Quotes About David

As we fear God more completely, we love Him more perfectly. And 'perfect love casteth out all fear'.

I grow fond of David, who lays a single stone before Goliath and a single book, the Psalms, in the mouth of the world.

The prayer of David traditionally assigned to this story is Psalm 57. While there are lines in that psalm that convey David's fugitive state at the time, its overwhelming impression is of energetic and ebullient praise of God. This means that while Saul was the occasion for David's being in the wilderness, Saul neither defined nor dominated the wilderness. The wilderness was full of God, not Saul.

David's isn't an ideal life but an actual life.

I think the first decade of this century is going to be remembered as a time of extremism.

A bald man driving a hybrid is a very sexy thing.

History is delusional. Not just an illusion, it's a delusion. America is this giant country, so it has these big delusions, and history is where delusions play out.

Faulkner wrote for film, and his ear is just impeccable.

We passed by the large chambers and, on the way back, I saw a big curtain at the entrance to the large chambers, a curtain used to cover the Ark containing the Torah Scrolls with the Shield of David on it, and on the curtain there was the inscription: "This is the gate of the Lord, through which the righteous shall enter.

El corazón conoce sus propias penas y hay momentos cuando es reconfortante pensar, como el rey David, que Dios mismo recoge nuestras lágrimas en su redoma, y ni una sola de ellas cae en el olvido del único que sabe guiarnos por los senderos del dolor.

I'm not saying that I won't tour again, but the chances are slim because my priorities are different now.

I revel in movies where the monsters tower more over the tiny budgets than the characters they threaten.

The Tower of David is important for Israel's heritage and existence because it is more than a tower, it is a symbol. It is more important than the Azrieli Towers.

Theories, books and ideas created within ivory towers had real-world consequences.

Therapeutic Metaphors, by David Gordon

Nate poked her with the toe of his sneaker. "This is a David thing," he said. "Obviously." She did not reply. "Romance seems fun," he added. "Don't." "I'm not.

Create a trophy room in your heart. Each time you experience a victory, place a memory on the shelf. Before you face a challenge, take a quick tour of God's accomplishments. Look at all the paychecks he has provided, all the blessings he has given, all the prayers he had answered. Imitate the shepherd boy David. Before he fought Goliath, the giant, he remembered how God had helped him kill a lion and a bear (1 Samuel 17:34-36). He faced his future by revisiting the past.

David knew what mattered most. The presence of God. He begged God for it.

David did many might deeds in his life. He did many foolish deeds in his life. But perhaps the noblest was their rarely discussed deed: he honored the tired soldiers at Brook Besor. (Facing Your Giants) p 78

Whenever you feel alone, rejected, or misunderstood, stand your situation up next to David's. The boy had as pure a heart as humanly possible, and his own family blasted him. Ouch. I don't want to minimize your hurts, but in David you can certainly find someone who has been there, done that.

In Psalm 51:1, King David cried out, "Have mercy on me, O God, / according to your unfailing love." Please receive this truth: God cannot be unbiased toward you. He cannot set His love for you aside and make an objective decision. Once you become God's covenant child, He cannot see you through anything less than a loving Father's eyes.

women's enrichment ministry. Beth immediately said she wanted me to do a version of the study for men because David should not be restricted to women's ministry. We agreed to pray and see what God would do. In October 1998 Broadman & Holman asked us to do the present volume. We are tremendously excited about what God has done—exceeding abundantly above all that we asked or thought (Eph. 3:20). We pray that this volume

and dear friend, Dale McCleskey, for taking the in-depth study I wrote by the same title and reformatting it into this book. His partnership in this work and many others is invaluable to me. Our earnest prayer is not so much that you meet David but that you

God is not harsh; He is holy. He is not selfish; He is sovereign. He is not unfeeling; He is all-knowing. Like David, we need to come to know Him, and respect Him; and, like David, we will love Him more.