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• Psalms of thanksgiving


  expresses our gratitude for God's goodness
• Psalms of Lament


  communicates bitter and sorrowful feelings
• Song of praise


  expresses praise and thanksgiving for God's saving acts, plea for continued care
• Greatest lesson in the book of Samuel


  repentance
• King David's realizations

  1. King David acknowledges his sins

  2. King David faces his punishments

  3. King David recieves God's saving grace
• KING DAVIDS SINS

  Murder, Lust, Adultery
• David's incredible victory over Goliath


  Shows that Yahweh is the living God who shows courage. King Saul becomes jealous of David.
• David's victory over Goliath

  1. Goliath dares the Israelites to challenge him, he waited for 40 days. 2. David accepts his challenge. 3. David wins with a stone and slingshot
• Jonathan


  best friend of David, son of king Saul
• David in Hebron

  David went to Hebron upon Saul's death, annointed as 'king of Judah'. When Jonathan died, David was proclaimed king.
• 3 dimensions of faith

  1. Doctrine (belief) 2. Moral (action/value) 3. Worship (prayer)
• Levels of faith

  1. Trust in people - trust/faith

  2. Trust in God - 3 dimensions of faith
• Faith/Salvation


  state of wholeness in life. physical, spiritual and material liberation. response to salvation. holiness
• Goliath


  giant, best Philistines army
• David and Goliath

  fought and killed in the Valley of Elah
• David


  sucessor, musician/entertainer of king Saul, anointed by Samuel in Bethlehem
• King David

  1000 BCE, started his ministry at 30 yrs old, reigned for 40 years, father of king solomon
• Malachai


  4 chapters, book of the Lords messenger
• Zechariah

  14 chapters, book of messianic visions
• Haggai


  2 chapters, book of the rebuilding of the temple
• Zephaniah

  3 chapters, book of the day of wrath
• Habakkuk


  3 chapters, book of faith
• Nahum


  3 chapters, book of vengeance (nineveh)
• Micah


  7 chapters, book of conviction
• Jonah


  4 chapters, book of mercy on the gentiles
• Obadiah


  1 chapter, book of retribution (edom)
• Amos


  9 chapters, book of judgement
• Joel


  3 chapters, book of the day of the lord
• Hosea (minor prophet)


  14 chapters, book of persevering love
• Daniel


  captive from jerusalem to babylon
• Ezekiel


  "prophet during the exile", exile in babylon. Symbolic visions
• Messages from Major prophet Jeremiah

  1. Jeremiah speaks of true faith in God 2. Jeremiah speaks of God's judgement 3. Jeremiah speaks of new covenant
• Jeremiah


  "Weeping propet". Time of king Josiah - calling for Jeremiah to be a prophet. Came from the priestly family. Shy, Timid, no confidence.
• Holiness


  constant effort to be faithful to God
• Messages from Major prophet Isaiah


  1. "God is the holy one." 2. "God is our savior." 3. "Hope is Messiah/Suffering Servant."
• Isaiah


  "to save" - "Yahweh is Salvation". "Prayerful man". Called through a vision. Recieved the gift of holiness
• Nonwriting prophets


  does not have a book in the bible named after them, major characters in the 2 books of samuel and the 2 books of kings
• Writing prophets


  each writing prophet had a book in the bible named after them
• Minor prophets


  shorter books
• Major prophets


  longer books