David Quotes

“There is something very stabilizing in getting vertical perspective on a situation before seeking any horizontal counsel.”
― Charles R. Swindoll, Great Lives: David: A Man of Passion and Destiny

“Often when we are faced with a crisis, the standard, garden-variety answer is to sort of tuck your tail between your legs, run into a corner, and let cobwebs form on you. But there is a better way. As long as you have breath in your lungs, you have a purpose for living. You have a reason to exist. No matter how bad that track record might have been, marked by disobedience and compromise through most of your life, you’re alive, you’re existing. And God says, “There’s a reason. And I’m willing to do creative things through you to put you back on your feet. You can lick your wounds if that’s your choice. But there’s a better way.” It will take creativity, it will take determination, it will take constant eyes on the Lord. But when He pulls it off, it’s marvelous.”
― Charles R. Swindoll, Great Lives: David: A Man of Passion and Destiny

“nothing to prove, nothing to lose.”
― Charles R. Swindoll, Great Lives: David: A Man of Passion and Destiny

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption. . . . Galatians 6:7–”
― Charles R. Swindoll, Great Lives: David: A Man of Passion and Destiny

“David was faithful in the first and the third; but being a man of passion, he failed in the second. And even though his wives and concubines increased, his passion was not abated. This king who took another man’s wife already had a harem full of women. The simple fact is that the passion of sex is not satisfied by a full harem of women; it is increased. Having many women does not reduce a man’s libido, it excites it . . . it stimulates it. David, being a man with a strong sexual appetite, mistakenly thought, To satisfy it, I will have more women.”
― Charles R. Swindoll, Great Lives: David: A Man of Passion and Destiny

“But if you like shallow lyrics and easy-to-hum-along-with ditties, then you’re not going to enjoy the Psalms. The Psalms are for folks who have decided that music is an art that requires the discipline of keen thinking and a heart that is right before God. It is music for the mature. It is not a superficial statement. There are a few, of course, that are very popular: Psalms 1, 23, 91, 100, and parts of 119. But for the most part, only the”
― Charles R. Swindoll, Great Lives: David: A Man of Passion and Destiny