1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer, 2 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: a podcast dedicated to helping you find the words you 3 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: need to connect with your Father in Heaven. No matter 4 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: what is going on in your life today, you can 5 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: trust that God wants to hear from you. Right after 6 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: this short word from our sponsor, people pray through today's 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: prayer to be someone after God's own heart. Together A 8 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: prayer to be someone after God's Own Heart written by 9 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: Vivian Bricker, read by Kirieikberg. But now your kingdom will 10 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: not endure. The Lord has sought out a man after 11 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, 12 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: because you have not kept the Lord's command. 13 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 2: First Samuel thirteen, verse fourteen. 14 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 1: In Bible College, we covered both the New Testament and 15 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: the Old Testament. 16 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 2: However, the latter tended to be given less attention. 17 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: This is why I'm going through First Samuel and Second 18 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 1: Samuel during my own personal Bible study time. 19 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 2: I wanted to learn more about. 20 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: The story of a man who was after God's own 21 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:44,119 Speaker 1: heart yet ended up sending against him. Before I truly 22 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: understood the Bible, I thought it was filled with perfect people. 23 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: Learning about the story of Saul and David changed this. 24 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: Most of us are aware that Saul didn't turn out 25 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: to be the best king of Israel, but David struggled 26 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: in his role as well. God chose to remove the 27 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: kingdom from Saul and give it to David because he 28 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: was faithful to him, the Bible tells us, but now 29 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: your kingdom will not endure. The Lord has sought out 30 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,239 Speaker 1: a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler 31 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: of his people, because you have not kept the Lord's command. 32 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: The phrase a man after his own heart comes from 33 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: this passage. In context, we understand that the man after 34 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: God's own heart is David, the youngest son of Jesse. 35 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: Someone after God's own heart is a person who wants holiness, righteousness, kindness, 36 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: and love to prevail. 37 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 2: While David made mistakes many times throughout his life, he 38 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 2: was still said to be a man after God's own heart. 39 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 2: This helps us understand that even when we make mistakes 40 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 2: and fall, we can still be people who faithfully follow God. 41 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: We never need to believe the life at our mistakes 42 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:05,119 Speaker 2: discount us from truly loving God or knowing that God 43 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: loves us. David did many terrible things, including the arrangement 44 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: of your Eyah's death in order. 45 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: To obtain his wife, That's Sheba. Over time, he repented 46 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: and turned back to the Lord. David still loved God, 47 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: but his own sinful nature often hindered his devotion to him. 48 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: Pray today to the Lord, and I ask him to 49 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: help you be someone after his own heart. God is 50 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: pleased with these prayers. Praying to follow after God's own 51 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: heart and to love him with wholehearted devotion shows God 52 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: the true extent of our love and trust in him. 53 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: In truth, if you are going to the Lord with 54 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: a prayer such as this, you probably already have a 55 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: heart that is seeking after him. A heart after God's 56 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: own will reveal itself in its proper time. This is 57 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: evident in a person who obeys him. Obedience demonstrates to 58 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: God that we love him. We are indifferent to him. Instead, 59 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: we love him with our entire heart, mind, body, and soul. 60 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 2: Our trust in him is far reaching, as. 61 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 1: We know he can do all things, whether we are 62 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: ruling kingdoms or just our own minds. We can be 63 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 1: individuals who are after God's own heart. Let's pray, Dear God, 64 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: I want to be someone who is after your own heart. 65 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 1: I used to think I couldn't achieve this since I 66 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: continue to make mistakes and sin. Thank you for showing 67 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: me that despite my mistakes and shortcomings, I can still 68 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: be someone after your own heart. Help me to follow 69 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: after you and to be wholeheartedly dedicated to you even 70 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: when I fall short. Help me to remember that I 71 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: can always return to you with a heart of repentance. 72 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: My heart might be led us stray to other things, 73 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: but I ask you to bring it back to you. 74 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: I know you can do this and even more mid 75 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: on my heart after your heart. 76 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 2: God, I praise you and thank you God. Amen. 77 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: Your Daily Prayer is a production of Life Audio and 78 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: Sale Media. 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