King David 101

A Man After God's Own Heart

Category: humility

  • “All who lift themselves up will be brought low, and those who make themselves low will be lifted up.” Luke 14:11 David was the eighth and youngest son of Jesse. They lived in Bethlehem and David served his father by tending his sheep. Like Moses, David learned the skills from life as a shepherd. He…

  • “The Lord has found a man after his own heart,” 1 Samuel 13:14  What kind of heart does God have? I suppose that should be our starting point to where this blog is going. Since we must start somewhere. I suspect 1 Samuel 13 declares one of the first references to David’s story.  In this passage the prophet is confronting Saul, the king. We see Samuel declaring that Saul, is rejected, and another is going to be anointed. Saul is extremely disturbed,…