From our Easter outdoor service
April 20, 2025
Teacher: Mike laughrun
Proverbs 4:23
Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
Israel desires a king
1 Samuel 8:5
Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1 Samuel 13:13-14
(13) And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the LORD your God, with which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. (14) But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought out a man after his own heart…
1 Samuel 16:1
The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”
1 Samuel 16:6-7
(6) When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.” (7) But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”
Big Truth:
The Lord Looks On The Heart
1 Samuel 16:10-12
(10) And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.” (11) Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.” (12) And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the LORD said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”
Acts 13:21-22
(21) Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. (22) And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’
What characterizes a heart after God?
Big Idea: A heart after God begins with conversion.
Ezekiel 36:26
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
John 3:3
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Deuteronomy 30:6
And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
Psalm 53:2-3
(2) God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. (3) They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
Psalm 62:1-2
(1) A Psalm of David. My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation. (2) He only is my rock and my salvation…
Psalm 32:1
How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!
Psalm 32:7
You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psalm 4:1
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
What characterizes a heart after God?
Big Idea: A heart after God walks in submission.
1 Samuel 30:6
Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered.. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.
Psalm 51:4
Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge.
Psalm 56:3-4
(3) When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. (4) In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?
Psalm 12:6
The words of the LORD are pure words…
Psalm 119:1, 4-5, 17, 33-36, 38
(1) How blessed are those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the law of the LORD. Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word. … (33) Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, And I shall observe it to the end. (34) Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law And keep it with all my heart. (35) Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it. (36) Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain. … (38) Establish Your word to Your servant, As that which produces reverence for You.
What characterizes a heart after God?
Big Idea: A heart after God demonstrates devotion.
Psalm 34:1-3
(1) I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. (2) My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad. (3) Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
Psalm 18:1-3
(1) I love you, O LORD, my strength. (2) The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (3) I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
Psalm 27:4
One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple.
What characterizes a heart after God?
Big Idea: A heart after God depends completely on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Psalm 22:1, 16, 18
(1) My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? … (16) For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet– … (18) they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.
Psalm 16:10
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
What was David talking about?
Acts 2:29, 31-32
(29) “Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. … (31) he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, not did his flesh suffer decay. (32) “This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.
Jesus makes it clear.
Matthew 27:45-46, 50-51
(45) Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. (46) About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” … (50) And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. (51) And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.
Matthew 28:1-6
(1) Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. (2) And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. (3) His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. (4) And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. (5) But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. (6) He is not here, for he has risen, as he said..
Talk About It
- Was Israel wrong in asking God for a King?
- What were the significant differences between the character of King Saul and David?
- What does the Bible mean when it describes David as a man after God’s own heart?
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