Archive for November, 2009

play the men for our people

Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good. 2  Samuel 10:12 My pastor preaches a life changing message from this text. While reading about the life of David this verse always sticks out to [...]

Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon

Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 2 Samuel 1:20 I know of hundreds of churches that give sacrificial to world missions. The church I am apart of gave nearly 100,000 in our first year [...]

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. I Samuel 18:1 I remember the first time this passage really stuck out to me. I was in Arequipa, Peru [...]

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape [...]