part of what makes a child feel truly loved (Hebrews 12:5-6) And we may also include stuff on how God as our father loves us too much not to discipline us when we need it.
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Finding God In Times Of Emotional Trauma & Confusion
Pastor gives us a guide to staying on the right track amidst some of the difficulties of life.
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The Lord is My Rock and My Fortress
We like to think of ourselves as self-reliant and capable of protecting ourselves. We arrange our careers, finances, relationships, and technology to this end, but eventually we get to a place where all of the money, status, medicine, and relationships cannot save us and the condition of our life is out of our hands. David wrote Psalm 18 after God brought him through a life and death situation where he was entirely dependent on God’s protection. David called out to God for help and God saved him, so David wrote this song to honor the Lord, his rock and fortress.
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Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?
Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries brings a Word concerning our relationship with Our Beloved Pastor George and he also shares a sermon on Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test? Podcast Legend: 00:00 – 38:15 – Worship 38:16 – 43:20 – Pastor George prays 43:21 – 44:48 – Cookie brings a Word 44:49 – 50:55 – Pastor George’s radio preview 50:56 – 52:47 – Various announcements 52:48 – 1:08:15 – Betty speaks then Cindi & Pastor pray with her 1:08:16 – 1:31:02 - Dick Dungan brings a Word concerning Our Beloved pastor George 1:30:03 – 1:53:30 – Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries shares on “Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?” 1:53:31 – 2:03:42 – Closing Worship & Benediction
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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David: Repenting Of Sin (Psalm 51:1-13)
The Bible declares that David was a man straight after God's own heart. Yet, in a moment of weakness he committed adultery then sought to cover it up with murder. But, David repented and in his repentance we can learn how to repent.
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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God Is Great
David really knew God: he knew what God had done, he knew who God is, he knew that God was involved in his life. Do you know Him? What do you know about God and how are you passing it on to the next generation?
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Worshipping Warriors: Rugged Spirituality
Pastor Rick looks at Goliath as a representative of the obstacles in our lives that threaten to keep us from believing in Gods promises. He challenges us to see that our ability to overcome has nothing to do with our own strength, but has everything to do with the God who is working out his salvation in us.
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Praying for your enemies
David's prayer, when surrounded in his home by Sauls agents out to kill him, shows us that it was for people such as this that Jesus came. We should pray for them as needy of salvation.
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A Personal Revival
This sermon outlines how King David experienced personal revival and tells us how anyone can have a personal revival.
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Frontline: Kingdom Life According to David
The story of Mephibosheth is a bright spot in the chronicles of David, the second and greatest king of Israel. This story shows us something of the heart of a man who could pen Psalm 23, "the Lord is my shepherd." The themes of friendship, loyalty, and mercy come through strong. A hardened military leader certainly has the capacity to love God and his fellow man. The mystery of God's unearned favor is paralleled by the mystery of human grace bestowed.
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David and Jonathan
Why we need connection with others, encouragement with others, and understanding the true essence of fellowship by looking at the relationship David had with Jonathan in 1 Samuel 18:1-7.
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The Crucifixion in Psalm 22
In this sermon we look at the agony and victory of the Messiah's work through David's writing in Psalm 22.
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Heaven's Champion
He fight an enemy too powerful for us to defeat. We need a champion who will fight and win the victory on our behalf.
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Starting with God: Rugged Spirituality
Pastor Rick looks at the very practical faith of David that seemed to integrate all of his life into his faith. Pastor Rick challenges us to see all of our history and the situations we find ourselves in as ways God is shaping our hearts, and not just random circumstances that are obstacles to our faith.
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Mephibosheth
Mephibosheth was heir to the throne Israel until he became an orphan when his father Jonathan was killed in battle. Fearing for the life of "Miffy", his nurse ran away with him to protect him from being killed by whoever would take the throne next. Little did the nurse know that God had bigger things in store for Miffy.
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Justifying the Ungodly (Romans 4:1-12)
Paul argues and shows from scripture that we are justified only by faith in Jesus, not by anything we do. How can it be otherwise? After all, there is no boasting before God, and the only wages that our works could possibly earn for us is death. We see that Abraham was justified by faith and not by works, and furthermore that he was justified long before he was circumcised. Neither works nor rituals can save us; instead, we come to God as ungodly sinners, trusting only in him to receive justification as a free gift. Because of this, we can come to God today, now. And so the life we live is one of humility, recognizing our sin and guilt; but also grateful celebration, recognizing the magnitude of the gift God has given to us.
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Looking for Leaders
Leaders are in big demand but short supply. The kinds of leaders that move family faith forward, mobilize members in ministry, and advance the cause of Christ with courage. What lessons can we learn from Israel's look for leaders?
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Tough Talk
David needed someone to have tough talks with. That someone was the prophet Nathan.
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Identity Crisis
As followers of Christ, we are called to take to be risk-takers. We are invited to be Lion Chasers, much like Benaiah, found in 2 Samuel 23:20 & 21. One of the key characteristics of a Lion Chaser is being yourself - the person God has shaped you to be.
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Faithful Friend
Continuing our look at David and how his life can sometimes mimic our own. David had a "Faithful Friend" named Jonathan. Its important for us to have our own faithful friend that can support and encourage us in our journey with God.
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17-FEB-2008 People of Integrity
An older and wiser King David understood what it was to be a man of integrity and set an example of real stewardship
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Big Trouble
This is your life. You face an insurmountable obstacle. The the task looks far to big for you to handle on your own. What do you do? David faced a giant of challenge, literally.
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Prophet-able Correction
When the prophet Nathan rebukes David for his sin with Bathsheba, we are given a powerful reminder of our call as followers of Jesus Christ to admonish one another, in love, when a brother or sister strays.
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La lucha del siglo.
Al principio hay un drama acerca de David y Goliat, el cual al final david sale victorioso, a pesar de su estatura, o de sus armas, situacion que se presenta hoy dia en muchas personas
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You Are a Revolutionary
God has called us to be Revolutionaries who celebrate, connect and contribute. He has called the Church to be the Temple of God who storms the gates of Hell.
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Revolutionary - Revolutionary You
The final installment of the series Revolutionary. In David's last words to his son Solomon, we hear a heartfelt plea from a father to a son to not just be concerned about building the temple, but how he lived his life. Wholehearted devotion is how David encouraged his son to obey God. Solomon failed to embrace this aspect of the revolutionary. What will our story be? -Hank Wilson
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2 Samuel 21:1-14 - The Cost of Covenant Breaking
Chapter 21 starts a new section (21-24) in closing the book of 2 Samuel. Some thing think that this secion is an intrusion to our the them of transition (David to Soloman). But I believe that the author is making a conclding point on how God's kingdom is to be goverend. In our passage in 2 Samuel 21, David's kingdom is experiencing a famine which causes David to pray to find out its cause. God says it is because the bloodguilt on Saul because he put the Gibeonites (who had made a Covenant with Israel in the name of the Lord (see Joshuah 9)) to death. David Doesn't pray for a solution but seeks atonement with the Gibeonites who want 7 men to pay with their lives. The difference between David and Saul is show by David loyality to the covenant he made with Jonathan to protect Mephibosheth (Jonathan's son). it ends with showing Rispah love for her son in protecting the bodyas and David giving Saul, Jonathan and the other that were hanged to bury them. We learn how misplaced zeal can cause us not to rely on our covenant with God and his mercy.
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Revolutionaries Contribute
To be revolutionary, we need to regularly contribute to God’s mission of helping people find their way back to Him. As we look even more closely at David’s life of contribution we will see how it compares to the lives of other revolutionaries like Jim and Elisabeth Elliot. Their selfless contribution to God’s mission changed the lives of those around them for eternity.
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Revolutionaries Celebrate
The world is hungering to know what God is like, and that is not just about information and spiritual data. You can't really know what you need to know about God outside of experiencing Him through celebration.
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2 Samuel 18.1-19.8 - A Sad Victory
This is the final battle that determines who is king. David's men defeats Absalom and kills him contrary to David's request and command. While Joab may have been disobedient in this action, he is still acting more like a king that David, who is passive. David finally receives the news about the death of Absalom and morns for his son. His morning actually hurts the troops and demoralizes Israel in the process. One will benefit from this narrative when one places it and the sad vistory with the emphasis on David's guilt and solution in grace of God in Christ.
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Speak to the mountain
Summary: Our words are what we use to attack the enemy. When we say what God says to our enemies, it’s like shooting bullets at them. When we talk the problem, it’s like throwing cookies at them. Our words are the bullet, our mouth is the gun, but love is the firing pin. We have got to get God’s word in our mouth and fire at the enemy that’s standing in our way. We have to speak to the mountain. Don’t ask God to do anything about it, stop crying about it. Stop talking about how big it is, stop telling everyone you meet that will listen to you how big it is, and speak to it. Command it to go!
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