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Apr 28, 2016 · The perspective that David was correctly following ToRaH is problematic; David's life was an endless, ignorant violation of ToRaH: murder, theft, deceit, adultery, failed parent, failed king. But he ardently pursued the "great commandment", and for YaHoVeH ELoHIM that was enough.
- Because Absalom had intercourse with them, it would be detestable for David to do so: But if the second husband also turns against her and divorces...
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- It's important to first understand that it was prophesied that King David's wives would be violated in such a manner. 2 Samuel chapter 12 (NLT) The...
- God's verdict on David was that he was "a man after His own heart". He saw the man's greivous sins, mistakes and the struggles as recorded ... but...
- David had no qualms about breaking Mosaic law: Deut 17:15-17 "You shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses... Neither shal...
- Just a thought. When David's own daughter Tamar was raped by Amnon his son, she became a desolate woman. She was disgraced and lived in her broth...
- The Cave of Emotional Darkness
- Who’s Flying The plane?
- Cave Times Can Happen to Anyone
- Christians Aren’T Always Happy
- David’s Turning Point Wascrying Out to God in Prayer
- The Wonderful Ending
- To Feel Abandoned Means Once We Were Not
David left Gath and was so alone that he despairs. And now David feels abandoned as moves to a new location that is very foreign to him.David wrote Psalm 13-how to overcome the feelings of despair, abandonment and loneliness when we are in a very dark situation that seems hopeless. The tone of this whole period of “cave times” is described by David...
What tremendous lesson did I learn on that flight? It’s perfectly normal to not pay much attention to stuff in general as long as our lives are going along smoothly! Who even thinks about the pilot until the weather gets rough? But when the plane jolts, jumps, rocks, and swerves-that’s ALL we can think about. And then we want to know: Who is steeri...
What are some causes of such cave times? Here are just a few to help us identify with being in David’s shoes: 1. Cave times may start through a lengthy illness when strength never comes, future plans fade, and so does hope. 1. Cave times often begin with an unanticipated job loss and subsequent tangled, growing, and seemingly hopeless financial nee...
Thankfully, David talked about his painful loneliness. Aren’t you glad he didn’t cover up his struggles or hide his bad feelings? David didn’t mind being thought of as weak, failing, or troubled; he simply cried out to the Lord all the more. Now let’s look at how David survived his deepest, darkest hour of loneliness which took place in that little...
To rise above the downward pull of his emotions, all he had to do was to look up and talk to the Lord-the One he thought had abandoned him! In my own life, there have been times when dealing with everybody else’s problems, problems in the family, and personal problems, and then something happens like a car breaking down or the house needing repair,...
Now look at Psalm 13:4-6– 4 Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.5But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. 6I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me. I love how Psalm 13 ends-David is singing to the Lord! In my mind’s eye, I c...
If you find yourself feeling that the Lord has abandoned you, think on this: To be abandoned means that once you were not.You can’t say your spouse abandoned you if you never had a spouse; you can’t say your friends abandoned you if you didn’t have any friends. So when David said the God he loved, knew, and walked with had abandoned him-that meant ...
David trusted God for his safety and security even in the “valley of the shadow of death.” The key to going through difficult times is trusting God. Verse 17 tells us that God enabled David to rescue his wives and all the captives.
David abandoned his ultimate purpose as God’s chosen king to pursue his earthly desires, and his sin snowballed into adultery, treachery, and murder. Victory over temptation will come when we actively guard our minds and learn to flee away from sin and to Christ. James 1:13–15 (ESV)
Jan 6, 2013 · David was in a situation where he felt forced to lie in order to save his life. Is this the right thing to do in those circumstances? Should David have behaved differently? Was it necessary for him to behave as he did? What were the consequences of his lying? What was his response when he looked back over this period of his life?
But David does not here say, "in the folly of the ungodly," or "in the error of the ungodly;" and therefore he admonishes us to guard with all diligence against the appearance of what is right, that the devil transformed into an angel of light do not seduce us by his craftiness.
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David and Elise. By Mary Augusta Ward (1851 1920) From ‘The History of David Grieve’. D AVID stared at Elise. He had grown very pale. She too was white to the lips. The violence and passion of her speech had exhausted her; her hands trembled in her lap. A wave of emotion swept through him.
