2 Samuel 5:11-25 My preacher friend put sanitary hot air hand dryersin the rest rooms at his church and after two weekstook them out. I asked him why and he confessedthat they worked fine but when he went in there hesaw a sign that read, “For a sample of this week’s sermon, push thebutton.” A…

Luke 22:14-20; Matthew 26:26-29; I Corinthians 11:23-26 Last weekend I was able to spend the weekendwith my two sisters. I have one older sister andone younger sister. It was nice to spend time withthem. Since they live so far away we don’t get tosee them often. It was especially nice that it wasjust the three…

2 Samuel 5:1-10 A man was praying to God. He said, “God!?”God responded, “Yes?”And the guy said, “Can I ask a question?”“Go right ahead, ” God said.“God, what is a million years to you?”God said, “A million years to me is only a second.”“Hmmm, ” the man wondered. Then he asked, “God, whatis a million…

2 Samuel 2:1-11 We have all experienced times of waiting in ourlives.I’m not just talking about waiting in the line at thecoffee shop or at the DPS. I mean waiting on Godto give us our next instructions. How should wehandle the waiting? This morning we are going to learn from David as he hasbeen waiting…

2 Samuel 1:1-16 The word bereave means to deprive ruthlessly orby force. I believe the real agonizing pain of deathis its earthly finality.Being deprived or denied the presence of somebodywe love for the remainder of our life is the mostsevere of all heartaches. We talked about First Samuel chapter 30 last week.David returned to Ziklag…

I Samuel 30:1-31 The tree that never had to fightFor sun and sky and air and light,That stood out in the open plainAnd always got its share of rain,Never became a forest kingBut lived and died a scrubby thing. The man who never had to toilTo heaven from the common soil,Who never had to win…

I Samuel 29:1-11 Last week we looked at I Samuel 27 and saw David’sfaltering faith. He doubted that God would continuetaking care of him and attempted to take matters into hisown hands by fleeing to the land of the Philistines. Hedeceived Achish the king of Gath and alluded that hewould fight for him against his…

I Samuel 27:1-12 & 28:1-2 I am inwardly fashioned for faith, not for fear.Fear is not my native land; faith is.I am so made that worry and anxiety are sand inthe machinery of life; faith is the oil.I live better by faith and confidence than by fear,doubt and anxiety.In anxiety and worry, my being is…

I Samuel 26:1-25 Phil walks into his boss’s office one day and says,“Sir, I’ll be honest with you. I know the economyisn’t great, but I’ve got three companies after me,and I’d like to ask for a raise, respectfully.”After a few minutes of haggling, the boss finallyagrees to give him a 5 percent raise, and he…

Exodus 12:1-20; Luke 22:7-20 A young boy was bored one rainy day, so he pickedup the family Bible looking for interesting pictures.Paging through it, something fell out.Turns out, it was a large oak leaf that had beenpressed long ago between the pages. Heimmediately took it to his parents to proudlyannounce, “Look what I found in…