This week we continued our series on The Rise and Fall of David! Kevin taught us through 2 Samuel 9 where we saw...

1. David's Desire to Honor the Covenant
2. David's Meeting of the Unworthy
3. David's Table as a Gift of Grace

Through this, we learned that because of God's grace and mercy to us, we respond gracefully and mercifully to others!

This week we continued our series on the Rise and Fall of David! Kevin walked us through 2 Samuel 7 where we learned that...

1. God's promises are fulfilled and will be fulfilled in Christ!
2. The Lord makes his temple in people, not buildings!

We see that God makes a covenant with David that is built on the covenant he had previously made with Abraham and Moses. This covenant is different though, because it introduces us to God's grace!

Follow along as we continue our series through 1st and 2nd Samuel!

This week we continue our series on the Rise and Fall of David! Mike Beckham walked us through 1 Samuel 26:1-25 where we learned...

1. David's life points us towards Jesus and the promises he secured for us.
2. Like David, we are called to walk by faith in trusting these promises and not worldly logic.

Follow along as we continue our series on the Rise and Fall of David!!!

This week we continued our series on The Rise and Fall of David! We looked at 1 Samuel 16:1-13 and saw...

• God's point of view of us and our situations. (vv.1-5)
• God's point of view sees the heart. (vv.6-13)

Samuel anoints David, a king according to God's heart because God sees who David really is. David's example points to Christ as the anointed one!

This week we continued our series on The Rise and Fall of David! We learned in 1 Samuel 15 that God's grace has freed us from sin, but not from obedience.

We saw that...

1. Saul's command from the Lord
2. Saul's disobedience to the Lord's authoritative command
3. Saul's disqualifies himself as king

In Saul, Israel got the king that they wanted but in David, they will get the king that they need!

This week Kevin Bradford, Wildwood's Missions Pastor, taught us about Israel's want for a king. Israel insisted on their own way but God knew better and orchestrated Saul as their king. Through 1 Samuel 8-10, we saw God's sovereignty and that ultimately Jesus is our perfect king!!!

As the school year begins, Kevin teaches on the importance of committing to a body of believers!

In Romans 12, we are encouraged and commanded to use our God-given gifts to build up the Church and believe that God desires for you to use these gifts not to be served, but to serve!

At our Fall Kickoff, Kevin dives into the cost of discipleship!

In Luke 14, we see that because the price of our salvation was so costly, we should count the cost as we follow Jesus! There is a cost, but it is worth it!!!

This week we concluded our series on the main characters of Genesis! We learned about the life of Joseph by looking at Genesis 37:1-45:28!

Cole Snowdon, Wildwood's College Ministry Intern, walked us through Joseph's life as we saw the truth of Genesis 50:20 " As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good..."!

This week we continued our series on the main characters of Genesis! Cole Berryhill taught us about the life of Jacob through Genesis 25:19- 35:43! We saw that...

-God's sovereignty overcomes our undeservedness!

-God's sovereignty frees us from our nature!

-God's sovereignty secures our Salvation!

This message is timely for the unbeliever and believer alike! We learned that the unbeliever can respond in faith and the believer can be obedient because of a secured salvation.

Come back next week for the last week of our series on the main characters of Genesis! We will be looking at Joseph's life!!!