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It's hard to believe 2023 has come to an end. But, we approach the new year with confidence in the Lord who is our Shepherd. That's why this message is so timely. It's a reminder of how faithful the Lord has been and gives us confidence to trust Him whatever comes in this new year. I want to invite you to take your Bibles and turn again to Psalm 23 as Dr. Biles concludes a message entitled, He's M...

Welcome to a special Christmas edition of After God's Heart. On today's episode, Dr. Biles is unpacking one of the most beloved passages in all of Scripture. So many believers down through the centuries have found comfort in these words. The chapter is just 6 short verses, but the message is profound.

This is the last episode of a 4 part series that Dr. Biles entitled, Unto Us. We are looking at the four pairs of descriptions from the pen of Isaiah the prophet of Jesus. In this series, we've looked at Jesus as the Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father. Today, Dr. Biles is going to look at the last of four pairs of descriptions of Christ as the Prince of Peace. These words,...

In today's episode of After God's Heart, Dr. Biles continues his Christmas series entitled, Unto Us. We are working through the 4 pairs of names assigned to Christ in Isaiah 9. So far in this series, we've seen Christ as the Wonderful Counselor and the Mighty God. Today, in the third message of a four-part series, Dr. Biles is going to look at the description of Jesus as the Everlasting Father.

Have you ever wondered how big God is? On today's episode of After God's Heart, Dr. Biles is going to describe the greatness of God in the Incarnation of Christ. Christ became flesh. He was fully man and yet fully God. Dr. Biles is continuing a series entitled Unto Us. This is the message of Christmas. Jesus is the Wonderful Counselor - and today we'll learn He is the Mighty God.

Dr. Biles begins a New Christmas series he's entitled, Unto Us. The series revolves around the 4 pairs of descriptions of Christ from Isaiah 9:6. These words have been the expression of worship for so many believers for centuries. They have inspired hymns, books, sermons, and hearts. But, as exalted as these words are, they pale in comparison to the greatness of Christ. In this series, we celebrat...

In today's episode of After God's Heart, Dr. Biles continues his message entitled, Promises, Pretense, and Prophecy. We've seen how Jonathan kept his vow to David, but Saul and Michal really didn't. In the conclusion of his message, we'll see God's providential care of David's life, His fulfillment of His Word to make David king, and His faithfulness to His Promises to David.

Has anyone ever made a promise to you that they did not keep? In 1 Samuel 19, we are going to look at four promises made to David by four different people. Not all of them kept their promises, but we'll see that God did keep HIS promises to David. Saul is continuing his efforts to kill David and in this passage, even tries to convince his son, Jonathan to assist him. But, Jonathan is faithful to h...

Today on After God's Heart, Dr. Biles finishes a message called Coping with Success. The success of David exposed a character flaw in Saul. In reality, David's defeat of Goliath led to Israel's victory over the Philistines. His success was Israel's success. But, rather than celebrating with David, Saul resented him. It wasn't long before that resentment led Saul down a downward spiral of anger and...

How do you respond when God blesses somebody else? Are you happy? Or, is there just a small part of you that is jealous and maybe wishing it had happened to you instead of them? Today, on After God's Heart, Dr. Biles is continuing a series through the life of David. The passage we will look at is right after God used David to defeat the Philistine giant, Goliath. The lesson we will learn from this...

Today on After God's Heart, Dr. Biles continues his message entitled, "Is There Not a Cause?" David is on the battlefield facing his greatest enemy. His enemy is bigger and has better weapons, more armor, and more experience. But, David came to the battlefield with someone the giant didn't have. David came in the power of God.

Today, on After God's Heart, Dr. Biles looks at the battle between David and Goliath. It's a great story of God's work in David's life. But, as we'll see, it's much more than that - it's a story of how God works in our lives when we have faith to trust Him.

Today on After God's Heart, Dr. Biles continues a message entitled, Even if We Didn't Notice. The text for the message is 1 Sam. 16:14-23. The occasion was right after God rejected Saul as king and chose David as his replacement. But, Saul was the last person to notice what God was doing. In fact, Saul never seemed to see it! Let's listen to learn how not to miss what God is doing.

Today, on After God's Heart, Dr. Biles looks at a time when God was doing something in both Saul's life and David's life. Only Saul didn't notice! Saul saw David. But, what he saw in David was what everybody else saw about David. Saul saw his physical appearance, his musical skill, and his military ability. Eventually, Saul noticed that when David was around him, good things happened to him; and w...

Today on After God's Heart, Dr. Biles continues a message entitled, The Choice of a New Generation. Israel's first king rejected God's will and pursued his own plans. 1 Samuel 16 is the beginning of God's provision of a new king for His people. We will see what God was looking for in His choice and learn lessons from our choices.

As we saw last week, ACT 13 is one of two places in the Bible where David was described as a man after God's Heart. The focus of this study is not as much on David as it is on God. Our goal isn't to be like David but to be like the one whom God was seeking. Let's listen as Dr. Biles finishes a message from Acts 13, entitled, Seek and He Shall Find.

If you grew up in Sunday School or Vacation Bible School, you learned some of the stories of David's life from childhood. There's so much we learn from him. In this message from Acts 13, Dr. Biles explores what God was looking for and found in David. This passage reveals God's heart and reveals what He saw in David's heart.

Last week, Dr. Biles began a new series on the life of David. In this study, we will walk through the life and ministry of King David. David was a great man, even though he wasn't always a perfect man. His life is a challenge for all of us to be faithful to the Lord.

How do you define, "greatness"? For some people that might mean money or status or power. By any standard, David was a great man. Today, Dr. Biles is going to begin a series on the life of David. Everything David did was great. But, not everything David did was right. As we will see in our study of David, even his sins were great. But, God is not concerned about greatness; He's interested in your...

Today Dr. Biles wraps up his series entitled, Rise Up. Throughout this series, we have been following how God was using Ezra and Nehemiah to lead his people to complete a task (rebuilding the walls) and reestablish their worship of the Lord. In the first part of this message, we saw from Nehemiah 13 that we can't afford to let sin back into our worship or our work. Now let's turn again to Nehemiah...

We've all heard the expression, "When the Cat's away, the mice play." That's a pretty good description of what happened before the events of Nehemiah 13. For reasons we are not told in the text, Nehemiah was away from Jerusalem for an extended period of time. While he was gone, Israel fell back into sin. As Dr. Biles concludes this series entitled, Rise Up, we'll see how Nehemiah challenged the pe...

How do you respond when you KNOW you have been blessed by God? What is an appropriate way to express gratitude to God? As believers in Jesus Christ, we have been richly blessed by God. Today, Dr. Biles is continuing his series called Rise Up, and we will learn from the example of the Children of Israel in Nehemiah 12 HOW to express our gratitude to God!

Today, Dr. Biles continues his message from Nehemiah 9. Last time, Dr. Biles talked about how Obedience to God means grieving over our sins AND separating FROM our sins. Today, let's open up our Bibles to Nehemiah 9 & 10 and continue the message of Rising Up in Obedience.

The Hebrew word for sin means "to miss the mark." The image is of an archer shooting at a target and missing. In Nehemiah 9, the Israelites are JUST NOW realizing that they have missed the mark of God's expectations of them. In this passage, we see how genuine worship recalibrated them. In Nehemiah 8, they were confronted with their sin. In Nehemiah 9, they obediently respond. As Dr. Biles continu...