Tag: David

We've all been hurt by loved ones. Right? Maybe it's a spouse, a family member or a close friend. When the hurt comes, so does the temptation to immediately believe the other person no longer loves us. We forget all the ways that person has positively demonstrated love in the…

God called David a "man after his own heart" (I Sam. 13:14, Acts 13:22). There are many facets to that statement that we won't unpack today. Rather, let's just accept the fact that it's true, then take a look into David's heart to understand a little bit better why it's…

In my brief 60+ years on this planet, I can point to only a few brief periods of time when I thought that the U.S. was on the right track politically. By and large, rulers (be they kings, presidents, members of Congress, or even judges) are self-serving and power-hungry. They…

Today we look at Psalm 69, a psalm that is both literal and Messianic. It is literal in that David wrote it from his own personal experience. The exact event he refers to is unknown, but it was real nonetheless. Yet the psalm is also prophetic of Jesus in several…

Back in Psalms 23+24 we talked about mindset. We talked about how the way we think – the mindset that dominates our thinking – directly impacts the way we live. It directly impacts how we view the world and interact with it. Today's study takes this mindset idea a step…

We have this idiom, "It is what it is." It's a pragmatic way to say that we accept the way things are because we are powerless to to anything about them. But there's a better way than pragmatism. Instead of 'it is what it is', how about 'God is who…

Be honest: how many times have you sinned and then tried to cover it up? How often do you refer to your sin as 'messing up' or 'making a mistake'? I'll raise my hand. I am guilty, just like you. But God would have us do things differently. He wants…

When I was a kid, my parents made sure I did not hang out with the bad kids in the neighborhood. They were smart enough to know that bad company leads to bad things. Solomon knew that as well. He warned his own children in the book of Prov. to…

Have you ever met a Christian who was disillusioned with the faith? I have. In fact, I have counseled a ton of them. They typically have either given up on God or are on the verge of doing so. The tragedy is that a person's disillusionment is always a product…

Remember Pete and the walking on water incident? What was the defining factor of that whole episode? Peter's mindset. Jesus didn't change. The water and waves didn't change. Everything remained the same, from start to finish, except Peter's mindset. His mindset was one thing at the start, but then it…