A Sure Hope

Following the Lord is not always an easy road, but it’s a road worth driving down. In today’s message as Pastor Dave continues teaching through 1 Kings, you’ll learn that trusting in God is a much better choice than trusting in yourself. The Lord goes before and prepares a better way than you ever could.

As you listen to today’s message with Pastor Dave, you’ll be challenged to look inward. Is there something in your life that you need to change? Is there something within your heart that needs to be settled and placed before the Lord? If so, then place it before the Lord and trust Him with whatever that thing is.

When you compromise your moral standards, you allow the Devil to enter your life. Pastor Dave shares the difference between the Christian who sins and repents and the one who habitually sins without remorse. Christ offers grace and forgiveness, but this isn't an excuse to sin at any opportunity.

A leader who tries to do everything will burn out. There will be many unhappy people as this leader will inevitably step on their toes. This is why Pastor Dave encourages leaders to have a sound support system in place. A leader hires people they can trust, so use them as you've hired them to do.

Sin always starts in the heart. Your heart becomes hardened to the promises of God, so you make your own choices. When King Solomon faced a difficult task, he knew he needed to address the heart. Pastor Dave shares the importance of keeping the Lord's promises in your heart in today's message.

Why did King Solomon ask for wisdom over knowledge? There is a crucial difference between the two, as Pastor Dave shares in today's message. Knowledge doesn't help you decide what to do in difficult situations. Through wisdom, you can cut to the matter at heart, which is always the heart.

We no longer build physical altars to worship false gods, except those in our hearts. As Pastor Dave warns in today's study, trying to worship the Lord among your heart altars will lead to death. God is the only one you should build your time, devotion, and salvation upon. Is there an altar you need to destroy today?

Whenever you are tempted with power, pleasure, or money and think you can handle it, think again. Pastor Dave shares today's message of the risks involved whenever you feel you can take just a little temptation. Once you start down a path that isn't God's path, you'll be faced with death and destruction.

Have you stopped to think about how much God loves you? He loves you so much so that he sent his son to a cross so that he could be with you through eternity. Pastor Dave talks today about how that affects our hearts and our desires. When we understand the powerful love of God, we want to return that love!

God's choices sometimes leave us scratching our heads. We wonder why God would ever choose that guy for a special purpose. Pastor Dave says God doesn't always choose the perfect person and that is great news for us!! That means that God can choose you or me for whatever purpose he wants!