So often we are tempted to boil down our "giving" into money that we donate. But there is so much more that God asks us to "give to Him." As David ends his time and transfers his power and wisdom to Solomon, one lesson we learn is that God doesn't just want our money, He wants everything we have to offer Him. - Pastor Arek O'Connell

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Gaining and having wisdom is an important thing. Equally important is how we use it and how we pass it on to others. David was a great king because he did the right thing the right way consistently. As David's time as king comes to an end, what continued to make him great was that he passed down the right things to the right people.
- Pastor Arek O'Connell

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David has been on an amazing role. He has moved the ark of God and conquered enemy after enemy. But his success contains the seeds of his fall and this morning we’ll look at the great king who blew it big time.
- Pastor Ron Kool

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We all face challenges and difficulties. Whether it’s an illness or an enemy, a pain or a sin that keeps getting at us, we all face problems.  We all have times when we feel like we don’t have the power to endure, much less win. This morning, the Chronicler reminds us that we don’t need to worry about how much power we have because it’s never been about our power.
- Pastor Ron Kool

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Did you ever feel like you were so thankful to God that you wanted to do something to show it? You wanted to give money or build something or volunteer somewhere. What if you wanted that and God said, “No, thank you”?  This morning we’ll look at a story in which David discovers what that’s like. - Pastor Ron Kool

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One of the most powerful forces in our world is the power of hope.  Hope can give us energy and endurance.  The Bible calls us to hope, but we sometimes wonder how we can be people of hope in a broken world. We’ll consider one of the best ways to nurture and strengthen our hope—Worship! - Pastor Ron Kool

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One truth we've all maybe learned the hard way is that doing the 'right thing' the 'wrong way' ultimately results in us doing the 'wrong thing.' David learned this and experienced some heartbreak as well. Through David's lesson, we'll remind ourselves that the King we serve is good...but He isn't safe. - Pastor Arek O'Connell

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Last week we saw an example of unfaithfulness in the life of Saul. This week we get to see, in the life of David and his mighty warriors, what true faithfulness looks like. And at the heart of what made David and his warriors mighty is that they always knew their highest level of devotion and loyalty belonged to God alone, even when they were thirst. - Pastor Arek O'Connell

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Sometimes we can learn what we should do by looking at what we shouldn’t do—we call that a negative example. The Chronicler uses Saul as a negative example. He started out great, but he didn’t stay faithful.  Saul fell away, but God stayed faithful. - Pastor Ron Kool

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How many generations of ancestors can you name? Grandparents? Great-grandparents? Great-great-grandparents? The Chronicler starts off with the longest genealogy in the Bible—nine chapters!  He goes from his own day all the way back to Adam (at least 3,500 years).  And most of us skip right over this. It doesn’t make sense to us. We’ll take a look at what we can learn from these long lists of names. - Pastor Ron Kool

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