There is hope for the broken because the loving-kindness of our king offers protection, provision and position in his kingdom. It's our job to respond by acknowledging our brokenness and accepting the invitation!

Guest speaker Bob Moffat shares some reflections on a long life of following Jesus and the areas that still amaze him! It's a great listen!

This important chapter serves as a North Star for believers that points to Jesus, the seed of David whose throne and kingdom will be established forever and build a house for God's name! It speaks for Jesus as the King whose authority and kingdom will last forever and he will build the house of God, a worshiping community of Jesus followers!

In this chapter, we see the signs of David responding to the Lord with a half-heart, appearing to follow the Lord but in his own way, no-heart as hurt and disappointment motivate David to abandon God's presence for 3 months and then finally a whole heart as David is forgiven, free and worshiping the Lord!

In this section, David is at the top of the world! The first story is about David uniting the kingdom, he wins a decisive battle and builds a house and a name for himself in Jerusalem. This external glory covered some internal rot in the life of David that would eventually lead to his downfall. The second story of a battle with the Philistines demonstrated David's humbleness to inquire of the Lord first and obey his commandments. To see the Lord break through in power in our lives, we need to live humbly, daily dependent on the Lord.

Guest speaker Eric Wood. In this violent chapter we are guided to see the importance of waiting on the Lord and how David gives us an example of what we are to be doing while we wait.

The gentle kindness of God's anointed king changes the heart of all the people like no sword can do. Abner, the commander of the enemies army, relates with three different people in our story, Ish-Bosheth betrays him, David accepts him and Joab kills him. The challenge for believers is to reflect the character of the king and offer mercy when we want to bring the sword.

We long to experience true unity but as humans we tend to divide into camps. It's only when we humbly follow God's anointed King that we can experience unity even in the midst of differing perspectives and opinions.

How could David mourn the death of a man that had caused so much pain and frustration in his life? The news on the third day of the sacrifice of the son of the king on a mountain allowed David to honestly mourn a man that had deeply wounded him. We discover riches in the poetic lament David offers at the opening of this book.

Our very own Dan Abbott brings a message of life in Christ from Paul's letter to the Ephesians.