Lessons on Living from David, Father Failure

1 Kings 1:5-6 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king”; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run befor him. (And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was...

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Lessons on Living from David, An Oxymoron

2 Samuel 24:24 Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels...

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Lessons on Living from David, Look at Me

2 Samuel 24:2-3 So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.” And Joab said to the king, “Now...

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Lessons on Living from David Giving, Our Best

2 Samuel 23:16-17 So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord. And he...

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Lessons on Living from David, Get Even

2 Samuel 19:31-33 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and went across the Jordan with the king, to escort him across the Jordan. Now Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. And he had provided the king with supplies while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he...

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Lessons on Living from David, Going On

2 Samuel 19:7-8 “Now therefore, arise, go out and speak comfort to your servants. For I swear by the Lord, if you do not go out, not one will stay with you this night. And that will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from...

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Lessons on Living from David, Death of a Child

2 Samuel 18:33 Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: “O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!” The late...

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Lessons on Living from David, Beloved Betrayer

2 Samuel 15:13-14 And a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.” So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee; or else we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart,...

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Lessons on Living from Moses, WHERE AM I?

Exodus 3:12b . . And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain. ” I do a lot of traveling both overseas and in the United States. Sometimes the trips...

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