Book of Acts, Chapter
13, verse 22.
Acts, Chapter 13, verse 22.
We will read just the last sentence.
I have found David, the son of Jesse,
a man after my heart, who shall do
all my will.
Acts, Chapter 13, verse 22.
I have found David, the son of Jesse,
a man after my heart, who shall do
all my will.
Let's have a further word of prayer.
Dear Heavenly Father, we want to thank you
for gathering us together this afternoon.
We know that we are in thy presence,
that we may truly see thee face to
face.
We pray that thou wilt speak, that we
may hear thy voice, and be transformed.
David, we know that David's life is very
rich and very full.
It is impossible, his whole life, his
life is multicolored.
He is a shepherd, he is also a
fugitive, and he also, in the Bible, in
a sense, he is a tyrant.
Not David, but greater.
We can find governing, the making.
We know that we, as has made us,
both priests.
We are not only priests, and the
making, we
will just use concerning.
The Holy Spirit bears witness, and says, I,
David, the son of Jesse, a man after
my heart.
So, this afternoon, we will...
David, a man after my heart.
We know when God created
man, there
must be a reason, in
heaven, manifest the glory of
God.
But, in all these, because
all these, these manifest his glory.
They, they are his work.
God created his
form, beginning
of the creation, to be, he
may commune in
man.
You'll find, he has, and
God, and God told man, in
the midst of the, because
anything that is in the center, is something,
so, stand
by the, that
will serve God's
purpose is, and his image, man
has the capacity to receive God's own divine,
you know, to
receive God's, even, they are not,
receive God's life, and, that is,
receive his own life.
And, with the same, instead
of, they
rebel against sin.
And, because of this man, we
find how God, God
is doing, he is trying, that
we may be, man and, searching,
and, whose name was David, how did Jesse,
now, with this introduction, is
found in the book of, David
is the son of Jesse, and Ruth is
David's, David, first
Samuel, he
is said to be the second, most likely,
usually, you find, he is the youngest son,
and, his brother, he
is very, study the word of God, any
reason, Stanley, he
said, David, actually, actually,
he said, David was, so,
that explain the reason why, there
is such a great difference, between David, and
his two sisters, yeah, if you turn,
yeah, first Chronicles, chapter two, verse, maybe, David,
first Chronicles, chapter two, verse fifteen, David, the
seventh, and their sister, David,
one sister, one
sister, and, and, you see,
the age of, and so, that explain also,
why he was born, you
know, in Psalm 51, verse five, verse
five, David, said, behold, in iniquity, he
is very literal, so, said
that David was really born in sin, in
sin conceived, his father, before
had my father and my mother forsaken me,
then had Jehovah, he said,
people began to think, maybe that David
was born in sin, and because of this,
Jehovah sent this
youngest son to the field for situations,
you know God moved his wonder to perform,
David being situation, in a sense you find
he is being shepherd, because
he is being shepherd, so
there he was in the wilderness, and then
in this natural abyss, he was being, in
the quiet, God became, he
began to understand God, they,
many began to understand, commune,
and yet, you know, how the children, because
he was during that period, we know, you
remember, and
there was a battle, and when the Israelite,
you remember when they first led
them, and
yet, they rebelled against God, and
God will not, you know the
Ark of His
symbol, to
Israel, six
months, you remember that the Philistines were so
hidden in the forest, it is as if
God did not inquire, and
he never inquired, but
David, he knew God, and
he wanted to see God, said
David, and
we find that even today, Jesse
gathered his seven sons, but just in
Jesse's mind, this little boy will never, and
then you remember, he
was a man of stature, and Samuel said
now, this was
a head above all, and
Samuel in his heart, because
man looked, and
none was chosen, so Samuel said, is that
all?
When David came, this is the one I
have chosen, you
find that man of, he
is very deceived, God does not, God
does not look at whether you are a
man of, you
know our heart, is the same, the
same kind of, and
life is in the blood, and so are,
even our physical heart, is the center of
our, yes,
it is the center, he
said, because our,
the very center, and
you also remember our Lord, he talked about,
you know, they, they blessed him, out
of the abundance of the heart, you know,
whatever is in your heart, it will eventually
come out from, and so you find that,
you remember when they eat without washing their
hands, now the Pharisees said to the Lord,
the disciples do not wash their hands before
they eat, they violate the teaching, and
our Lord Jesus said, he said, what goes
in does not defile you, and
Peter, what you take in,
will eventually, but
from you, from your heart, that defiles man,
so brothers and sisters, we know that our
heart is very, very important, and the Bible
said we need to guard, because it
is so precious, so you need to guard
it, you need, you need to keep this
heart in good condition, then you will find,
that come out of it, will be damaging,
have we ever, we
want to appear good, then, he
does not look upon our heart, and we
need to guard our heart, and yet strangely,
you find that in Jeremiah chapter 17, verses
9 and 10, there you will find God
said, behold, he is deceitful above
all things, and impure.
In other words, the heart itself is so
deceitful, you know, after we have fallen into
sin, this heart, and it is
impure.
You do not even know your own heart.
There is only one person who examines our
heart, and proves our race, and that is
God.
God is the only one who can examine
our heart, and thank God.
When we believe in the Lord Jesus, the
Bible tells us, cleanse an evil conscience.
You know, before we believe in the Lord
Jesus, we carry a guilty conscience.
Because of our heart accuses us.
And yet, the blood of the Lord Jesus
cleanses our heart from an evil conscience.
He gave us a
new heart.
Formerly our heart is a heart of stone.
Very hard.
There is no reaction to God.
No feeling to God.
He has given us a heart of flesh.
So with this new heart, we can love
God.
With this new heart, we can know God.
And we can be men and women of
God's heart.
But unfortunately, when
you first believe in the Lord Jesus, you
are very tender in your heart.
Some people even experience, whenever they...
You are given a new heart.
You are very tender.
As days go by, gradually the world,
my sin, are all flesh.
And gradually you find our heart,
we do not know our own heart.
You know, our heart is hardened.
That is the reason, you find David.
David is a man of faith.
He knows that he is
not even able to
pray.
Therefore, you find that,
there you find he pray a prayer.
He said, God, examine my heart.
And prove my thoughts.
And see if there is any wicked way
in me.
Second, lead me.
Brothers and sisters, David, he needs to pray
that prayer.
Because he knows our heart is deceitful.
We may be deceived by our heart.
We do not know where our heart really
is.
Whether it is still in tune with God's
heart.
Or it has been hardened towards God.
So he prayed, examining my heart.
And you prove my thoughts.
To see if there is any wicked, evil
way in me.
And this evil way, in another translation, is
idolatrous way.
That is to say, whether my heart is
not pure towards you.
Whether I have a double heart, a divided
heart.
That is idolatrous way.
You know, what is, it
means that aside.
So David, he prayed.
He wants God to keep him in a
pure heart.
That his heart is perfect towards God.
That is David's prayer.
That he may always walk in the way
of God.
And because he prays such prayer.
And brothers and sisters, I believe this is
a prayer that we should pray every day.
Because our heart is so important to our
spiritual life.
If anything is wrong with our heart, our
whole being is.
We need to be humble enough to acknowledge
that.
And we need to ask the Lord to
examine our heart every day.
So that our heart will be kept pure,
perfect towards God.
Then our heart is always in tune with
God's heart.
What he hates, what
he will reject, we bless it for the
pure in heart.
So they shall see God.
You know, if our heart is pure, we
will see God daily.
Brothers and sisters, how many days have you
had?
We need.
Because this is the one thing that God
is looking for.
You know, the comment of the Holy Spirit
concerning David.
He said, I have found David.
I have found David.
That very word shows you how difficult it
is for God to finally find a person.
We should all be man and woman of
God's heart.
Because that's why we are created.
This is the will of God.
And yet today God has to search to
try to find someone whose heart is really
towards him.
May the Lord find in us the man
and woman.
Dear Heavenly Father, we do want to thank
you.
Because thou dost do everything to restore man
to be man of your heart.
Thou dost even send thy only begotten son
into this world.
To seek and to find the lost.
Oh dear Lord, we pray that thy love
will be enough.
That we desire to really turn our hearts
towards thee.
Allow thee to not only examine us but
even to cure us.
That we may have a pure heart towards
thee.
That we may see thy face day by
day.
That we may know thy will.
And may do.
We pray that our blessed brothers and sisters
here And bring us, every one of us,
into that place.
Where?
And we give thee all the glory.
In the name of Jesus.