today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

The great temptation for you this year, the great temptation is probably going to be for you

to pursue some good purpose, some good thing that you believe God wants you to have to pursue that in your own way. Welcome to another day of solid biblical teaching with Pastor J.Grier here on Summit Life.

I'm your host Molly Vidovich. Today we're moving into the book of Second

Samuel as we follow the story of King David. Pastor Jady will walk us through a few ways in which

David was a man after God's own heart. And yet what we ultimately see

through the first several chapters of this book is that not even David was the king that Israel

was looking for. The king that they needed and that we need today

was one fully without sin, willing to lay down his life even for his enemies.

With such a king on the throne, one in full control, we can learn to accept with

joy what God has for us this year and beyond. So grab your Bible and let's jump right in.

Here's Pastor Jain. I heard about an old

atheist who was taking a walk through the woods when suddenly he heard a rustling

in the bushes behind him.

And when he turned to look to his horror,

he saw a seven-foot grizzly bear snarling at him.

He panicked and he ran as fast as he could,

and the bear started to charge at him.

So this man got to a tree with some low-hanging branches and he started to climb up into that tree.

To his surprise, he saw the bear climbing the tree behind him at which point this old atheist just cried out,

Oh God save me!

And suddenly time stopped.

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