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David’s Friends in the Struggle Proverbs 17:17 “A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.” After David’s sin with Bathsheba and as Absalom tried to take over the kingdom David was in need of faithful and true friends. He was aided by them in his trials and they provide us a unique…

What Went Wrong? One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hethite?” David sent…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

Your sin may not be David's sin, but it is just as serious and consequential.

We all want significance in life; we want to find our place and position. We as Christian people need to trust God and do our best in every area of life; and then we need not to stoop ourselves, to manipulate, abuse, and use others for our self-promotion. We should not be our way to grab all that we…

There will always be consequences for sin, but how will you use the consequences to grow?

2 Samuel 12-19 David and the Aftermath This week we are discussing the results of David’s sin with Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11 . The prophet Nathan declared in 2 Samuel 12:10 that the sword would never depart from his house. This is seen in the troubles David experiences after his son Amnon rapes his daughter…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

Good morning! My name is John Lee and I serve Mission Church as the Lead Pastor. The mission and vision of our church is to partner with God to see His Kingdom come in Las Vegas as it is in Heaven. And we believe that the best way of accomplishing our mission is by loving Jesus…by pursuing a life that…

Introduction Back to the life of David. Where are we? David has become a great king uniting the land of Israel under on rule. But he is not a perfect king or father. He has sinned committed adultery and murder to cover up things. He not taken justice for his daughters rape. He has not stepped up and…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 12, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources, Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Sept 2022. Up to the time of Solomon, no ANE empire had greater influence over the land of Canaan than…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

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Introduction: Welcome (mention title change)/Prayer Our text is 2 Samuel 18:1-19:8 We’re going to see two sides of David this morning... We’re first look at a positive aspect of David, which is in keeping with him being a type of Christ, a foreshadow of the Christ to come... Then in chapter 19 we’ll…

Do you follow out of condition or conviction?

When is procrastination deadly?

What do you believe about God? What God do you serve?

Last Spring, we studied through the Sermon on the Mount. One of the great themes of Matthew is the coming kingdom. The Book of Revelation speaks of the time when that new kingdom is fully realized. I shared with our Elders a week ago an observation that I gleaned about songs describing Heaven. Historically…

Fight! Fight! Fight! War, fights, conflicts are a way of life. Life under the sun, life in this fallen world. Fights, wars, conflicts can come from within, even within the pages of the Bible. From world wars to gas wars, from battles to conflicts James starts to address how to end wars, today we look…

The Dilemma of Belief. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered, “Is this really true?” Maybe life has gotten difficult. Maybe you have come to the Derailment of your hopes and dreams like Joseph, Mary’s husband, when he found out that his betrothed bride was pregnant after all his time and…