Tag: the usurper

• Two Kinds of Joy

  1 Kings 1:28-40 “So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and brought him to Gihon. There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew…

  lejaneyoung

  June 30, 2026

  1 Kings, 1 Kings 1

  joy, the joy of the Lord, the usurper, worldliness

• Counting the Cost

  2 Samuel 15:19-21 “Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, ‘Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home. You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I…

  lejaneyoung

  February 10, 2026

  2 Samuel, 2 Samuel 15

  the cost of following Christ, the usurper, truth, your best life now

• The Usurper

  2 Samuel 15:4-6 “Then Absalom would say, ‘Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.’ And whenever a man came near to pay homage to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss…

  lejaneyoung

  February 5, 2026

  2 Samuel, 2 Samuel 15

  Absalom, King David, King of Kings, Satan, the usurper