True Passion Session Four 2 Samuel 6 12

True Passion: Session Four, 2 Samuel 6: 12 -23. 12 Now King David was told, “The Lord has blessed the 12 household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God. ” So David went down and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing. 16 As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, 16 Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart. 21 David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose 21 me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the Lord’s people Israel—I will celebrate before the Lord. I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor. ”

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§ How does true passion continue and stay alive? § Most of us live in two different worlds. § Work or school is one world, and all the rest of life is the other world. § Work, for the believer with true passion, is different than the average church potato.

I. David was a man of passion in his conquests. § His business was to take back the Promised Land for God’s people. § In his business, he had to take many lives. § He married often and even took back Michal.

II. David was a man of passion in his worship. § His heart was focused on serving God. § His commitments were to honor only God. § His expression of worship had no boundaries. § Remember worship is not just singing (a modern day misconception).

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III. Work and worship should not be in conflict. § Your worship and your work matter to God. § Both must be from the heart of true passion directed to Him. § Your Work Matters to God by William Hendricks

Conclusion “He who has clean hands and a pure heart” can approach God.