David is finally king of Israel! However, even after the people and elders confirmed him, he did not realize he was king until this one thing happened. Tune in to hear what that one thing was, how we can apply it, and how the Psalms remind us of God‘s heart for restoration.

Saul is dead, and David is King of Judah. The battle for the King of Israel ensues. Tune in to hear David’s grief in the middle of war and how he worships through it.

Saul and David were both kings of Israel, but their actions reflected their very differing objects of worship.

Saul: His actions worshiped his self-image in the eyes of the people.

David: His actions word continuously submitted to his God Yahweh.

After the tragic, depraved rock bottom at the end of the book of Judges, we start the book of 1st Samuel. There we find more corrupt leaders. But in between these two books, we find a story of hope and redemption. We move on to see Israel’s demand for a king and the heartbreaking disqualification of that very same king.

The book of Joshua felt like a happily ever after kind of book. Judges was the complete opposite. Israel kept sinning and was consequently oppressed by foreign nations. They would then cry out to God who would mercifully send a judge to deliver them. This happened over and over as Israel grew farther and farther from God. The judges grew so corrupt that they no longer knew His ways, and eventually didn’t even know Him. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

After God’s promised to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, 400 years of slavery in Egypt, deliverance and 40 years in the desert, Israel finally enters the promise land! There is a transition in leadership, many battles, and distribution of the land to each tribe. God is so faithful.

Right before entering the promise land, Moses tells this new generation everything that God has commanded. The laws, festivals, and practices are to help God’s people flourish in the land He’s giving them. Through Moses, God lays out blessings of obedience and curses of disobedience. Knowing they will end up turning away from God, He’s still implores them to choose life.

After all of the Egypt-freed Israelites died in the desert, and the new generation is about to take the promised land! Before they go in, though, Moses begins with a few of several speeches to prepare them. God repeats himself over and over in chapters 1 through 11, because the Israelites, like us, are a forgetful people.

Grumbling, complaining, rebellion, oh my! The book of Numbers takes place throughout the desert. It is the time between Egypt and the promised land. God is forging his people and getting Egypt out of their hearts.

This book of the Law is not just a set of rules. God speaks DIRECTLY to Moses and through Moses to His people from chapter 1-27. These statutes, procedures, offerings, and festivals are not God’s way to make it hard for His people to get to Him. They are His way to make it possible.