A Man After God's Own Heart | Wednesday Night Service | September 30, 2026

Man, the title of my sermon this evening is

A Man After God's Own Heart.

A man after God's own heart.

Of course, this is a reference to David.

And it's interesting, if you think about all

of the different human characters

that are mentioned in the Bible,

David is actually mentioned more by name

than any other character in the Bible.

In fact, David is mentioned about 1139 times in the Bible.

Jesus is mentioned 984 times.

Of course, that's pretty much all in the New Testament.

And then Moses, 848 times.

Saul, 425 times.

Jacob, 377 times.

Aaron, 352 times.

I mean, Abraham is mentioned 250 times.

But David is mentioned 1139 times in the Bible.

He's the most mentioned human character.

So he's a pretty important character

in the Bible.

And he kind of just becomes the standard

for all future kings of Israel or Judah.

And so he's super important.

Someone told me, oh, I don't really like the character David.

Like, they were just offended by some of the sins

and mistakes that he made.

Like, I don't like David.

It's kind of hard not to like David

if you're gonna like the Bible.

Because I mean, we're talking about somebody

who's mentioned 1100 sometimes.

And obviously he authored a lot of the Psalms

and he's a super significant character.

But the Bible says of David

that he was a man after God's own heart.

And so this is someone that we could look at

and see what these attributes were

that made David a man after God's own heart

so that we could also be people after God's own heart.

It's not that David is just special

and that God just has a soft spot for David

for no reason.

No, because afterward people are compared to David.

It's like he did right in the side of the Lord

like David his father.

Or he did evil in the side of the Lord.

He was not like David his father

showing that we can either be like David

or not be like David even in 2026.

And if we want God to like us,

if we want God to be pleased with us,

if we want God to bless us,

obviously we wanna be like David

in the sense that wanna be a man after God's own heart.

So what was it that made David a great person?

Well, let's look at what the Bible says here

when we're first introduced to David.

Now flip back a few pages to chapter 13 verse 14

because the first time David is actually mentioned by name

is in the book of Ruth.

But in the book of Ruth, it's just part of a genealogy

basically just explaining to you

that Boaz begat Obed and Obed begat Jesse

and Jesse begat David.

And so that's the first time we get that name.

But as far as in the narrative here

in first Samuel chapter 13,

1 Samuel 13 · chapter mention

this is the first place that he's actually mentioned

as a character, as a person.

And it says in verse 14 there,

but now thy kingdom shall not continue.

This is God speaking to King Saul.

He says, your kingdom shall not continue.

The Lord had sought him a man after his own heart

and the Lord had commanded him to be captain

over his people because thou hast not kept

that which the Lord commanded thee.

And this is where we first get the idea

that David is a man after God's own heart.

Go to chapter 15 verse 28.

Just a couple of pages to the right.

Chapter 15 verse 28, Samuel said unto him,

the Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day

and hath given it to a neighbor of thine

that is better than thou.

So again, we see David is a man after God's own heart

and he is better than King Saul.

Well, let's see what attributes made him better.

Go if you would to first Samuel chapter 16

1 Samuel 16 · chapter mention

where we started.

And just to bring you up to speed in the story,

of course, as God said,

he's going to replace King Saul with a man

after his own heart.

That's gonna be King David.

Well, the Lord appears unto Samuel in a vision

and tells him, one of Jesse's sons

is gonna be the next king of Israel.

You're gonna go anoint one of his sons.

And so Samuel goes there

and all of the sons of Jesse are paraded

in front of Samuel.

And each time the Lord is telling him,

this is not the right person.

So it's like the first born, second born,

seven sons paraded before him.

And Samuel's like, none of these is who I'm looking for.

God has not chosen any of these.

Is there another son?

Do you have another son that you're not showing me?

And they're like, well, you know, we do have the youngest

but he's out watching the sheep and whatever.

So David is kind of an afterthought

even in the mind of his father.

They thought that these really tall strapping young

men that had more physical prowess

were gonna be the choice.

Whereas it's David.

So look at verse number 11 of chapter 16.

It says, and Samuel said unto Jesse,

are here all thy children.

And he said, there remaineth yet the youngest

and be able to keepeth the sheep.

And Samuel said unto Jesse, send and fetch him

for we will not sit down till he come hither.

Verse 12.

And he said and brought him in.

Now he was ruddy and with all the beautiful countenance

and goodly to look to.

And the Lord said, arise, anoint him for this is he.

So point number one, the first thing I wanna show you

because remember he's out keeping the sheep in verse 11.

Point number one about David is that he did a humble job.

This is a guy who did a humble job.

I mean, this is one of the greatest men of all time.

1100 some mentions in the Bible,

man after God's own heart.

And he's a man who did a humble job

of being a shepherd of caring for the sheep.

And you know what?

You as men should never be ashamed to do a humble job.

Any kind of honest work

where you're out working for a living,

whether it's blue collar or whatever it is.

Hey, never be ashamed to go out and do an honest job.

You know, there's no shame in being a garbage man

or an electrician or a plumber or cooking food

or whatever it is that you do.

You should not be too proud to do a humble job.

And you know, clean in bathrooms or whatever.

Hey, that's the Lord's work.

If you're doing it as unto the Lord, not unto men.

And so David did a humble job.

Being a shepherd is not a glamorous job.

He's forgotten about, it's an afterthought.

It's not a super highly skilled job,

but yet he did that humble job and he did it well.

The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 9 verse 10,

Ecclesiastes 9:10

whatsoever thy hand findeth to do,

do it with thy might, right?

Give it everything you got.

Colossians 3.23 says,

and whatsoever you do, do it heartily

as to the Lord and not unto men.

And I guarantee you that if he would have been

slacking off in his shepherding job,

there's no way God is gonna bring him

to shepherd the people of Israel.

If you can't shepherd the sheep,

you can't shepherd the people of Israel, right?

Because that's the test.

If you're faithful in the least,

then you'll be faithful in much.

And so when you're doing that humble job,

God needs to look down at you

and see you giving it everything you got,

being faithful, taking it seriously,

and then God's gonna move you on

to bigger and better things.

Now you might think, yeah, but nobody sees me.

Nobody sees what I'm doing.

God sees.

Because nobody saw David either.

He's not voted most likely to succeed in his yearbook.

Because they're saying, hey,

one of your sons is gonna be king.

He's not even on the list.

It's like, are you sure you don't have another son?

Well, yeah, okay.

Because he's so out of sight, off with the sheep.

But at the end of the day, God is the one who sees.

No matter what humble job you're doing,

God sees if you're doing well or not,

and God can give you bigger and better things.

So number one, he's a man after God's own heart

because he did a humble job

and he did it faithfully and he did it well.

Number two, what do we see about David?

The next thing we learn about him

is that he's good looking, right?

Because it says right after this that he was ruddy,

which ruddy, this is related to our word for red,

meaning that I guess he has like blushy cheeks

or something probably is what that means.

He was with all of a beautiful countenance.

So he has a very handsome face and goodly to look to.

So he's handsome and good looking.

And you say, well, what in the world

does this have to do with being a man

after God's own heart?

Because, you know, let's face it,

we can't control the way that we look.

We can't control the face that God gave us.

But if you would turn to 1 Corinthians chapter one,

I think the significant thing here

about David being such a good looking young man

and being a man after God's own heart

is that even though he was very handsome,

he did not let that go to his head.

He did not become puffed up because let's face it,

most people who are very good looking,

this could cause them to become prideful, arrogant,

and maybe instead of serving God

and spending time working hard and doing the right things,

they could be out womanizing

and doing all kinds of sinful things

and just taking a different path in life

because they've been blessed

with that beautiful countenance.

Good looking guy doesn't necessarily mean

that he's gonna live for God.

And so in spite of being good looking,

he didn't let that get him puffed up.

He still was a humble servant of God.

Because look what the Bible says

in 1 Corinthians chapter one, verse 26,

it says, for you see your calling, brethren,

how that not many wise men after the flesh,

not many mighty, not many noble are called,

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world

to confound the wise

and God has chosen the weak things of the world

to confound the things which are mighty

and the base things of the world

and the things which are despised had God chosen.

Yay, and the things which are not

to bring to not the things that are

that no flesh should glory in his presence.

He said, look around,

look at the movers and shakers in the church,

look at the great men of God,

look at the preachers that are being greatly used by God.

And here's what you're gonna notice

is that it's not many wise men according to the flesh,

not many people where the world would say,

this guy's a big time intellectual.

There's not many wise,

no, are there gonna be some intellectuals?

Absolutely, but not many, okay?

Not many mighty men after the flesh,

not many that are noble.

Look, God has chosen the foolish things of this world

to confound the wise.

So basically what the Bible is saying,

if you look around at the people

that are being the most greatly used by God,

they're not necessarily, they're really smart people,

they're really rich people,

they're really good-looking people,

they're really high-bred, well-born people.

You know, God has chosen just the base people,

normal people, average people.

And look, you don't have to be super smart

to be greatly used by God as a preacher, right?

Because if you're filled with the spirit of God

and you're preaching the basics of God's word,

that's what most people need to hear anyway.

You don't have to go super deep.

You don't have to be super intellectual.

You don't have to know Greek and Hebrew and Aramaic.

You don't have to know all of this high-level stuff

in order to be greatly used by God.

You need to know the Bible and preach the word of God

and be spirit-filled.

Now, are there gonna be some people that are intellectual?

Absolutely, so we're not saying God can't use

the intellectual.

We're not saying that no preachers are good-looking, okay?

We're not saying that no preachers are very athletic.

But in general, the most athletic people,

the best-looking people, the smartest people,

you know what they're gonna do, something else.

Why?

Because of just ego and pride

and just wanting to serve themselves.

And some of the more humble people,

maybe they even struggled in school.

They're not that good-looking, not that athletic,

not that social.

God could actually do a great work through those people

and then he gets all the glory

and no flesh glories in his presence.

Because think about it.

If God greatly used a man of God

who was super talented and super smart,

then people would just say,

well, he's succeeding because he's so smart and talented.

Whereas if he takes an ordinary guy

and does something extraordinary,

then people would look at that and say,

it's the spirit of God that did that.

And so the fact that David is good-looking,

yet he didn't let it go to his head,

he's one of the few that excels in some area

and yet still can be greatly used by God.

You don't have to turn there,

you can if you want, but in Ezekiel chapter 28,

Ezekiel 28 · chapter mention

you know, we have the prophecy

that talks about Satan.

And it talks about him being actually puffed up

and arrogant and prideful because of his beauty.

It says in verse 17,

"'Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty,

thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness.

I will cast thee to the ground,

I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.'

So we see that Satan was very good-looking

and also very wise

and because of that,

his heart's lifted up and he's prideful.

So if we were really good-looking and smart,

we could also get prideful

and then not be used by God

and yet David overcame that.

Now go back if you would to 1 Samuel 16.

Also in Ezekiel, it mentions Satan's musical prowess

and it talks about his pipes

and his tabrets and so forth.

And what we're gonna see about David

is that he also was very musically talented.

And again, if you're good-looking

and musically talented,

that's a recipe for being a womanizer.

But that's not the route that David went.

Instead, he dedicates his life primarily to serving God.

Look at verse number 13.

It says,

"'Then Samuel took the horn of oil

and anointed him in the midst of his brethren

and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David

from that day forward.

So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah."

Okay, so the third thing I want you to see about David

is that he was filled with the Holy Spirit of God.

Now you say, well, that happened after he was chosen.

He was filled with the Spirit of God.

But he was a vessel that could be filled

with the Holy Spirit and was filled with the Spirit.

Because remember, it was Saul's sin and disobedience

that caused him to lose the privilege

of being filled with the Spirit.

And the Holy Spirit departed from him

and then the Spirit of the Lord rested upon David.

He was no longer a suitable vessel

to be filled with God's Spirit.

Now in the New Testament,

we all as saved Christians are permanently

indwelled by the Holy Spirit.

He will never leave us nor forsake us.

We're sealed by the Holy Ghost

under the day of redemption.

But we still can either be filled with the Spirit

or not filled with the Holy Spirit.

And so we want to be Spirit filled.

And here's the thing,

living a life of sin and disobedience to God

will preclude you from being filled with the Holy Spirit.

And you will actually not be filled with the Holy Spirit

because of your carnality and your sin

and you're not living forgotten.

And what did Jesus say?

He said, without me, you can do nothing.

You gotta abide in the vine

if you want to bring forth much fruit.

So if we want to be productive Christians,

fruitful Christians, soul-winning Christians,

want to be filled with the Holy Spirit,

well here's the thing,

if you start just living a life of sin and disobedience,

well then you could lose that fullness

of the Holy Spirit.

Productivity is gonna go down

or be non-existent.

And so the Bible talks about in the New Testament

the importance of being filled with the Spirit.

Acts 4.31 says when they had prayed,

the place was shaken where they were assembled together

and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost

and they spake the word of God with boldness.

So we should pray for boldness, pray for power,

pray for the fullness of the Holy Spirit

so that we can preach God's word with boldness.

Ephesians 5.18, be not drunk with wine,

we're in his excess, but be filled with the Spirit.

You know, that tells me that if you're drinking

a bunch of alcohol, taking drugs,

you know, you're not filled with the Spirit.

That's the kind of stuff that's gonna prevent you

from being filled with the Spirit.

Be not drunk with wine, rather be filled with the Spirit,

speaking to yourselves in Psalms and hymns

and spiritual songs, singing and making melody

in your heart to the Lord.

And so being filled with the Spirit

is what made David a great man

and it's what's gonna make you a great man

or you a great woman is being filled with the Spirit.

Now, not only that, but number four,

the next thing we learn about David

is that he is an accomplished musician.

And again, we just read the verse that said,

be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves

in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.

The Bible says in Colossians 3.16,

let the word of Christ dwell in you richly

in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another

in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

So we said number one, he did a humble job

and he was faithful at that humble job.

Number two, he was good looking,

but he didn't let it go to his head.

Number three, he was filled with the Spirit of God.

What are we talking about tonight?

We're talking about why was David a man

after God's own heart?

Why was he such a great man?

And the fourth reason that he was a great man

is that he was an accomplished musician.

Look at 1 Samuel 16, 18.

Then answered one of the servants and said,

behold, I've seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite

that is cunning in playing and a mighty, valiant man

and a man of war and prudent in matters

and a comely person.

Again, comely person is again pointing out

the fact that he's a good looking guy

and the Lord is with him.

Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse

and said, send me David thy son,

which is with the sheep.

So we see that he is cunning

at playing the harp.

He is a skilled musician.

And I believe that God likes this.

I believe that God looks down at that

and he respects that and thinks it's a beautiful thing

because you see the longest book in the Bible

is literally a song book, the book of Psalms.

So apparently God loves music.

And one of the verses in Psalms, Psalm 332 says this,

praise the Lord with the harp.

Sing unto him with the sultry

and an instrument of 10 strings.

Sing unto him a new song.

Watch this.

Play skillfully with the loud noise.

So the Bible is saying praise the Lord

using musical instruments.

Play skillfully with the loud noise.

So apparently this is something that God cares about.

And not only is music a beautiful way to praise God

and worship God and we're filled with the spirit

when we're speaking to ourselves

in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.

But not only that, getting good at playing an instrument

just takes a ton of hard work.

Now people who are not musicians,

they don't understand this.

They can't grasp it.

If you don't play an instrument,

you can't grasp what I'm saying right now

because people just think like, oh yeah, no big deal.

Or they think like, oh, you're so talented.

Oh, it's so much talent.

Okay, it's not talent,

it's called thousands of hours of practicing.

Okay, now talent is gonna make you a little better

or lack of talent is gonna make you a little bit worse.

But at the end of the day,

it's 90% hard work, 10% talent, you know?

And the reason, oh, what about Mozart?

You know Mozart's dad had him just playing nonstop

when he's like a toddler and stuff.

You know, he's just, he's in that home.

He's brought up that way and he's pushed

and pushed and pushed.

He's putting in thousands of hours of practice

as a little kid, you know?

And these guys that you see up here,

you know, Moses on the sax, Kira on the piano,

you know, all the, I don't wanna leave people out,

but I'm just saying like,

these people that are up here playing musical instruments,

they put thousands of hours of work into that.

Guaranteed, they're not just savants

or, you know, autistic or something, you know?

They actually just practiced a lot to get to that point,

okay?

And again, you know, what does that show you?

That shows you some level of character

of how about just sticking with something?

Because I'm not gonna ask for a raise of hands.

How many of you started an instrument

and never went through with it?

You know, I mean, it'd be hands all over the building

if we're honest, right?

It takes character, it takes follow through,

it takes hard work to actually get good at it

and then to take that talent and use it for the Lord.

Because again, worldly musicians,

they can get super talented and just go out

and just use it to make money

or even to sing songs that have a bad message,

glorifying sin, glorifying drinking,

glorifying drugs and fornication

or just singing blasphemous songs

that are just taking jabs at the Bible

and jabs at Christianity and stuff like that.

I mean, music like that abounds.

But to put in the effort and the work

and then use your talents for the Lord, right?

That is praiseworthy.

And so he was an accomplished musician.

But not only that, the Bible says

he was a mighty valiant man

because in verse 18 it says he was cunning in playing

and a mighty valiant man.

You know, isn't it a shame that so many musicians

get a stigma or a stereotype of being effeminate?

And then unfortunately effeminate musicians make this worse

by just proving it to be true or something like that.

But there's nothing inherently effeminate

about playing a musical instrument.

You don't have to be a queer little sissy

to be good at the piano or the guitar

or the trumpet or whatever.

So why is it though that there are so many

effeminate musicians out there

is because a lot of people just become

imbalanced in their lives.

Okay, and I'm a strong believer

in having balance in your life

and not being this one trick pony

but that we should all kind of,

for lack of a better word,

we should be Renaissance men

in the sense that we're balanced and well-rounded

and we do a little of this, a little of that.

And what happens is a lot of people,

they kind of just go overboard on one thing.

They're called nerds, right?

That's what it means to be like a nerd

or a geek or something, right?

It's usually somebody who just goes way all in

on one thing, whether that's, and it could be,

there's all kinds of different nerds

and geeks out there, you know,

because the science geek is totally different

than the Latin geek, like the classics geek

or the music geek or whatever.

And I'm kind of being silly and poking fun

but at the end of the day though,

we should all seek for balance in our life

and so it's great to see a guy like David

who is intelligent and he can play music beautifully

but he can also get out there and fight

and be manly and he's not being this soft musician.

And so I think that a reason why a lot of musicians

could be effeminate or get the stigma of being effeminate

is because basically they're just kind of indoors

practicing their instrument for hours and hours

at the expense of going outside and getting physical

and touching grass and doing stuff like more physical

but here's the thing, there's 24 hours in the day.

And even the most committed professional musicians

they usually only practice for three, four hours a day.

You know, what are you doing for the rest of the day?

Get a, become a lumberjack or something, I don't know.

Just get a physical job and if you don't have

a physical job then you know what?

You gotta get out, hit the gym,

play sports, wrestle, do something

because you don't wanna become imbalanced.

You know, and then some of you,

muscle heads out there, need to maybe get some smarts

or learn how to play a little music or something.

Get a little balance in your life

because we don't wanna just be these rugged, manly men

who have no appreciation for beauty and art, right?

You wanna, yeah, you wanna be rugged and manly

but you know what?

Maybe you should do some music

and maybe you should do some art

and maybe you should be a little more of an intellectual

instead of just being some kind of a big dumb animal, okay?

But then some of you intellectuals out there

or musicians or whatever, you know,

you need to get out there

and become a little more of an animal, you know?

And get out there and play sports, get in shape,

get outside, get in the sun, socialize

and not become soft and weak

just because you're playing an instrument for hours

doesn't mean you have to be soft and weak, you know?

And here's the thing, our world

wants us all to be super specialized

whereas I think we should strive in our lives

to be balanced because think about it.

You know what?

When society wants you to be super specialized,

do they want you to be super specialized

because that's what's best for you

or is it because it's what's best for them?

You know, yeah, obviously the machine of society

wants these super specialized cogs

to just kind of do their job and be in their place

but what's best for you as a person is to be well-rounded

and if we study the Bible,

we're gonna see that God praises music

and playing music and singing and being musical.

He also praises being strong and being manly

and being a warrior and being physical

and doing these things.

And then he also praises wisdom and knowledge

and reading and learning.

So if God's telling you, get wisdom,

get instruction, get knowledge, right?

But then over here, he's also telling you,

be a man, fight the good fight, you know?

And then over here, he's telling you,

play skillfully with a loud noise.

I don't think that God wants us to be super specialized

because people become imbalanced.

They become so super intellectual

they can't relate to normal people.

You become, you know,

you just become so physical and sports and everything

and then it's like you're just,

you need to get some smarts.

You know, you need to appreciate the finer things

and you know, that's part of the reason why

we as men need to get married

because if we didn't get married,

like our houses would just be like super utilitarian.

There'd be no decorations.

It would just be like just so minimal

and, you know, it would be weird.

Whereas like, you know, you need that woman's touch.

You ever walk into a house and you're like,

yeah, there's not a woman who lives here?

Or you walk in and you know,

the woman does live here

because she, you know, adds a woman's touch.

You know, we need balance in our lives

and that's one of the things about getting married

is that your spouse kind of balances you out a little bit.

You know, your wife kind of tones you down a little

or fires you up or whatever you need, you know.

And this is why a lot of times opposites attract.

We can kind of compliment each other

and fill in for each other's weaknesses

and help each other out

and become greater than the sum of our parts.

But it's important that we as Christians have balance

because here's the thing.

Look at churches that are imbalanced.

I mean, there are churches that are obsessed with one issue

and that's all they talk about and all they think about.

You know, there's a certain church I'm thinking of

where the pastor just preaches

for months and months and months,

every sermon is political.

Every sermon's about liberty, freedom,

the United States, the Constitution,

the Declaration of Independence

for month after month after month.

You go to other churches and it's just everything

is just one subject.

Oh, it's just family, family, family.

It's just all sermons about the family, everything.

It's just you don't wanna be balanced.

Other sermons, it'll be prophecy

and it's just that's all the guy preaches about

is just prophecy, just prophecy.

Other guy, oh, I'm just a creation ministry.

It's just only gonna talk about creation.

These people tend to be very imbalanced

because I think that church should preach the whole Bible.

We should read the whole Bible.

We should all be interested in prophecy.

We should be interested in the family.

We should be interested in hard preaching against sin.

We should wanna learn doctrine about Jesus.

We should wanna learn about who Jesus is,

the life of Jesus Christ, his death,

barrel, resurrection, all those nuances.

We wanna be general practitioners,

not super hyper specialists where we're imbalanced

because, you know, other churches

are only positive all the time.

Like Joel Osteen's like, well, you know,

I don't talk about hell because I'm more of a coach.

I'm more of a motivator.

And so I only wanna talk about that which is positive.

He's only preaching that which is positive.

But then you'll have other people,

every sermon's super negative.

It's all hellfire and damnation

and there's nothing positive.

And I remember when we were in the preaching class,

sometimes I would assign to different guys

topics to get them out of their comfort zone

because in the preaching class there'd be a guy

who shows up and he just rips face every week.

And then I told that guy, hey, next week

you're gonna preach a Mother's Day sermon.

You know, or you're gonna preach, you know,

whatever the sermon on love and charity and grace

or whatever.

And then there's another guy

that just he can just never rip any face.

He's just preaching all these soft sermons.

And I told him, I said, look,

there's gotta be something that makes you mad,

that gets you fired up.

Figure out which sin bothers you the most

and I want you to get real mad about it

and get up and preach a hard sermon.

You know, and just show us that you can preach hard

because why?

We wanna have balance.

You don't wanna be negative all the time.

You don't wanna be positive all the time.

You gotta preach the whole Bible.

And in our lives we don't wanna be super athletic

but dumb as a brick.

And we don't wanna be super smart

and super good on music

but just we get winded going up the stairs

because we're gonna die young like that.

You know, you gotta be healthy.

You gotta be balanced.

You gotta have the whole package and try not to be.

And you know, this is what we try to do

with people at our church

because we've had people at our church.

You know, they're super into serving God

and they love the Lord and they love soul winning

and the Bible and the preaching

but it's like they're just so bad at socializing

or they just don't even wanna socialize

and they don't care.

So it's like, we'll go soul winning.

It's like, hey, let's go for food afterward.

And they're just like, oh, I gotta go.

Like they can never show up to any activity

if there's fun involved.

And you know what?

These people never make it in the long run.

They seem super spiritual.

Like you see these people are like, whoa,

this guy's a whole nother level.

Like he's just all work, no play

and he's just soul winning machine

and just constant Bible reading, but no fellowship.

And it's like, I'm thinking of several,

I'm not even thinking of one person.

I'm thinking of several people

over the years that have been like this

where it's like, they don't know how to have fun.

They don't know how to laugh.

They don't know how to show up

and just eat a meal with people

and just hang out and talk.

They will literally,

if there's nothing spiritual going out at the activity,

they won't come.

Hey, drop me off before you go out to eat

or they'll just be off in the corner with their butt

like they're Jewish or something.

And they're just like,

it's like, bro, you need to become a normal person.

And I'm telling you, these people,

they seem super spiritual.

None of them is still here right now.

It's not a single person in our church like that

right now.

Yet I can think of several examples over the years.

Why are they not here?

Where are they?

You know what?

I'll tell you where a lot of these people are

is they go off the deep end,

they get out of church,

they crash and burn,

they get back slidden,

they stay home, whatever.

Let me tell you something.

If you are imbalanced,

you're like a cake not turned as the Bible says.

You wanna be complete and entire wanting nothing.

You don't wanna be lacking in your Christian life.

You wanna add to your faith virtue

and add temperance and add charity.

You wanna have the whole package

and not just be partially done.

And I'm telling you, you might think like,

oh, I'm just too super spiritual to hang out

and have fun and fellowship.

You're imbalanced.

And it's like, oh, I'm just going to the gym

and working out and playing sports.

That stuff's also carnal.

It's good for you.

It's good for you physically.

It's good for your soul.

It's good for you actually mentally to actually do.

And you know what?

I think that people were smarter

when they're learning the whole package

and getting a variety of subjects.

Then if they just go super specialized on one thing,

you gotta be cross trained.

Even in your job, like when you're a tradesman,

it's good to know what the other trades are doing

and how to interface with them

and how to interact with them

and not be so super specialized

that you only know your job and nothing else.

So not only is David an accomplished musician,

he is also, and the Bible calls him, quote,

the sweet psalmist of Israel.

So he's the sweet psalmist of Israel,

but he's also a mighty man of valor.

He's also a man of war.

He's a warrior.

He's a fighter.

Now look, that sounds like a pretty good balance.

He's this sweet psalmist

writing all these lovey-dovey psalms

and then he can turn around and kick some butt.

It sounds like a great guy.

I like him already.

So number four, he was an accomplished musician.

Number five, he was a mighty man.

And obviously that's talking about his physical prowess.

We should also seek to be mighty spiritually, right?

We want to be spiritually strong,

not just physically strong.

We want to be spiritually strong as men.

The Bible says, finally my brethren,

be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

Thou, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace

that is in Christ Jesus.

Now go to Deuteronomy chapter 31.

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Deuteronomy 31, David was a man after God's own heart.

I want to be a man after God's own heart.

We all want to be people after God's own heart.

We want to be people that God looks down on

and he's pleased with us and he likes us.

You know, because it also says of David

that God quote, liked him.

David said he liked me about God in chronicles.

And so number one, what made him such a great man of God?

Well, he did a humble job and he gave it his best.

Number two, he's good looking,

but he didn't let that go to his head.

Now look, you can be as ugly as homemade sin

and still be a man after God's own heart,

a woman after God's own heart.

In fact, the uglier you are,

probably the better chance you have

of being a man after God's own heart

or a woman after God's own heart

because you know, God uses very few

mighty, noble, wise, good-looking people.

You just, he chooses very few people like that.

Most people that do great things for God

are gonna be delinquent in some area

because then that keeps him humble

and then God gets all the glory.

And even David, even though he's a good-looking guy,

he's small of stature.

So when he goes up against Goliath,

David kind of seems like a joke

compared to Goliath physically

and then God gets the glory for David defeating Goliath.

So he's good-looking, didn't let it go to his head.

Number three, he's spirit-filled.

You know, you're not gonna do great things for God

if you're not spirit-filled.

And if you're living a life of sin,

then you're gonna lose that privilege

just like King Saul did.

Number four, he's an accomplished musician.

God likes that.

Number five, he was a mighty man.

He's a strong man.

He's a powerful man.

He wasn't a weak little sissy.

He was a strong man.

And look, obviously some people

are gonna be naturally stronger than others,

but those that are weak should get a little stronger.

Those that are dumb should get a little smarter, right?

Those that have a deficiency,

we should work on our weaknesses.

You know, the world sometimes will tell us

to just work on our strengths.

So we can be a super-specialized cog in the machine,

but I think we should all work on our weaknesses

and try to be well-rounded, healthy individuals

that can be in church for decades.

And we know how to fellowship.

We know how to win souls.

We know the Bible.

We know how to get along with people.

We can go out and talk to the worldly people

out at the doorstep, and we can go to the res,

and we can go to the ghetto,

and we can go to the rich area,

and we can talk to everybody

and connect with as many people as we can

and preach the gospel to all kinds of people,

get along with each other, have a good time,

be in it for the long haul.

So he's a great musician.

He's a mighty man, but he's also a valiant man.

Now what does it mean to be a valiant man?

To be a valiant man means courageous.

This means that you are brave.

Now look at Deuteronomy chapter 31, verse six,

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it says, be strong and of a good courage.

Fear not, nor be afraid of them.

So notice the opposite of being courageous

is being afraid, right?

And he says here, be strong and of a good courage.

These things go together.

Mighty, valiant man.

God wants us to be strong physically,

but he also wants us to have spiritual strength

because when they're filled with the Holy Spirit,

they spoke the word of God with boldness.

They weren't scared and afraid.

And you know, the biggest problem with preachers

in America is that they're scared to preach.

What needs to be preached?

They need to be valiant men.

They need to be strong and of a good courage

and stop fearing persecution.

The Bible says, fear none of those things.

It's not supposed to suffer.

Don't fear the faces of the congregation.

And look, I've been up here preaching

and had people glare at me and fold their arms

and look at me and it's like, okay,

let's park it on that point.

Let's turn this into the whole sermon.

One thing I've learned is that

you can't always judge people's faces

because I've looked at some people

and I thought, oh, this person hates me

and they walk up to me afterwards

and just said, that was the most awesome sermon ever.

And I'm just like, great.

Other people are smiling at me the whole time

and it's like, yeah, I hate this

and I'm never coming back.

Like, wow, you looked like you were so happy.

You know, so you can't always judge a book by its cover

but at the same time, even if people do hate you,

even if people are glaring at you,

getting up and walking out,

you know what the Bible says?

Be not afraid of their faces.

Be of a good courage.

The Lord is with us who could be against us.

For the Lord thy God, verse six, be there.

He it is that doth go with thee,

he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

And Moses called unto Joshua and said unto him,

in the sight of all Israel,

be strong and of a good courage.

For thou must go with this people

into the land which the Lord has sworn

of their fathers to give them

and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee,

he will be with thee, he will not fail thee,

neither forsake thee,

fear not, neither be dismayed.

So the opposite of valor is when you're just dismayed

and disheartened and you're throwing in the towel

and you're scared and you don't wanna face the enemy.

We gotta be valiant.

You wanna be a man after God's own heart?

I mean, God looks down and he says,

man, David is a man after my heart.

I like this guy.

You know why I like him?

Because he's not doing his humble job

and he's working hard at it

and he's doing it with his might

and he's jamming on that harp

and it sounds awesome

and he's not some soft little queer effeminate musician

but he's also a bad dude that can get down

and throw down if he needs to

and he's not a weakling.

And you know what else I like about him?

I like the fact that he has guts,

that he has courage, that he has valor.

Look at Joshua, just a couple pages to the right,

Joshua chapter one, verse six.

And look, this is the Bible.

Oh, I don't really like David.

I don't like the character David.

I don't know, do you like the Bible?

Cause he's mentioned like 1,100 sometimes.

If you like the Bible, you better start liking David

cause it's kind of hard to like the Bible

without liking David.

You certainly don't like the Old Testament very much

if you don't like David.

This is kind of the main character in many ways.

Joshua chapter one, verse six.

Be strong and have a good courage.

For unto this people shall thou divide

for an inheritance of the land

which I swear unto their fathers to give them.

Only be thou strong and very courageous.

He said, you know, what does that mean?

Only be thou strong and very courageous.

He said, look, this is the one thing

that's gonna screw you up more than anything else.

Like you can do this as long as

you just only do this one thing,

be strong and courageous and it's gonna be fine.

To me, when I see that word only there,

it kind of spells out

that this is probably his biggest potential pitfall.

He's like, look, it's gonna work.

Only be strong and courageous.

Sounds to me like if you're not strong and courageous,

you're gonna crash and burn.

This seems to be the principal thing.

He says, do, or sorry, verse seven.

Only be thou strong and very courageous

that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law

which Moses my servant commanded thee.

You know, it sounds to me like it takes guts

to follow the Bible.

He says, you're gonna need courage and strength

in order to do everything that the Bible

is telling you to do.

So you know what makes you the baddest dude?

You know what means that you have guts

is when you have the guts to say,

as for me in my house, we will serve the Lord

and you actually follow the Bible and obey the Bible,

that makes you a lot tougher

than being some guy who goes around

and gets in physical fist fights.

Because when I talk about being a man of war

and being strong and courageous and being tough,

I'm not talking about being a brawler.

The Bible says that being brawler is a bad thing.

Being a striker is a bad thing.

Going out and picking fights with people

and you know, going out and doing violence

or getting in these ego trip fights with people,

there's no glory in that.

That's not what the Bible is saying here.

The Bible is talking about being athletic

and being a fighter in legitimate scenarios

like going off to war as a soldier

and being a great warrior in a situation

where you're supposed to be fighting

or where you're training and sparring

and doing those kind of fights

or just being physically strong so that you can work hard

and swing that axe or swing that hammer

or run that, what do they call it?

Jackhammer or power drill or whatever.

But he says, be strong and courageous

that that may as observed to do according to all the law.

The biggest thing that takes guts in 2026 America

is standing on the word of God

and following the word of God

and doing what the Bible says.

You know, it's like, oh, I'm so scared.

And look, people are often scared to do the right thing.

Why don't people go soul winning?

Some of it is like, well, I'm scared.

I'm scared, I'm nervous.

Like, what am I just gonna knock

on some random person's door?

Super embarrassing, I've stage fright, I'm scared.

I can't do it, you know,

some people won't go soul winning because they're scared.

You know, and then now we have these broads

that are calling themselves pastor's wives

teaching and saying, oh, well, if you're scared,

leave your husband if you're scared.

How about this?

Have the guts to do right.

You know, if I was scared of my wife

and you know, I'd just stay married

because I'd just be like, well, you know,

I'd rather just be in God's will.

And you know, hopefully she doesn't come

kill me in my sleep, you know?

But it's like, it is what it is.

If I perish, I perish.

That's what Esther said.

If I perish, I perish.

But now in 2026,

the Independent Fundamental Baptist are like,

oh, you know, just all the, you know,

if there's, if you're scared at all,

I mean, you got to just get out of there for your safety.

It's so stupid.

It's the dumbest advice.

And here's the thing, if your husband's that scary,

you know, leaving him's probably just gonna set him off.

He'll probably come kill you.

He'll just come find you and kill you.

He's not gonna care about the restraining order.

He's not gonna care about the gun for his own.

He's gonna take the gun into the gun for his own.

Okay, because if he's that much of a psycho

and that much of a weirdo, you know what?

Then maybe you should just trust in the Lord a little bit

because it sounds like only God can save you from this guy.

And my bigger question is,

why did you marry this guy in the first place?

Why are you out there marrying a psycho?

Why are you marrying, you know,

a lot of times unsaved people or rotten people

or known fornicators and adulterers and stuff.

But then it's like, oh no, I'm so scared.

Well, you know what?

If I'm scared to do the right thing,

I'm just gonna do the right thing anyway.

If I'm scared to go soul winning,

I'm gonna go soul winning anyway.

Scared to preach on a subject,

I'm just gonna preach it anyway.

Oh, I'm scared of my wife.

Well, you know what?

I'm gonna stay married anyway.

And no, I'm not actually scared of my wife.

Although I am glad she's on our side, amen.

You know, because she's formidable.

She's no joke, you know?

I mean, this kid threatened not too long ago,

this kid, or I say kid, he was almost 18.

He was like almost 18, so he's pretty much a grown man.

He threatened to come and I wasn't here,

but he came and said that he was gonna come

and shoot up our house and kill our whole family.

And I wasn't here, my wife was there.

And she said, she's like, let me tell you

how the house is laid out.

She said there's this one staircase

and everybody's up there.

And she's like, I'm gonna be at the top of that stairs

and I'm gonna blow your bleepin' head off

and I'm not even gonna care.

I'm not even gonna think twice about it.

Amen.

I mean, if somebody comes to kill our family,

my wife's like, let's go.

You know?

She's like, make my day, punk.

She's like, I'm gonna be at the top of the stairs

and I'm armed to the teeth.

And she's like, I'm gonna kill you

and I'm gonna empty every round into your body

and it's gonna be a suicide mission for you, buddy.

So don't even think about it.

Amen.

But I'm not scared of her.

I'm the boss of her.

She answers to me.

But you know what, the shooters,

the terrorists of this world are shooters

and burglars, they ought to be very afraid.

And I'm glad she's on our side.

Because she doesn't play.

So, how did I get off on that?

I was kind of a wild little rabbit trail.

But the thing is that being valiant

means having the guts to do what's right.

And yeah, we can all picture it on the battlefield.

You're charging the enemy.

You're not scared.

You're not retreating.

You're not breaking ranks.

But how about spiritually having the guts

to basically turn down alcohol when it's offered to you?

Turn down drugs when they're offered to you, right?

Turn down women that are offered to you

that are not your wife.

And when the opportunity to fornicate is there,

having the guts to say, no, this isn't right.

This is not being peer pressured into fornication,

adultery, whatever.

Or, oh hey, let me show you something on my phone.

And they want to show you pornography.

How about having the guts to say,

hey, get that out of my sight.

I'm not gonna look at that.

That's trash.

The guts to stay married.

The guts to do what's right in every scenario.

All of this takes courage.

And the problem with Christians today

is there are a bunch of cowards in many cases.

They don't have the guts to stand up for Christ,

to preach the gospel, to stand for what's right,

to speak against sin, to speak out against wickedness

and perversion.

They want to go with the flow

because they're weak and soft

and they're not mighty men of valor.

So he's a valiant man.

He has the courage to do what the Bible says.

Look at verse eight.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth.

We're still in Joshua chapter one.

But thou shalt meditate therein day and night

that thou mayest observe to do

according to all that is written therein.

For then thou shalt make thy way prosperous

and then thou shalt have good success.

Have not I commanded thee?

Be strong and have a good courage.

He's like, look, what's the disconnect here?

He's like, didn't I tell you what to do?

So do it!

What's the obstacle between us doing

what God told us to do?

Like, didn't God command us?

I mean, didn't God command us, stay married.

Didn't God command us, go preach the gospel.

Didn't God command us, abstain from fornication.

You know, do not be drunk with wine.

Be sober.

Didn't God command us?

Okay, then why would we get in a situation

where we're just like, oh,

I'm not gonna preach the gospel.

Oh, I gotta drink to fit in.

I gotta do drugs to fit in, you know, or whatever.

Oh, my husband threw a raw hot dog at me

and now I'm scared for my life

so I gotta go flee or whatever.

You know, the Bible says the wicked flee

when no man pursuits.

I mean, look, if my wife were literally chasing me

with a weapon, I'd run away, you know?

Because at that point, it's just like,

yeah, I mean, that makes sense.

But you know what I'm not gonna do?

I'm not gonna flee when no one's pursuing.

You know, I mean, if someone's coming at you

and actually swinging a weapon at you

or pointing a weapon at you,

then yeah, taking cover makes a lot of sense at that point.

You know, I mean, if somebody walked through that door

right now with a weapon, you know,

then we'd all be ducking for cover, right?

Except for 30 of us would be pulling out guns

and blowing them away, turning them into Swiss cheese.

But you know, it makes sense

when there's actually a clear and present danger

that's happening right now to go run and scared,

but the wicked flee when no man pursuits, okay?

And we're not gonna run because of a pre-crime

because of something that might happen.

You know, I mean, I might get struck by lightning.

You know, I might get stung by a whole hive of bees

and die.

I might get killed by a shark if I go swimming in the ocean.

I could just get eaten by a shark.

But you know, at the end of the day,

I'm still gonna go swimming in the ocean

and I'll worry about it when I hear the Jaws music come on.

That's when I'll know that something bad's about to happen

or if I see a fin or something, you know.

One time I saw a dolphin and it looked like a shark

and it scared me, you know.

But the thing is like the wicked flee

when no man pursues,

but the righteous are as bold as a lion, right?

And so we need to have the courage to trust God

even in dangerous situations.

You know, I would rather walk through the valley

of the shadow of death knowing that God is with me

than to be like, oh, I gotta go be a feminist

and leave my spouse and whatever because I'm scared.

And like I said, here's the thing.

People that are actually in real danger,

they don't ask themselves what does Pastor Anderson

think about what I'm doing right now.

Like do you think that if somebody came at me

with a baseball bat or a gun or a club or a crowbar

or a knife, I'd be like, oh, I wonder what my pastor

friends think.

What would Pastor Anderson do?

You know, what would Jesus do even?

You'd just be like, you know,

instinct just kicks in at that point.

Am I right?

And you run away.

You grab something to defend yourself with.

You run whatever, but it's just like this stuff

are just like, oh, you're scared.

Oh, you're nervous.

Oh, you know, your husband has a temper.

Oh, your wife said something scary or whatever.

It's like, bro, I'm sorry,

but I'd rather be in the will of God

than out of the will of God

because you could be like, oh, I'm just Mr. Safety.

Hey, safety's of the Lord.

You know, if I were running from a bear

in the woods or something

and I run into the cabin and shut the door

and I'm in the safety of the cabin,

you know, God could just make a snake bite me

in the cabin or a spider bite me in my sleep.

At the end of the day, if God wants to smoke you,

he can smoke you whenever he wants.

You could just be in bed at night and something, you know,

or you could just be surrounded by the enemy

and nothing about it.

I mean, David wrote in one of his Psalms.

He says, you know, if, man, I haven't memorized

but I'm drawn a blank.

Like he said, you know, if 10,000 people

encamp around me, I'm not gonna be afraid.

I'm just gonna sleep like a baby.

I'm paraphrasing because I'm having trouble

with the actual quote.

But he says, I could be surrounded by 10,000 enemies

and I'll just sleep like a baby

because God's protecting me.

You know, so I feel like the safest thing you could do

is to just do whatever the Bible said to do.

That's always the safest thing to do.

He's like, oh, we gotta worry about people's safety.

Okay, here's the safe thing to do.

What the Bible says.

And people look, some people think it's too dangerous

to go soul-winning, you know,

because who knows what's behind that door?

Who knows what you're gonna run into?

But you know what, I'd rather be doing God's will

and God's work because he said,

I'm with you all the way, even under the end of the world.

And so I think being a good courage is gonna allow you

to do great works for God and follow the Bible

and fear and cowardice is gonna be the thing

that keeps you a lame Christian.

Afraid to step out in faith.

Afraid to give your marriage a chance.

Afraid to turn down drugs or alcohol or whatever.

Afraid to not laugh at the blasphemous, filthy jokes

because you wanna fit in with people.

I mean, it's just, fear is the enemy.

So one last quick point here.

I'm almost out of time.

But you know, we said he's a man of war.

You know, he's a mighty valiant man, he's a man of war.

And what does the Bible say?

You know, war or good warfare?

Fight the good fight spiritually.

But the last thing I wanna show you

is go if you would to Proverbs 12, verse 16.

Proverbs 12:16

Because we saw eight attributes of David tonight.

He did a humble job.

He's good looking, didn't let it go to his head.

He's filled with the Holy Spirit.

He's accomplished musician.

He's a mighty man.

He's a valiant man.

He's a man of war.

And lastly, it says that he's prudent in matters.

So even though he's got guts, he's not stupid.

You know, he's got courage to follow the Bible,

to do what's right, to fight for what's right,

to defend his family, to defend the flock of sheep,

to fight the Lord's battles.

He had the guts to go up against Goliath.

I mean, Goliath is way bigger and stronger,

but yet he said the Lord's gonna fight this battle.

The battle is the Lord's.

And he went and fought, he had the guts.

But that doesn't mean that he's stupid.

He's also a prudent man.

Now, what does it mean to be prudent in matters?

Well, I looked up prudent in the dictionary

and it means wise or judicious in practical affairs.

Discrete or circumspect.

Meaning that you're careful

and you know what's going on around you.

And you kind of know what is the practical right move to make.

And you're not just a bowl in a china closet,

just doing a bunch of stupid things,

saying a bunch of stupid things.

So let's look at prudent in the Bible.

Proverbs 12, 16 says a fool's wrath is presently known,

but a prudent man covereth shame.

So one of the things a prudent person does,

they don't just say everything

that's on their mind all the time.

You know, they're gonna hold back things.

Like for example, look at verse 23.

A prudent man concealeth knowledge,

but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

But then in chapter 13, verse 16,

it says every prudent man dealeth with knowledge,

but a fool layeth open his folly.

So, you know, prudence is gonna know

when is it appropriate to speak?

When is it appropriate to be silent?

You know, you're gonna be practical

and you're gonna make good, wise,

judicious decisions in your life.

And the Bible also says,

we'll just go through some of these quickly.

It says the wisdom of the prudent

is to understand his way.

Chapter 14, verse 15, the simple believeth every word,

but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

He's not gullible, he looks into things.

The simple inherit folly,

but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

A fool despises father's instruction,

but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent.

The sweetness of the lips increase at learning.

The heart of the prudent geteth knowledge.

And so I think one of the themes

that you'll see with prudence in the book of Proverbs

has to do with knowledge, learning, and intelligence,

but also how to practically apply those things

and know when to speak and when not to speak.

So, it sounds to me like David is a Renaissance man.

He's got the whole package.

He's a balanced guy.

He's spiritual.

He's artistic.

He's physical.

He's intellectual.

And obviously, we're all gonna have our strengths

and weaknesses, but I think that we should work

on our weaknesses and try to be the most well-rounded

Christian people that we can be

so that God can use us in a variety of ways.

And so that we can succeed,

not just in one area of life, but in others.

I wanna be healthy so that I can physically

go out and do the serving of God.

I mean, look, I've taken people out soul-winning

for the first time and they just couldn't physically

keep up.

Like, I've taken people on a mission strip

and they're just like, well, I'm not used

to walking this much, you know?

And the Bible says how beautiful are the feet

of them that preach the gospel.

Because preaching the gospel, you use your feet a lot.

Now, look, if you're older or if you're injured

or if you're in some way impaired,

God can still use you as a soul-winning.

You can go soul-winning in a wheelchair.

But I'm saying in general,

if you don't have to be in a wheelchair,

why would you, you don't wanna just choose the wheelchair?

Am I right?

So it's like, you wanna make sure

that you're at least in good enough shape

to where when you go soul-winning at the apartment complex,

you can walk up the stairs and knock that door.

Or you can get off the cruise ship

and walk to the soul-winning field.

And you know, some people, they struggle physically.

We wanna be in the best shape again.

Obviously, we're all gonna get old someday.

We're all gonna get injured at times and things.

But we should just do the best with what we've got.

We can do the best with what we've got, that's all.

Be as healthy as we can be.

We wanna be as smart as we can be.

Study to show ourselves approved under God.

You know, be well-rounded.

Why? Because if we're not smart,

if we're not studying the Bible,

we could be tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine.

Cause we don't know the word of God.

So we need the knowledge.

But you know what? Knowledge puffs us up.

Knowledge can just make you arrogant.

So knowledge puffs us up, but charity edifies.

So we need to not only have the smarts,

but we also need to be able to condescend

to men of low estate and be humble enough

to talk to simple people about simple things.

You know? And look, I'm glad you go soul-winning,

but you know what?

You should also have a little fun and fellowship too.

Cause if you're all work, no play, I'm telling you,

you're not gonna pan out in the long run.

I've never seen it.

Never seen anybody pan out in the long run

who doesn't know how to have a good time.

You know? And look at the Bible.

They're making merry.

They're having fun.

You know, David, he's a guy who he gets excited and has fun.

When the Ark of the Covenant came to Jerusalem,

he's dancing and playing before the Lord with all his might.

He's just out there just cutting loose,

dancing and playing the harp and praising God.

He's physical, he's spiritual, he's mental.

He's got the whole, you know,

we should strive for balance in our lives.

And we should strive to have these godly attributes

of a man after God's own heart.

Courage, strength, wisdom, prudence.

These are all the things that made David

a man after God's own heart.

Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer.

Father, we thank you so much for your word, Lord.

And thank you for David,

that we could learn so much from him and see

what it was about him that made him

a man after your own heart.

And Lord, of course, you created us.

You created us to be artistic.

You created us to be physical.

You created us to be intelligent, Lord.

And so you must love those things

because you instilled those things in us, Lord.

Help us to cultivate those things

and be the best, most fruitful, effective,

healthy Christians that we can possibly be.

And in Jesus' name we pray amen.