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Psalms Lesson 4: God's Steadfast Love Toward a Broken, Contrite Heart (Ps.51) | Kïrsten Christianson

In Psalm 51, we hear David powerfully articulating the gospel through a broken, contrite heart to a steadfastly loving, abundantly merciful God. It is our prayer that as we go through David’s penitential lament for his grievous sins, you will see how God’s Steadfast Love Creates a Broken, Contrite Heart to Worship Him.

Psalms Lesson 3: Fear the Lord Who Saves (Ps. 34) | Lindsay Osborne

In Psalm 34, David shares his resolve to praise God and invites his listeners to do the same. Following a personal testimony to God’s faithfulness, David welcomes God’s people to receive the blessings of provision and protection available to those who fear the LORD. In the last half of the psalm, David teaches how the fear of the LORD influences words and actions. Finally, he reveals why we should fear the LORD. He expands on God’s preserving and saving work for those who take refuge in him, both to sustain us through trials in this life and to save us from eternal condemnation.

Psalms Lesson 2: Exultant Joy and Enduring Favor (Ps. 30) | Andrya Dieter

The psalmist takes a very public occasion to tell a very personal story of his failure and God’s mercy. Layered into the story of the temple dedication is the story of the failures of God’s people and the relentless pursuit of God to be with His people and to provide a means for displaying His goodness to them. In crescendo-like manner, this Psalm depicts the failures of His people (including David, Israel, and even us) against the glorious backdrop of mercy and grace that brings about a resurrection transformation that elicits eternal praise.

Psalms Lesson 1: A Song for Every Season (Ps. 1-2) | Charisse Compton

In the layering of the psalmists’ experiences and stories, one central figure emerges—the Anointed One from Psalm 2 who blesses all who take refuge in him. In the Psalms, the faithful people of God sing of the hope they have in God’s promise to establish this King and his worldwide kingdom of righteousness and peace. Throughout every season of their lives, these faithful ones cling to God’s promises by meditating on God’s words, by remembering their history, by imagining the future, and by praising the Lord. Today, the faithful people of God worship Jesus as the Anointed King and continue to sing these songs until the day God will bring the whole world under the reign of Christ Jesus.

Raising Christian Hedonists | Bryan DeWire | MOMS

Bryan will share practical encouragements for moms as they seek to raise Christian disciples who delight in God.

1 & 2 Samuel Week 11: Summary Snapshots of the Davidic Kingdom | Liz Stein

“This God - His Way is Perfect” -2 Samuel 22:31

Reflections on God’s Power and Provision in David’s Life

As we come to the end of the books of 1-2 Samuel, the narrator provides us with an epilogue by looking back at six events from various seasons of David’s life. The narrator will give us opportunities to look at the ways God has shown his power and provision in the past, as well as providing us with David’s prophecies about the future eternal king God has promised from the line of David. 

1 & 2 Samuel Week 10: Absalom's Rebellion, David's Restoration | Charisse Compton

God keeps all his promises. And though it appears that Absalom and David are the central characters in the story, it is actually our promise keeping God who takes center stage. There is little exemplary human behavior in this account, but God’s character shines. As he keeps his promises to David, we see his faithfulness, his justice, and his mercy.

 

Loving Like Jesus | Lee Burtman | MOMS

What is Jesus’ heart for the vulnerable- people with disabilities, widows, orphans, and the elderly? How do we follow His example in welcoming these precious “image bearers” into our hearts and lives?

 

1 & 2 Samuel Week 9: David's Great Sin and Its Consequences | Kïrsten Christianson

2 Samuel 11-14

In the last 10 chapters, David has resisted harming or killing Saul, and David inquired of the Lord and obeyed him. In 2 Samuel 11-14, the story takes a marked pivot. David violated and killed, and the consequences were great and generational.

In these chapters, David “utterly scorned” the LORD, and didn’t lead his family. In the previous chapters of 1-2 Samuel, we had a vision for a godly generational reign; in these chapters, David’s sons are repeating--and outdoing--the sins of their father. It would be tempting to despair: will another king lose his anointing? Are our sins more powerful than God’s plan? Can we trust any king? Let’s look and see!

1 & 2 Samuel Week 8: David's Kingdom Established and Ensured | Charisse Compton

As the King Fares, So Do His People: 2 Samuel 2-10

David knew he had been anointed king of Israel for the sake of God’s people. But now we see that God had much more in mind than one king over one little nation for one little page of history. In these incredible promises to David, we hear the fulfillment of his long ago promises to Abraham, and we realize that God has chosen David to be the first in a long line of Israelite kings to not just bless the people of Israel, but to bless all nations of the earth. In these promises, God recycles the language of his promise to Abraham.