2026
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Women's Event
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Long's Chapel Methodist Church Ladies Retreat
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![“Good morning” game. I’ll throw out some clues. Try and guess who this person is.
Imperfect. Friendship struggles. Last born baby.
Hopeful, fearful, trusting.
Bouts of anger, depression, sadness, and disobedience … and obedience.
This might give it away: Committed murder. Engaged in adultery. And repentant.
He made praise, worship, and thanksgiving a daily ritual.
David—Yep, King David.
He made mistakes and poor choices, but that didn’t make him unsuccessful. What made David successful was his humble dependence on God for his strength, wisdom, and abilities.
I was reading in 1 Samuel chapter 18 this morning and 3 times it said of David, “He behaved wisely.”
David was an intelligent man who knew how to command an army. Yet he called out to God and wept. He became angry and weary. He vented and questioned.
He loved, respected, and revered God. And although a king himself, he honored the One True King with outbursts of praise. He was a man who learned to enter the presence of God.
Acts 13:22 tells us, [God] "raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, “I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.”
In David’s quest to understand the true character of God and his desire to please Him, he was branded with the perfect label — “man after My heart.”
This is why we love the imperfect David. We see a part of ourselves in him. No matter our past, our ever-changing emotions, our disappointments, or our defeats, we want the same God who remained faithful to David to remain faithful to us.
And we want to be faithful back.
We long to approach the throne of Almighty God in the same way that David did — uninhibited, without reservation, and with a sincere heart full of genuine praise.
And when we do, we will become women after God’s heart.
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