Life Church Southampton

Si continues our teaching series on the Life of David looking at how God uses the prophet Nathan to confront king David over his abuse of power in the sexual assault of Bathsheba and the murder of her husband, Uriah, in trying to cover up his mess. Here we see Nathan telling David a story of the injustice of a rich man exploiting a poor man, to which David burns with anger at the rich man, only for Nathan to say, "you are the man". Si points out that the consequence of David's sin is that his son dies.does. He then shows us that this story point forward to another "Son of David", Jesus, who will die in place of our sins.

Michael continues our teaching series on the Life of David looking at the famous story of David and Bathsheba on 2 Samuel chapter 11. Here, we discover that while David was is a position of comfort (in that everything was going well for him), he then committed a Sin (by sleeping with Bethsheba) and then tried several times to cover it up. Michael then jumps forward 1000 years shows us how Jesus left His comfort in Heaven, to come to earth and was willing to die to cover (once and for all) our Sins and become the perfect King, unlike David.

Nathan continues our teaching series on the Life of David looking at 2 Samuel chapter 9. Here, Nathan, uses the story of king David's kindness to the previous Kings Saul's crippled grandson, Mephibosheth to eat at his royal table. Nathan then goes on to show us that this is a foreshadow of a far greater perfect king who will come later, King Jesus, who will pour out grace to us and invite us to eat at His table.

Here Si leads us where we celebrate our ‘Cultures Sunday’. Si takes us in journey through the whole Bible, showing us that no matter how young or old we are, no matter what you look like, no matter where you've come from he wants to bring us back into the presence of God.

Si continues our teaching series on the Life of David looking at 2 Samuel chapter 7. Here, Si using the analogy of houses to ask who rules in your life. Here he asks the question whose house are you building, Are you building your own house where you are king, or is it your house and you let God in sometimes (are you the landlord). Alternatively, it's God's house but we want 'tenants rights', or do we recognise that my life belongs to Him and are we going to live in God's house as adopted sons.

Si introduces John Risbridger to continue our teaching series on the Life of David ifrom 2 Samuel chapter 6. Here, John shows us through this passage of the bible that true worship of God is a hunger for his presence where are in awe of His Presence, resulting in exuberant joy and living our lives for Him alone.

In this episode Si’s talks about two upcoming events. Firstly, the prayer and fasting week starting Sunday 4th Oct. where he explains what Fasting is and it’s importance. Secondly, he talks about the Cultures Sunday on 18th Oct. where we celebrate the diversity that we have in the church in both the Sunday celebration and a shared meal together.

This week Joshua looks a 1 Samuel chapter 28. Here we see that David has a third opportunity to take matters into his own hands to kill Saul and thus seize (by force) the throne that God has anointed him for 10 years earlier Joshua then encourages us to look to Jesus the true anointed one who (like David) was tempted, rejected but did not take the opportunity to seize His kingdom, but instead opened his hands in submission and gave his life for us.

Still fleeing from Saul, David faces a test of character when Nabal responds with arrogance and insult. As tempers flare and revenge beckons, Abigail's wisdom changes the course of events and points David back to God's way. Through Jesus, we too are given the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of wisdom, who leads us to walk in righteousness, peace, and trust in God's timing.

A cave. A king. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. With Saul within reach, David could have ended years of running and stepped straight into the throne God had promised him. Instead, he chose to trust God’s timing. This message explores a challenging truth: just because an opportunity presents itself doesn't mean God is giving us permission to take it.