The God of King David | Week 14 | A Life to Learn From | Pastor Dave Brown
MESSAGE NOTES
The God of King David
August 10, 2025
A Life to Learn From
Teacher: Dave Brown
The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people.
— 1 Samuel 13:14
Why is David called a man after God’s own heart?
“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you. I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. Lord, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you. And give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, statutes and decrees and to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I have provided.”
— 1 Chronicles 29:14-19
Our choices become our habits, our habits become our character, and our character is our destiny.
— Charles Duhigg
We make our decisions, and then our decisions make us. In the beginning we have a choice, but eventually, we have a character.
— John Mark Comer
Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life long you are slowly turning this central thing either into a heavenly creature or into a hellish creature.
— C.S. Lewis
1 - Humility
Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.
— 1 Chronicles 29:14b
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.
— Rick Warren
2 - Integrity
I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity.
— 1 Chronicles 29:17
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
— Albert Einstein
3 - Loyalty
I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you… keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you.
— 1 Chronicles 29:17b-18
4 - Legacy
Give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, statutes and decrees.
— 1 Chronicles 29:19