Welcome to this Abide Bedtime Story. We invite you to listen in as David determines that there is no reason for him to fear, no matter what he faces, because God is greater than his fear.

Before we listen in to David, as he admits and conquers his fear, get comfortable, relax,

and be ready to hear how one man's honesty and confidence in God can help you with your own fears.

Close your eyes, take a deep breath and relax. Breathe out all the worries of the day, and breathe in the comforting presence of God's Holy Spirit.

Let tension leave your body, as you dwell with God, certain that he loves you and is with you now as well as all through the

night with God everything begins afresh the old old has gone. The new is here. Let those thoughts permeate every inch of your being. To rid your body of tension, let your muscles relax.

Start with your feet.

Move up to your calves and your thighs.

Relax your stomach and your shoulders. Let your eyebrows relax. As your body relaxes, your mind can relax as well, and release your fears.

Dear Heavenly Father, as your child prepares to sleep, we ask that you will flood them with the knowledge that you are greater than anything they fear.

Help them to lay any fears and concerns at your feet right now, and to be confident that you

are listening, and that you care deeply for your child and will act on their behalf.

Even as your beloved sleeps, we pray you would direct their dreams, protect them from their own stresses and worries, by taking them

on your own strong shoulders.

In Jesus Christ we pray.

Amen.

With that, let's begin our story.

David had been on the run for quite a while now.

He had been loyal to King Saul, but Saul had betrayed him and sought to kill him.

By this, David knew that King Saul was not just going against him, but against God.

Saul and David both knew that God had chosen David to succeed Saul, yet Saul refused to accept that. To combat his fears, David liked to write songs. At one time he had written songs the comfort King Saul.

Yet now he wrote them to comfort himself. Writing down what was true about God,

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