The God of King David | Week 12 | David's Song of Praise | Pastor Dave Brown
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The God of King David
July 27, 2025
David's Song of Praise
Teacher: Dave Brown
A.C.T.S. of Prayer
Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication
Why pray?
Prayer is not a magic formula to crack so that we can get what we want. If that’s our understanding of prayer, we will always be disappointed.
Prayer is about presence before it’s about anything else. Prayer doesn’t begin with outcomes. Prayer is the free choice to be with the Father, to prefer his company.
— Tyler Staton
Prayer is about intimacy and identity.
1 - Intimacy
David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
— 2 Samuel 22:1
The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.
— 1 Kings 19:10-12
Maybe God whispers not because he’s evasive but because he’s intimate. Maybe he whispers because it’s the only way to get what he wants most. What was lost in Eden—to walk with you and I in the cool of the day. To know him and discover ourselves fully known in his presence.
— Tyler Staton
God invites us to meet him in the intimacy of the whisper. When we try to fabricate a mountaintop experience to meet with God, all we end up building is a tower of Babel.
2 - God’s Identity
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior.
— 2 Samuel 22:2-3a
3 - Our Identity
You, Lord, are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light. With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall… It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure. He makes my feet like the feet of the deer; he causes me to stand on the heights. He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You make your saving help my shield; your help has made me great.
— 2 Samuel 22:29-30; 33-36
Nothing but prayer will ever reveal you to yourself, because only before God can you see and become your true self… Prayer is learning who you are before God and giving him your essence.
— Timothy Keller
4 - Prayer is a Practice