This week, bouncing on themes raised from 2 Samuel 17-19, Jonalan shared with us about the importance of unity in the church, about the blessing it that comes from it, and about how to walk together in it.

This week Matt Holman shared with us from 2 Samuel 11-12 and Psalm 51. He talked about how despite King David's awful actions and subsequent cover ups - God still made a way for him to come back into his presence. The same invitation is continuously offered for us today!

As part of our journey towards seeking God as He calls us to leave our building we are having a week of prayer and fasting. But before we do that we wanted to share some thoughts with you on fasting: what it is, how and why we're doing it.

We long to be a people who are bringing and living the Kingdom of Heaven, but we have an enemy who strives stop us. This week from studying 2 Samuel 10 we learnt from the life of King David how to overcome the enemy and see the goodness of God's kingdom succeed.

This morning Mike Williams shared with us from Psalm 33 about how a biblical view of the world is better than all the other world views that exist in the world around us.

This month in our Bible Q&A we tackled your questions on the books of 1 & 2 Samuel and some Psalms.

You can jump through this episode by using the time makers below:

(00:55) 1 Samuel 28

In this chapter we discover that Samuel is dead, is it then actually Samuel that appears to Saul and the witch of Endor?

(06:06) 2 Samuel 1:6-10

This passage says that the Amalekite killed Saul, but 1 Samuel 31:4-6 says that Saul fell on his sword and killed himself. Which one is true? Does the bible contradict itself here?

(17:15) 2 Samuel 3:13-14

I understand that at the time being uncircumcised was seen as unclean, but why then did Saul ask for foreskins as payment for his daughter Michal to be David's wife? Why not gold or cattle?

(21:06) 2 Samuel 5:8

What does this verse mean? Why were the lame and blind David's enemies?

(28:44) 2 Samuel 6:6-7

Why did God kill Uzzah?

(37:36) Psalm 16:8-10

This is a Psalm of David, who died. So who then is "your

(46:23) - some additional discussion around life after death

(50:48) Psalm 18:26

Does God deceive people?

(54:18) Psalm 22:1-31

I know this is a Psalm of David but is it also about Jesus?

(1:03:59) Psalm 44:23-26

Does God sleep?

(1:08:53) Psalm 78:58

What does it mean that God is jealous?

This week, starting with Psalms 1, 2, 15 & 22, Matt encouraged us to meditate on God's word and discover Jesus. Then we took some time to meditate on a section of scripture where we might not expect to find Jesus (1 Chronicles 1) but we do. And we discovered that this seemingly boring list of names shows us how in every generation there is still hope found in Jesus.

This week Emma spoke to us from our weeks worth of daily bible readings (1 Chronicles 11-16, 2 Samuel 5, and some Psalms). She shared how we aren't the main characters in our story, we are players in God's story, and our role matures as we grow into who he made us to be.

On Sunday 7th July David spoke to us from the Psalms in which Asaph struggles and then remembers what God had done. David helped up with our struggles by taking the wisdom of Asaph and helping us to remember what Jesus has done for us - His purpose, His miracles and His promises.

This week Emmanuel shared from 2 Samuel 2:1-12, and 2 Samuel 3:17-18, about how God wants to bless you and move you forward. But He can only do this if you will choose Him as your king, if you will be fully dependant on Him and His ways, if you will be persistent in prayer and in seeking Him above all else.