WEBVTT 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:01.840 He hasn't been in his own mind. 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:08.600 This is the LifeSpring One-Year Bible Rewind, and coming to you from Riverside, California, 00:00:09.279 --> 00:00:13.520 podcasting since 2004, I am your OG Godcaster, Steve Webb. 00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:17.980 This is the podcast that comes to you every day, and we're reading the entire Bible together 00:00:18.190 --> 00:00:18.600 in a year. 00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:20.040 I'm so glad you're here. 00:00:20.520 --> 00:00:20.820 Welcome. 00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:23.100 Today is National Disc Jockey Day. 00:00:23.340 --> 00:00:23.780 Hey, everybody. 00:00:24.980 --> 00:00:28.560 With my background in radio, I had to share this one with you, of course. 00:00:29.380 --> 00:00:33.840 Radio DJs are sort of a dying breed today, but DJs do still exist. 00:00:34.260 --> 00:00:39.080 There's the club and festival DJs, the mobile and event DJs, and the turntablists. 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:41.240 This is mainly History Tuesday. 00:00:41.610 --> 00:00:43.700 We'll read 1 Samuel 16-20. 00:00:44.300 --> 00:00:46.820 After my comments, we'll have an On This Date in Church History. 00:00:47.140 --> 00:00:51.680 And remember, Wednesday is one of the days we have praises and prayer requests, so that's tomorrow. 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:55.660 If God has done something really great in your life, let us know. 00:00:56.080 --> 00:00:57.180 We want to rejoice with you. 00:00:57.500 --> 00:01:01.140 And if there's something you'd like us to take to the Lord in prayer, we want to pray for you. 00:01:01.700 --> 00:01:05.360 Prayer.lifespringmedia.com, Steve at lifespringmedia.com, 00:01:05.590 --> 00:01:11.180 or leave a text or voicemail on the Lifespring Family Hotline at 951-732-8511. 00:01:11.790 --> 00:01:13.020 Do it now before you forget. 00:01:13.660 --> 00:01:15.040 One last thing before we get started. 00:01:15.240 --> 00:01:20.360 I'll have a musical bonus at the end of today's show that will relate to today's reading in some way. 00:01:20.740 --> 00:01:21.520 Hang around for that. 00:01:22.100 --> 00:01:22.500 Let's begin. 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:24.880 Our Heavenly Father, Lord, we love you. 00:01:25.100 --> 00:01:27.680 We thank you for your word and we thank you for loving us. 00:01:28.380 --> 00:01:33.260 We thank you, Lord, that you made the sacrifice that enabled us to be able to spend eternity with you. 00:01:33.820 --> 00:01:37.320 We will be literally forever, eternally grateful for that. 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.080 As we open your word now, speak to us, we pray in Jesus' name. 00:01:41.730 --> 00:01:41.860 Amen. 00:01:44.380 --> 00:01:45.980 1 Samuel 16 00:01:46.860 --> 00:01:48.220 The Lord said to Samuel, 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:50.720 How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:53.460 I have rejected him as king over Israel. 00:01:54.140 --> 00:01:55.900 Fill your horn with olive oil and go. 00:01:56.340 --> 00:01:58.620 I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, 00:01:59.020 --> 00:02:02.020 for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons. 00:02:03.020 --> 00:02:05.100 Samuel said, How can I go? 00:02:05.580 --> 00:02:07.020 Saul will hear about it and kill me. 00:02:07.720 --> 00:02:10.479 But the Lord said, Take a heifer with you and say, 00:02:10.880 --> 00:02:12.580 I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. 00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:15.420 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, 00:02:15.930 --> 00:02:17.540 and I will show you what you should do. 00:02:18.460 --> 00:02:20.700 You will anoint for me the one I point out to you. 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:23.300 Samuel did what the Lord told him. 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:27.640 When he arrived in Bethlehem, the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:29.860 They said, Do you come in peace? 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:32.380 He replied, Yes, in peace. 00:02:32.940 --> 00:02:34.580 I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. 00:02:35.320 --> 00:02:37.720 Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice. 00:02:38.660 --> 00:02:42.480 So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:46.700 When they arrived, Samuel noticed Eliab and said to himself, 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:50.140 Surely here before the Lord stands his chosen king. 00:02:50.700 --> 00:02:56.060 But the Lord said to Samuel, Don't be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. 00:02:56.880 --> 00:02:59.040 God does not view things the way men do. 00:02:59.620 --> 00:03:02.880 People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. 00:03:04.100 --> 00:03:07.100 Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. 00:03:07.660 --> 00:03:10.820 But Samuel said, The Lord has not chosen this one either. 00:03:11.700 --> 00:03:16.660 Then Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, The Lord has not chosen this one either. 00:03:17.720 --> 00:03:21.740 Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:23.940 The Lord has not chosen any of these. 00:03:24.820 --> 00:03:27.760 Then Samuel said to Jesse, Is that all of the young men? 00:03:28.640 --> 00:03:32.940 Jesse replied, There is still the youngest one, but he is taking care of the flock. 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:39.560 Samuel said to Jesse, Send and get him, for we cannot turn our attention to other things until he comes here. 00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:41.700 So Jesse had him brought in. 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:45.300 Now he was ready with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. 00:03:45.940 --> 00:03:53.000 The Lord said, Go and anoint him, this is the one. So Samuel took the hornful of olive oil and 00:03:53.180 --> 00:03:58.240 anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that 00:03:58.340 --> 00:04:05.000 day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah. Now the Spirit of the Lord had turned away from 00:04:05.200 --> 00:04:10.980 Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. Then Saul's servants said to him, Look, 00:04:11.040 --> 00:04:16.720 an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. Let our Lord instruct his servants who are here before you 00:04:16.840 --> 00:04:22.200 to look for a man who knows how to play the lyre. Then, whenever the evil spirit from God comes upon 00:04:22.320 --> 00:04:29.020 you, he can play the lyre, and you will feel better. So Saul said to his servants, Find me a man who 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:34.660 plays well, and bring him to me. One of his attendants replied, I have seen a son of Jesse 00:04:34.790 --> 00:04:40.120 in Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior, and is articulate and handsome, 00:04:40.200 --> 00:04:46.820 for the Lord is with him. So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me your son David, 00:04:46.900 --> 00:04:52.480 who was out with the sheep. So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, 00:04:52.860 --> 00:04:59.060 and a young goat, and sent them to Saul with his son David. David came to Saul and stood before him. 00:05:00.080 --> 00:05:05.400 Saul liked him a great deal, and he became his armor-bearer. Then Saul sent word to Jesse, 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:11.680 saying, Let David be my servant, for I really like him. So whenever the Spirit from God would come 00:05:11.860 --> 00:05:17.320 upon Saul, David would take his lyre and play it. This would bring relief to Saul and make him feel 00:05:17.460 --> 00:05:25.200 better. Then the evil spirit would leave him alone. 1 Samuel 17. The Philistines gathered 00:05:25.380 --> 00:05:31.879 their troops for battle. They assembled at Soco in Judah. They camped in Ephizdanim between Soco 00:05:31.900 --> 00:05:36.900 and Ezekiah. Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, 00:05:37.070 --> 00:05:40.020 where they arranged their battle lines to fight against the Philistines. 00:05:40.830 --> 00:05:45.860 The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites on another hill, with the valley 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:52.540 between them. Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath. 00:05:52.890 --> 00:05:58.800 He was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall. He had a bronze helmet on his head, 00:05:58.840 --> 00:06:05.160 and was wearing scaled body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels. 00:06:05.860 --> 00:06:10.780 He had bronze shin guards on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders. 00:06:11.860 --> 00:06:17.400 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred 00:06:17.620 --> 00:06:24.400 shekels. His shield-bearer was walking before him. Goliath stood and called to Israelites' troops, 00:06:24.660 --> 00:06:30.780 Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants 00:06:30.820 --> 00:06:36.540 of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man so he may come down to me. If he is able to fight with me 00:06:36.540 --> 00:06:42.700 and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:47.860 you will become our servants and will serve us. Then the Philistine said, 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:53.340 I defy Israel's troops this day. Give me a man so we can fight each other. 00:06:54.380 --> 00:07:00.060 When Saul and all the Israelites heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid. 00:07:01.340 --> 00:07:06.020 Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. 00:07:06.950 --> 00:07:11.320 He had eight sons, and in Saul's days he was old and well advanced in years. 00:07:12.320 --> 00:07:15.100 Jesse's three oldest sons had followed Saul to war. 00:07:15.580 --> 00:07:22.260 The names of the three sons who went to war were Eliab, his firstborn, Abinadab, the second oldest, 00:07:22.840 --> 00:07:29.480 and Shammah, the third oldest. Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:35.260 Saul, David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father's sheep in Bethlehem. 00:07:36.280 --> 00:07:40.839 Meanwhile, for forty days, the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took 00:07:40.860 --> 00:07:47.200 his position. Jesse said to his son David, Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:53.460 these ten loaves of bread. Go quickly to the camp to your brothers. Also take these ten portions of 00:07:53.660 --> 00:07:58.420 cheese to their commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are doing, and bring back their 00:07:58.660 --> 00:08:03.980 pledge that they receive the goods. They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of 00:08:04.080 --> 00:08:09.779 Elah fighting with the Philistines. So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:15.200 to someone else who would watch over it. After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed 00:08:15.380 --> 00:08:20.700 him. He arrived at the camp as the army was going out to the battle lines, shouting its battle cry. 00:08:21.820 --> 00:08:25.440 Israel and the Philistines drew up their battle lines opposite one another. 00:08:26.780 --> 00:08:31.580 After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, he ran to the battle front. 00:08:32.260 --> 00:08:37.200 When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing. As he was speaking with them, 00:08:37.340 --> 00:08:42.599 the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the 00:08:42.780 --> 00:08:49.460 Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, and David heard it. When all the men of Israel saw this 00:08:49.620 --> 00:08:55.660 man, they retreated from his presence and were very afraid. The men of Israel said, Have you seen 00:08:55.800 --> 00:09:00.860 this man who is coming up? He does so to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:05.619 strike him down very wealthy. He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his 00:09:05.640 --> 00:09:10.620 father's house exempt from tax obligations in Israel. David asked the men who were standing 00:09:10.680 --> 00:09:14.880 near him, What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel 00:09:15.040 --> 00:09:21.020 from this humiliation? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that defies the armies of the living 00:09:21.260 --> 00:09:27.020 God? The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, This is what will be done for the man who 00:09:27.020 --> 00:09:33.199 can strike him down. When David's oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became 00:09:33.220 --> 00:09:38.460 angry with David and said, Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in 00:09:38.460 --> 00:09:43.740 the desert? I am familiar with your pride and deceit. You have come down here to watch the battle. 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:50.660 David replied, What have I done now? Can't I say anything? Then he turned from those who were 00:09:50.760 --> 00:09:55.540 nearby to someone else and asked the same question, but they gave him the same answer as before. 00:09:57.120 --> 00:10:00.760 When David's words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him. 00:10:01.760 --> 00:10:07.220 David said to Saul, Don't let anyone be discouraged. Your servant will go and fight this Philistine. 00:10:08.220 --> 00:10:12.680 But Saul replied to David, You aren't able to go against this Philistine and fight him. 00:10:13.020 --> 00:10:19.380 You're just a boy. He has been a warrior from his youth. David replied to Saul, Your servant has 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:24.480 been a shepherd for his father's flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep 00:10:24.640 --> 00:10:29.680 from the flock, I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. 00:10:30.160 --> 00:10:34.820 If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it. 00:10:35.560 --> 00:10:38.360 Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. 00:10:38.920 --> 00:10:41.980 This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them, 00:10:42.460 --> 00:10:44.920 for he has defied the armies of the living God. 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:46.880 David went on to say, 00:10:47.560 --> 00:10:50.000 The Lord who delivered me from the lion and the bear 00:10:50.180 --> 00:10:52.740 will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine. 00:10:53.760 --> 00:10:54.860 Then Saul said to David, 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:56.860 Go, the Lord will be with you. 00:10:57.680 --> 00:11:02.120 Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a bronze helmet on his head. 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:04.380 He also put body armor on him. 00:11:05.260 --> 00:11:09.780 David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was 00:11:09.900 --> 00:11:10.460 not used to them. 00:11:11.380 --> 00:11:15.240 David said to Saul, I can't walk in these things, for I'm not used to them. 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:17.160 So David removed them. 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:22.899 He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed 00:11:22.920 --> 00:11:28.120 them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine. 00:11:29.400 --> 00:11:33.420 The Philistine kept coming closer to David with a shield-bearer walking in front of him. 00:11:34.540 --> 00:11:38.820 When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and 00:11:38.990 --> 00:11:45.280 handsome boy. The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog that you're coming after me with sticks? 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:51.360 Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods. The Philistine said to David, 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:57.220 Come here to me so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field. 00:11:58.440 --> 00:11:59.800 But David said to the Philistine, 00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:03.960 You were coming against me with sword and spear and javelin, 00:12:04.420 --> 00:12:07.440 but I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, 00:12:07.680 --> 00:12:10.640 the God of Israel's armies, whom you have defied. 00:12:11.300 --> 00:12:14.520 This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand. 00:12:14.920 --> 00:12:17.360 I will strike you down and cut off your head. 00:12:18.180 --> 00:12:21.380 This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army, 00:12:21.460 --> 00:12:27.320 to the birds of the sky in the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel 00:12:27.640 --> 00:12:33.740 has a God, and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves. 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:40.860 For the battle is the Lord's, and he will deliver you into our hand. The Philistine drew steadily 00:12:41.140 --> 00:12:46.440 closer to David to attack him, while David quickly ran toward the battle line to attack the Philistine. 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:50.700 David reached his hand into the bag and took out a stone. 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:54.020 He slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. 00:12:54.920 --> 00:12:59.960 The stone sank deeply into his forehead, and he fell down with his face to the ground. 00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:04.840 David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. 00:13:05.620 --> 00:13:07.820 He struck down the Philistine and killed him. 00:13:08.800 --> 00:13:11.060 David did not even have a sword in his hand. 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:13.780 David ran and stood over the Philistine. 00:13:14.160 --> 00:13:19.640 He grabbed Goliath's sword, drew it from its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:23.940 When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away. 00:13:24.760 --> 00:13:28.800 Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. 00:13:29.620 --> 00:13:33.200 They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very gates of Ekron. 00:13:34.020 --> 00:13:38.520 The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shearim road to Gath and Ekron. 00:13:39.460 --> 00:13:43.900 When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp. 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:50.320 David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath's weapons in 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:56.960 his tent. Now as Saul watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the general 00:13:57.050 --> 00:14:03.240 in command of the army, Whose son is this young man, Abner? Abner replied, As surely as you live, 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:08.040 O king, I don't know. The king said, Find out whose son this boy is. 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:14.000 So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:20.500 Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand. Saul said to him, Whose son are you, 00:14:20.550 --> 00:14:27.860 young man? David replied, I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem. 1 Samuel 18. 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:34.100 Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:40.640 and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Saul took him that day and would not let him go home to his 00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:46.240 father's house any more. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own 00:14:46.420 --> 00:14:51.440 soul. And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, 00:14:51.880 --> 00:14:57.440 even to his sword and his bow at his belt. So David went out whenever Saul sent him, 00:14:57.580 --> 00:15:03.040 and behaved wisely. Then Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all 00:15:03.040 --> 00:15:08.360 the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. Now it had happened as they were 00:15:08.520 --> 00:15:13.160 coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women had 00:15:13.280 --> 00:15:18.400 come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tambourines, 00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:24.100 with joy, and with musical instruments. So the women sang as they danced, and said, 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:27.620 Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 00:15:28.740 --> 00:15:32.580 Then Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him, and he said, 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:37.300 They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:40.140 Now what more can he have but the kingdom? 00:15:41.060 --> 00:15:43.780 So Saul eyed David from that day forward. 00:15:44.800 --> 00:15:48.980 And it happened on the next day that the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, 00:15:49.680 --> 00:15:51.460 and he prophesied inside the house. 00:15:51.920 --> 00:15:57.360 So David played music with his hand, as at other times, but there was a spear in Saul's hand. 00:15:57.980 --> 00:16:01.960 And Saul cast the spear, for he said, I will pin David to the wall. 00:16:02.640 --> 00:16:04.580 But David escaped his presence twice. 00:16:05.880 --> 00:16:10.320 Now Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, but had departed from Saul. 00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:15.360 Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand, 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:17.820 and he went out and came in before the people. 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:21.460 And David behaved wisely in all his ways. 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:27.420 and the Lord was with him. Therefore, when Saul saw that he behaved very wisely, he was afraid of him. 00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:32.760 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. 00:16:33.680 --> 00:16:38.840 Then Saul said to David, Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as a wife. 00:16:39.380 --> 00:16:45.640 Only be valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul thought, Let my hand not be 00:16:45.800 --> 00:16:50.960 against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him. So David said to Saul, 00:16:51.380 --> 00:16:56.660 Who am I, and what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:57.280 to the king? 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:02.500 But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, 00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:06.060 that she was given to Adriel the Mahalothite as a wife. 00:17:07.360 --> 00:17:12.439 Now Michael, Saul's daughter, loved David, and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:18.040 So Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand 00:17:18.120 --> 00:17:19.860 of the Philistines may be against him. 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:24.740 Therefore Saul said to David a second time, You shall be my son-in-law today. 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:31.260 And Saul commanded his servants, Communicate with David secretly, and say, Look, the king 00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:33.660 has delight in you, and all his servants love you. 00:17:34.320 --> 00:17:36.680 Now therefore become the king's son-in-law. 00:17:37.520 --> 00:17:40.760 So Saul's servants spoke those words in the hearing of David. 00:17:41.340 --> 00:17:46.480 And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing I 00:17:46.540 --> 00:17:48.300 am a poor and lightly esteemed man? 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:53.480 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, In this manner David spoke. 00:17:54.640 --> 00:18:01.000 Then Saul said, Thus you shall say to David, The king does not desire any dowry but one hundred 00:18:01.260 --> 00:18:06.540 foreskins of the Philistines to take vengeance on the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:11.320 David fall by the hand of the Philistines. So when his servants told David these words, 00:18:11.760 --> 00:18:16.700 it pleased David well to become the king's son-in-law. Now the days had not expired, 00:18:17.080 --> 00:18:22.820 Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. 00:18:23.520 --> 00:18:27.300 And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, 00:18:27.520 --> 00:18:33.000 that he might become the king's son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michael, his daughter, as a wife. 00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:39.220 Thus Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michael, Saul's daughter, 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:44.980 loved him, and Saul was still more afraid of David. So Saul became David's enemy continually. 00:18:45.800 --> 00:18:50.820 Then the princes of the Philistines went out to war, and so it was, whenever they went out, 00:18:51.280 --> 00:18:57.120 that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed. 00:18:58.080 --> 00:18:59.620 1 Samuel chapter 19 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:05.500 Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. 00:19:06.020 --> 00:19:08.940 But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted greatly in David. 00:19:09.780 --> 00:19:13.760 So Jonathan told David, saying, My father Saul seeks to kill you. 00:19:14.320 --> 00:19:19.840 Therefore, please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide, and I will 00:19:19.840 --> 00:19:24.180 go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father 00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:30.880 about you. Then what I observe I will tell you. Thus Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his 00:19:31.140 --> 00:19:36.380 father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he 00:19:36.430 --> 00:19:41.979 has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you. For he took his 00:19:42.020 --> 00:19:46.380 life in his hands and killed the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great deliverance for 00:19:46.540 --> 00:19:52.400 all Israel. You sought and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood to kill David 00:19:52.690 --> 00:19:58.520 without a cause? So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, As the Lord lives, 00:19:58.630 --> 00:20:04.220 he shall not be killed. Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. 00:20:05.100 --> 00:20:09.240 So Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past. 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:13.600 And there was war again, and David went out and fought with the Philistines, 00:20:14.100 --> 00:20:16.660 and struck them with a mighty blow, and they fled from him. 00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:22.400 Now the distressing spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his 00:20:22.540 --> 00:20:28.460 hand, and David was playing music with his hand. Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with 00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:33.540 the spear, but he slipped away from Saul's presence, and he drove the spear into the wall. 00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:36.340 So David fled and escaped that night. 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:41.760 Saul also sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. 00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:46.700 And Michael, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:52.800 tomorrow you will be killed. So Michael let David down through a window, and he went and fled and 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:58.380 escaped. And Michael took an image and laid it in the bed, put a cover of goat's hair for his head, 00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:04.200 and covered it with clothes. So when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:09.840 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, 00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:14.440 that I may kill him. When the messengers had come in, there was the image in the bed, 00:21:14.780 --> 00:21:19.560 with the cover of goat's hair for his head. Then Saul said to Michael, Why have you deceived me 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:24.500 like this, and sent my enemy away, so that he has escaped? And Michael answered Saul, 00:21:24.890 --> 00:21:31.619 He said to me, Let me go, why should I kill you? So David fled and escaped, and went to Samuel at 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:36.920 Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naoth. 00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:44.160 Now it was told Saul, saying, Take note, David is at Naoth and Ramah. Then Saul sent messengers to 00:21:44.320 --> 00:21:49.460 take David. And when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as leader over 00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:55.339 them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. And when Saul 00:21:55.360 --> 00:22:01.360 was told, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. Then Saul sent messengers 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:07.920 again the third time, and they prophesied also. Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great 00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:15.160 well that is at CQ. So he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And someone said, Indeed, 00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:21.379 they are at Naoth and Ramah. So he went there to Naoth and Ramah. Then the Spirit of God was upon 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:27.200 him also, and he went on and prophesied until he came to Naoth and Ramah. And he also stripped 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:32.880 off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:39.520 all that night. Therefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? 1 Samuel 20. 00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:46.679 Then David fled from Naoth and Ramah, and went and said to Jonathan, What have I done? What is 00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:52.660 my iniquity, and what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life? So Jonathan said to him, 00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:58.500 By no means, you shall not die. Indeed, my father will do nothing, either great or small, 00:22:58.760 --> 00:23:03.880 without first telling me. And why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so. 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:09.100 Then David took an oath again and said, Your father certainly knows that I have found favor 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:15.639 in your eyes. And he has said, Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly, as the 00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:22.500 Lord lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death. So Jonathan said to 00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:28.680 David, Whatever you yourself desire, I will do it for you. And David said to Jonathan, Indeed, 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:34.620 tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go that I 00:23:34.630 --> 00:23:40.160 may hide in the field until the third day at evening. If your father misses me at all, then say, 00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:44.440 David earnestly asked permission of me that he might run over to Bethlehem, his city, 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:50.840 for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. If he says thus, it is well, your servant 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:56.620 will be safe. But if he is very angry, be sure that evil is determined by him. Therefore you 00:23:56.740 --> 00:24:01.060 shall deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord 00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:06.800 with you. Nevertheless, if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to 00:24:06.800 --> 00:24:12.959 your father? But Jonathan said, Far be it from you, for if I knew certainly that evil was determined 00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:17.980 by my father to come upon you, then why would I not tell you? Then David said to Jonathan, 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:23.760 Who will tell me, or what if your father answers you roughly? And Jonathan said to David, 00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:28.360 Come, let us go out into the field. So both of them went out into the field. 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:34.600 Then Jonathan said to David, The Lord God of Israel is witness, when I have sounded out my 00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:40.259 father sometime tomorrow, or the third day, and indeed there is good toward David, and I do not 00:24:40.280 --> 00:24:46.200 send to you and tell you, May the Lord do so, and much more to Jonathan. But if it pleases my father 00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:51.540 to do you evil, then I will report it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. 00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:56.900 And the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father. And you shall not only show me the 00:24:57.120 --> 00:25:01.900 kindness of the Lord while I still live, that I may not die. But you shall not cut off your 00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:07.139 kindness from my house forever. No, not when the Lord has cut off every one of the enemies of David 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:12.260 from the face of the earth. So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, 00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:19.260 Let the Lord require it at the hand of David's enemies. Now Jonathan again caused David to vow, 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:25.000 because he loved him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Then Jonathan said to David, 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:29.780 Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty. 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:34.859 And when you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid on 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:40.400 the day of the deed, and remain by the stone of Ezel. Then I will shoot three arrows to the side, 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:45.340 as though I shot at a target. And there I will send a lad, saying, Go find the arrows. 00:25:46.260 --> 00:25:51.180 If I expressly say to the lad, Look, the arrows are on this side of you, get them and come. 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:57.140 Then as the Lord lives, there is safety for you and no harm. But if I say thus to the young man, 00:25:57.500 --> 00:26:01.500 Look, the arrows are beyond you, go your way, for the Lord has sent you away. 00:26:02.260 --> 00:26:08.020 And as for the matter which you and I have spoken of, indeed, the Lord be between you and me forever. 00:26:09.520 --> 00:26:14.660 Then David hid in the field, and when the new moon had come, the king sat down to eat the feast. 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:19.240 Now the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on a seat by the wall. 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:25.300 And Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty. 00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:29.520 Nevertheless, Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, 00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:35.740 something has happened to him. He is unclean. Surely he is unclean. And it happened the next 00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:41.580 day, the second day of the month, that David's place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, 00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:47.920 Why has the son of Jesse not come to eat, either yesterday or today? So Jonathan answered Saul, 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:53.600 David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem. And he said, Please let me go, 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:58.200 for our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. 00:26:58.560 --> 00:27:03.080 And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me get away and see my brothers. 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.900 Therefore he has not come to the king's table. 00:27:06.780 --> 00:27:10.020 Then Saul's anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him, 00:27:10.470 --> 00:27:15.440 You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse 00:27:15.530 --> 00:27:20.380 to your own shame and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? For as long as the son of 00:27:20.520 --> 00:27:25.520 Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Now therefore, 00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:31.900 send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die. And Jonathan answered Saul his father, 00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:38.120 and said to him, Why should he be killed? What has he done? Then Saul cast a spear at him to kill him, 00:27:38.260 --> 00:27:43.820 by which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David. So Jonathan arose from 00:27:43.820 --> 00:27:48.460 the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for 00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:54.659 David, because his father had treated him shamefully. And so it was in the morning that Jonathan went 00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:59.820 out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad was with him. Then he said to the 00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:06.780 lad, Now run, find the arrows which I shoot. As the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. When the 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:11.600 lad had come to the place where the arrow was which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried out after the 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:17.220 lad and said, Is not the arrow beyond you? And Jonathan cried out after the lad, Make haste, 00:28:17.450 --> 00:28:22.680 hurry, do not delay. So Jonathan's lad carried up the arrows and came back to his master. 00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:27.400 But the lad did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew of the matter. 00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:32.740 Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the lad and said to him, Go, carry them to the city. 00:28:34.060 --> 00:28:37.940 As soon as the lad had gone, David arose from a place toward the south, 00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:41.740 fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times. 00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:46.400 And they kissed one another, and they wept together, but David more so. 00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:52.200 Then Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, since we have both sworn in the name of the Lord, 00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:58.120 saying, May the Lord be between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants forever. 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:02.600 So he arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city. 00:29:04.780 --> 00:29:10.700 Okay, in chapter 17, right out of the gate, let me say that the translation we used today there, 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:17.540 the net translation, disagrees with most other translations in regards to Goliath's height. 00:29:18.340 --> 00:29:22.600 In the translation we read today, the number given was close to 7 feet tall. 00:29:23.300 --> 00:29:26.700 Most other translations say it was 6 cubits and a span. 00:29:27.260 --> 00:29:29.040 So what's a cubit and what's a span? 00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:35.100 Well, before measurements were standardized, they often used body parts to measure distances. 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:39.320 Today, for instance, a foot is a standardized 12 inches. 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:43.440 Back then, a foot was however long the measurer's foot was. 00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:48.340 A cubit was the length of the forearm, from the elbow to the tips of the fingers. 00:29:48.830 --> 00:29:53.180 The average there is about 18 inches, but it could be a little longer, could be a little shorter. 00:29:53.760 --> 00:29:57.760 The span was the width from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger, 00:29:58.140 --> 00:30:00.520 when the fingers are extended or widened apart. 00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.320 That's about 9 inches. 00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:04.520 So a span is about a half a cubit. 00:30:05.020 --> 00:30:08.080 So in doing the math, let me see here, get out the old calculator, 00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:12.900 Goliath was about 117 inches in height, or 9 feet 9 inches. 00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:17.280 Now, something that might make you sit back and say, wait a minute, what? 00:30:18.280 --> 00:30:23.680 At the end of the chapter here, we're told that Saul asked his general Abner who this boy is. 00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:28.280 At first blush, if you isolate the story, that seems like a reasonable question. 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:32.340 But if we take it in the context of what we've already read in previous chapters, 00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:34.460 Saul has already met David. 00:30:35.260 --> 00:30:39.839 Remember, David was the musician whose playing had calmed Saul when he was being tormented 00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:44.960 after God withdrew his spirit from him and afflicted him with an evil spirit or some sort 00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:51.180 of mental disease. And that's the key as to why Saul didn't recognize David here on the battlefield 00:30:51.520 --> 00:30:57.880 in chapter 17. He's not been mentally and or spiritually healthy. He hasn't been in his own 00:30:58.220 --> 00:31:03.140 mind. He's been confused. And the last thing he expects is the young shepherd boy who is a 00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:08.119 skillful and talented musician to turn up on the battlefield with more courage than he and his 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:13.120 entire army. But David's courage, of course, was not based on his own strength or skill. It was 00:31:13.320 --> 00:31:18.120 based on the assurance and knowledge that God had already delivered him from both a lion and a bear 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:23.220 when he was tending his father's sheep. He knew that the taunting that Goliath had been doing was 00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:28.940 directed even more at God than at the Israelite army, and that God would give David the victory, 00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:33.240 if only to show that the God of Israel is alive and real. 00:31:33.800 --> 00:31:35.720 I would love to hear your comments or questions. 00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:41.060 Go to comment.lifespringmedia.com, email me at steve at lifespringmedia.com, 00:31:41.580 --> 00:31:43.600 or call the Lifespring Family Hotline at 00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:50.440 Lifespring Family Hotline 951-732-8511. 00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:53.640 Here's the verse of the day. 00:31:56.300 --> 00:31:59.460 The verse of the day is 1 Samuel 1747. 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:05.000 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves, 00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:09.460 for the battle is the Lord's, and He will give all of you into our hands. 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.700 That's 1 Samuel 17.47. 00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:17.140 And by the way, Joy Kurtz is the one who suggested the Verse of the Day feature here on the show, 00:32:17.300 --> 00:32:18.760 and today is Joy's birthday. 00:32:19.170 --> 00:32:21.320 So I just wanted to say, Happy Birthday, Joy! 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:42.680 Fountain user Minion sent his usual boost of the day, this time 227 sats, but he also sent two 100-sat boostograms in response to the Good Memory segment on yesterday's show. 00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:45.400 Remember I asked you if you had any good memories to share? 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.860 Well, Minion responded. 00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:55.680 In the first one, he said, good memory, returning home from a three-month deployment and watching my dog go nuts in the base parking lot. 00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:56.760 Oh, yeah. 00:32:57.100 --> 00:33:00.940 Reuniting with our canine buddies after a long separation is the best, isn't it? 00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:01.980 That's so cool. 00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:04.660 And then the second, good memory, too. 00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:06.680 First time bottle feeding a newborn. 00:33:07.300 --> 00:33:13.040 Missed her mouth and touched her cheek with a nipple and she instinctively turned her head in that direction to help me out. 00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.500 LOL. 00:33:14.260 --> 00:33:15.940 Yeah, what a sweet memory. 00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:23.340 And as the dad of three boys and a grandpa of four girls and three boys, some of my sweetest memories are with babies, too. 00:33:23.780 --> 00:33:25.840 Thanks so much for sharing, Minion. 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And while the monastery was devastated, their refusal to hand 00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:53.740 over their sacred history became a symbol of courage that eventually helped lead to the 00:34:54.040 --> 00:34:58.820 conversion of the very Vikings who attacked them. What do you think about that? And then three 00:34:59.040 --> 00:35:05.480 centuries later, in 1156, we find another story on the ice. Bishop Henry of Finland is a figure 00:35:05.520 --> 00:35:10.900 who blurs the line between history and legend. Traditionally known as the Apostle of Finland, 00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:15.660 Henry was the Englishman who traveled north to bring the gospel to the Finnish people. 00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:21.460 According to tradition, he was martyred on this date on the frozen surface of Lake Coilio. 00:35:22.120 --> 00:35:27.720 Now, while the details of his life are debated by historians, his legacy is not. He is remembered 00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:32.520 as the founder of the Finnish Church, proving that the roots of a nation's faith are often watered 00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:38.480 by the persistence of outsiders. And then finally, we move to a much different setting in 1897. 00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:44.000 Mel Trotter was a man who had lost everything to alcoholism, including his own child. 00:35:44.530 --> 00:35:50.780 On a bitter January night in Chicago, he walked into the Pacific Garden Mission, contemplating suicide. 00:35:51.580 --> 00:35:54.860 Instead, he heard a message of grace that changed his life instantly. 00:35:55.620 --> 00:35:58.380 Trotter didn't just find sobriety, he found a calling. 00:35:58.850 --> 00:36:02.820 He went on to found over 60 rescue missions across the United States. 00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:13.560 His life stands as a testament to the idea that no one is too far gone and that a single moment of transformation can end up helping thousands of others find their way home. 00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:21.420 So, from the monks of Iona to a rescued man in Chicago, we see that the history of the Church is a story of resilience and renewal. 00:36:32.520 --> 00:36:36.700 In today's reading from 1 Samuel 16, we see a really powerful truth. 00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:40.560 While man looks at the outward appearance, God looks at the heart. 00:36:41.020 --> 00:36:45.760 It's a theme that my friend Brian Duncan captured perfectly in his song, A Heart Like Mine. 00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:48.900 His lyrics ask a question that many of us feel. 00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:53.620 How could my heart be worthy that you'd find a way to redeem this hardened clay? 00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:59.940 It's the perfect musical companion to the story of David, the overlooked youngest brother out in the fields. 00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:05.140 It reminds us that God isn't looking for the most impressive or kingly person in the room. 00:37:05.620 --> 00:37:09.040 He's looking for someone who's willing to be real, even in their brokenness. 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:15.580 It's that same heart-first faith that turned a young shepherd from Bethlehem into a man after God's own heart. 00:37:16.080 --> 00:37:17.080 I hope you enjoy the song. 00:37:17.540 --> 00:37:19.600 And until tomorrow, may God bless you richly. 00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.700 Thanks for being here. 00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.980 I'm Steve Webb. 00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:22.680 Bye. 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:24.240 Hang on for the song right now. 00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:48.720 guitar solo 00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:56.880 To give 00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.740 So insecure 00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:02.160 A desperate pulse 00:38:03.080 --> 00:38:07.120 Racing to your embrace 00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:11.420 That you could want me 00:38:12.120 --> 00:38:13.960 And see me 00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:18.400 Is more than words could ever say 00:38:19.640 --> 00:38:22.640 That you would love me 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:28.960 And seeing me a pearl of brights thrown away 00:38:30.520 --> 00:38:32.520 A heart like mine 00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:37.700 How could it be worthy that you'd find 00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:42.980 A way to redeem his heart in the clay 00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:49.860 Twisted and broken, oh Father God above 00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:54.560 The wonder that you love a heart like mine 00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:07.100 Your holy hands hold me still 00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:11.460 Shaping my heart 00:39:12.550 --> 00:39:15.740 A new once vacant shell 00:39:16.700 --> 00:39:17.980 Now reclaim 00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:23.480 Offers its praise to you 00:39:25.140 --> 00:39:30.440 The one who searched till you found me 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:34.580 A wounded lamb who's gone astray 00:39:36.060 --> 00:39:41.340 You stopped the world to recover me 00:39:42.120 --> 00:39:49.160 Oh, Lamb of God, the price you pay for a heart like mine. 00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:59.180 How could it be worthy that you'd find a way to redeem his heart in the clay? 00:40:00.580 --> 00:40:05.940 Twisted and broken, oh, Father God above. 00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:10.880 The wonder that you love a heart like mine. 00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:16.220 I'll make my promise to 00:40:17.010 --> 00:40:20.980 Do the one thing I can do 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:26.020 With abandon I can 00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:32.140 Give every heartbeat to you 00:40:34.520 --> 00:40:38.740 With a heart like mine 00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:43.300 How could it be worthy that you'd find 00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:48.380 A way to redeem this heart and claim 00:40:49.600 --> 00:40:52.340 Twisted and broken 00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:55.020 Oh Father God above 00:40:55.560 --> 00:40:58.020 The wonder that you love 00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:02.740 A heart like mine 00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:16.560 Oh, Father God above 00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:19.840 So grateful that you love 00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:23.540 A heart like mine 00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:28.840 Oh, yeah 00:41:29.839 --> 00:41:36.840 So thankful that you love a heart like mine. 00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:50.460 All the programs in the Lifespring Media family are made possible by your value for value support. 00:41:51.180 --> 00:41:51.500 Thank you. 00:41:53.580 --> 00:41:57.120 The Lifespring One Year Bible Rewind is a Lifespring Media production 00:41:57.420 --> 00:42:00.960 hosted by Steve Webb, the OG Godcaster, since 2004. 00:42:01.020 --> 00:42:01.180 4.