Make His Temple Glorious

1 Chronicles 22:5, 19 “The house that is to be built for the Lord shall be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all lands. . . . Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of the Lord God.”...

Ornan’s Generosity

1 Chronicles 21:23 “Ornan said to David, ‘Take it for yourself; and let my lord the king do what is good in his sight. See, I will give the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for wood and the wheat for a grain offering; I will give it all.’”...

Salvation from the Beginning

2 Samuel 22:22–25 “I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not acted wickedly against my God. For all His ordinances were before me, and as for His statutes, I did not depart from them. I was also blameless before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity....

The Heart of the King

2 Samuel 18:33 “The king was deeply moved and went to the chamber over the gate and wept.  And thus he said as he walked, ‘O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!  Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son!’” Observation: Hear the broken heart of a father...

The Grip of Offense

2 Samuel 14:24  “However the king said, ‘Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face.’ So Absalom turned to his own house and did not see the king’s face.” Matthew 24:10:  “At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one...