David: The Shepherd Boy

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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# 161 - David: The Shepherd Boy - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, we meet young David tending his sheep, fighting off predators, and finding his strength not in status, but in his quiet trust in God. Through 1 Samuel 16 and Psalm 23, we explore how God sees beyond appearances and chooses those with hearts fully devoted to Him.Episode 161 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 23:1, “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(01:15) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:02) David: The Shepherd Boy(13:38) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the chosen people.
0:03.0	I regret that I have made Saul King.
0:06.0	He has turned his back to me.
0:09.0	He has pursued his own glory instead of mine.
0:14.0	Are you so little in your own eyes that you must claw for more glory?
0:19.0	Was it not enough?
0:23.4	But the Lord anointed you as king,
0:27.7	and he set you above all the tribes of Israel.
0:30.2	You can't see everything!
0:32.8	You can't see my heart!
0:34.4	The Lord can.
0:36.5	He sees your soul.
0:46.3	For all your strength, height, stature, you are a pathetic, weak, small little man. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.
0:53.3	No! No!
0:55.0	As you have torn my robe, so the Lord has torn the kingdom from you.
1:01.0	He will give it to another.
1:03.0	The Lord has already chosen him.
1:06.0	He is a man that seeks after the heart of God, more than the heart of the people.
1:15.3	This is an I-Heart podcast, Guaranteed Human.
1:20.0	As a listener of the Chosen People podcast, you know the power of God's Word.
1:25.1	For Christians in more than 70 nations, access to the Bible
1:29.3	is limited or even restricted. More than 850,000 Christians need Bibles right now. Through the
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