God’s Timing
David was in desperate need of immediate help! God had chosen to wait until the very last possible moment before He delivered David. And, it was now the very last possible moment. Send article as PDF
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David’s Steadfast Heart
David had no contingency plan for his life; he had no “Plan B”. He determined to trust God when he was a young man and no subsequent circumstance was going to divert him from that course of action. Even when he was a…
David’s Stubborn Faith
Few things in life would be more terrifying than to become a prisoner of war. How especially frightening it would be if you were the soldier who had defeated your arch-enemy’s military superhero named Goliath. Send article as PDF
David’s Michtams
The Hebrew word “michtam” comes from a root that means “to carve or engrave”. It is used in the superscription of six psalms—16, 56, 57, 58, 59, and 60—to identify the genre of these compositions. Given the fact that the five psalms clustered…
Living by Faith
A continuous challenge of faith is to view God as He has actually revealed Himself in Scripture. Since He is a person—not a philosophy or a fantasy—a Biblically-based belief in Him necessitates an accurate faith that expresses itself in practical ways in our…
Reasons for Trusting Jehovah
The Bible is full of beatitudes. The book of Revelation alone has seven in it. The greatest sermon in human history begins with an entire octave of beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-10). The very first word in the book of Psalms is “blessed”. Psalm 40:4 pronounces…
What Living by Faith Looks Like
One of Edgar Guest’s more famous poems begins with the line “I’d rather see a sermon.” Like sheep, humans need a leader to follow; like young students in school, humans need a pattern to imitate. When Jesus was asked “Who is my neighbor?”…
Wise and Unwise Faith
Like Adam and Eve, every human must decide a most critical question: Will I live by wise or unwise faith? We must decide in whom we will place our trust. The choices are mutually exclusive and eternally significant. Our options are clearly…
Misplaced and Well-Placed Faith
The bulk of Psalm 146 is a contrast between misplaced faith in humanity (verses 3 and 4) and well-placed faith in God (verses 5 to 10). Here, it is written: “Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in…
David’s Faith
Though David was never called a friend of God (like Abraham was), he was described as a man after God’s own heart (1st Samuel 13:14). His passion for God, especially before his adultery with Bathsheba and its devastating impact on his life (2nd…