But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’ Acts 13:22
I want to thank everyone who shared their input on the upcoming message series. This Fall Lord of Life will take the opportunity to study the life of King David. David is twice described as a man after God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14 and Acts 13:22). When Jesus walked upon the earth, the Messianic expectation was for the return of David’s kingdom. David was a shepherd, a musician, a warrior, a king, a husband, and a father. David has much to be commended for, but David also had his shortcomings. There is certainly more to the life of David than the stories we heard in Sunday School.
We will kick off this message series on September 4. It is Labor Day weekend and there will only be ONE service on that day at 9:15. We will take this opportunity to see how God called and used David as ONE man after God’s own heart. When God chooses you and his Holy Spirit comes upon you. With the Holy Spirit it only takes ONE to make a difference. It is not about your qualifications, but about your willingness to listen and to follow the Lord. When you live obedient it is not about your ability, but about God’s ability.
On this first Sunday, September 4, we will give you the opportunity to express your commitment to follow Lord and to live obedient to him. I also want to invite you to make the commitment to join us to be a part of this study each week throughout the Fall. Along with the Sunday morning message we will also be providing a weekly study guide. The weekly study guides will include daily readings and questions along with a weekly memory verse. These guides will be available on Sunday mornings and also online at lolchurch.net. I will encourage you to use these study guides to prepare for each weekly message so that you will be able to get the most out of each Sunday’s message and the message series.
A few things I would ask of you is for prayers in the preparation of this message series and the coordination of it. Also, if you might be interested in leading a discussion group based on this message series let me know. We have so much to learn from King David and how cool will it be to have this focus as a church and be learning and growing together.
