Weekend Review 07.31.11





















Songs:
You Are Good (Brian Johnson) (@BrianJohnsonM)
Jesus, You Have Won Me (Brian Johnson) (@BrianJohnsonM)
One Thirst and Hunger (Jeremy Riddle) (@JeremyMRiddle)

Band:
Drums: Mark Moneteiro
Bass: Gerald Lay
Electric Guitar: Rob Sherrod
BGV's: Mary Beth Holmes
Acoustic Guitar & Lead Vocals: (Me), Jason Eaton (@JasonEatonMusic)






















This weekend we continued our series RETRO by talking about the Life and Story of David. We are also excited to announce that we have added three more weeks to this series. There are many stories that we think about when we think about David. We think about when God to Samuel to go an anoint this shepherd boy to be the next King of Israel. We think about David and the amazing story where he defeated Goliath. For Worship Pastors like me we tend to think of all the music and lyrics he wrote all through the Psalms. The thing about David that I love and try to immolate in my life is that he was the only person in the entire BIble who was know for "being a man after God's own heart." What set David apart as a man after God's own heart was his unrelenting passion to search out and understand the emotions of God.
Most people think of this guys to my left when they think about David. But the David we are going to talk about is the David that fell and fell hard but learned to repent and be genuinely real.

The beautiful thing about God is that our past doesn't disqualify us, nor does it define who we are. If you do not know the story of David and Bathsheba I would sep right here and go read it in 2 Samuel 11. The thing about this story is that we see that not matter how we try to hide it, or run away from it our sin always finds us out. God loves us to much to allow sin to float around in our lives. God always brings the darkness into the light. When we put ourselves in a place where out first thought is to run, hide or conceal we need to come clean to God. David shows us a wonderful repentant prayer in Psalm 51 after committing adultery with Bathsheba and basically having Urriah murdered. When we come clean to God we have to plead for restoration and we have to allow our brokenness to lead us to repentence. We have to come to a place where we can trust God with our past, present and future. We cannot allow sin to become a naturally and easily tolerated thing in our life.

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