Hey, this is Stephen Fertake. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our

podcast. I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you.

Hope it builds your faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God is moving in your life,

enjoy the message.

One of my friends was saying to me, I don't want this series to end and I was like man it's fine we we haven't even got

David to the throne yet okay we're just getting started he's not even a king yet and we're looking at his life and we're just getting started. He's not even a king yet, and we're looking at his life

and we're taking our time so we can understand

where he came from and what he was called to and how God brought him from where he was to where God

ultimately wanted him to be and it's a model for our lives. And we're looking at it from two

perspectives and hopefully the contrast over time will begin to show you some

things about how God works in your own life because I don't read the Bible really

like a history lesson. For me the Bible is at its best in my life when it's living

and active and so it's more like heart surgery.

Not just to learn about a character that existed long ago, but so that God can shape his character in my heart.

And so I have a long way to go touch somebody and say,

you've got a long way to go.

I can tell you really need this series.

I want to look at something today concerning David and the way I want to set it up I just want to look at one verse from Psalm 57-2 something that David wrote a

declaration that he made and then as we've been doing each week give you a little bit of the background behind what was

going on in his life when he wrote it and we'll see what God will speak to us

today. How many expect God to speak to you today?

That's so important.

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