In today’s conversation, we’re going to pick up where we left off last year in our Thru the Bible series with the 3rd king of Israel—the wisest man to ever live (until Jesus, of course), the son of David and the one who finally built the temple—Solomon. We’ll see how the feeling of inadequacy at the onset of a new calling tends to result in a beautiful humility and holy understanding of our need for God—and that when we need wisdom, all we have to do is ask for it. We’ll see the gracious, loving, abundant heart of our Father God, who delights to not only meet our needs, but also to give us abundantly more than we can ask or imagine. We’ll look in awe at how the presence of God showed up at the dedication of the temple, and we’ll marvel at the reality that we now get to experience that same presence living within us—and that our truest identity is found in that presence. So, pull up a chair at our table, and let’s dive into the conversation.

Last episode, we reintroduced ourselves personally and as an organization. In today’s conversation, we’re sharing more about the origins of this podcast and another ministry under the APM umbrella: the Hezekiah Project, which is a Leadership and Discipleship Academy for students. The way God has brought about both of these ministries is pretty incredible, and we hope you feel inspired to walk out whatever He's placed in your heart after listening! For more info about APM and The Hezekiah Project, visit us at www.annieperkinsministries.org/HezekiahProject

***One of our team members has been faced with an unexpected family emergency, so we've pushed pause on releasing new episodes! We will be back ASAP with the next episode, where we'll be diving back into our Thru the Bible series!

In today’s conversation, we’re going to do something a little bit different. We’ll get back to our Thru the Bible series in a few episodes, but today we’re going tell our story. We are so excited because our whole exec team is here today, which is very rare because we all live in different places, and we felt the Lord leading us to share how he wove our stories together, how he has led us to do the things he’s calling us to do, and what we feel him speaking for this year. Our prayer is that this episode inspires you to movement if you’ve been feeling stuck or afraid, encourages you if you’re walking through a season of aloneness, and impassions you to stay in the game—or get in the game—because God is on the move (as always) and is up to awesome things. So, pull up a chair at our table, and let’s dive into the conversation.

In today’s conversation, we’re going to wrap up the story of David, but we’ll go backwards before we move forward in order to understand the desire David had to build the temple—a desire which he did not get to fulfill, or see fulfilled in his lifetime. However, we’ll see that although David did not get to accomplish this desire himself, he did have a role to play in its accomplishment. David was called to make the preparations for the next generation to build the temple, and we’ll talk about the importance of viewing our own lives through a broader, multi-generational lens. We’ll observe from David’s last words how the basis of life in God’s story still boils down to good vs. evil, and we’ll see that every one of our gifts matter in that story—the seemingly lesser ones having just as much value as the seemingly greater ones. And, we’ll see the beginning of the lineage which God ordained before the foundation of the earth to usher in our Savior. So, pull up a chair at our table, and let’s dive into the conversation.

In today’s conversation, we’re going to take a bit of a sharp turn, as we fast-forward to a rather unexpected story in the life of David—the story of David and Bathsheba. We’ll face the reality that if we’re not careful, comfortability can breed complacency—and unchecked complacency can be a dangerous enemy. We’ll discuss why it is sometimes much easier for us to spot the sin in others than to see the plank of sin stuck in our own eye; and we’ll wonder, once again, at the faithfulness of God to chase us down in order to draw us back to Himself. We’ll ponder the necessity of heartfelt repentance, and we’ll be filled with overwhelming gratitude that God sent Jesus to pay the penalty for us—the One whose righteous blood fully covers our multitude of sins to wash us white as snow. So, pull up a chair at our table, and let’s dive into the conversation.

In today’s conversation, we’re going to watch David wait patiently for God to be the one to elevate him, and we’ll be inspired by David’s determination not to take the throne by his own means, but to wait on God to move him into position His way and in His timing. We’ll analyze how the end of David’s season of waiting likely included both joy and pain, and we'll be moved to gratitude as we ponder the truth that within our own seasons of waiting, there are always cherishable moments which sprinkle blessing into our trials. We’ll be convicted by David’s commitment to honor the one who went before him—not only in action, but also in speech—and we’ll confront our own tendency to justify dishonor and slander in the name of discernment or righteousness. We’ll see the readiness of God to lead clearly when He’s opened a door—and we’ll understand the simple, yet profound necessity of simply asking Him what to do next. So, pull up a chair at our table, and let’s dive into the conversation.

In today’s conversation, we’re going to follow David into his time of hiding and see how he maintained his purity of heart—and strength of mind—during this time in his life. We’re going to take a deep dive into the heart of David, as we compare his story to his psalms. God Himself called David “a man after my own heart,” and we are able to get a unique perspective into the heart of David because he authored so many of the psalms. We’ll discover the intrinsic connection between our heart and our mind; and we’ll get a visual of how the formula for peace prescribed by Paul in Philippians 4 is exemplified in real life through the psalms of David. So, pull up a chair at our table, and let’s dive into the conversation.

In today’s conversation, we’re going to follow David through the events which took him from the battlefield and the palace to the wilderness and the cave—from being the man favored by King Saul to being the man hunted by King Saul. We’ll discuss the extraordinary blessing of divine friendship as we watch God weave David and Jonathan’s hearts together, and we’ll marvel at the biblical characteristics this friendship displays. We’ll see the accelerated downward spiral of King Saul as his jealousy supersedes his judgment, and we’ll discover some ways to identify red flags in our own hearts as we compare the heart of this crazed king to the heart of his selfless son. So, pull up a chair at our table, and let’s dive into the conversation.