A cave can either be a ___________________ place or a _______________ place.
So David escaped from Saul and went to King Achish of Gath. But the officers of Achish were unhappy about his being there. “Isn’t this David, the king of the land?” they asked. “Isn’t he the one the people honor with dances, singing, ‘Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?” David heard these comments and was very afraid of what King Achish of Gath might do to him. So he pretended to be insane, scratching on doors and drooling down his beard.
1 Samuel 21:10-13 (NLT)
What do I do when I find myself in the cave of fear?
Remember __________________________________.
So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam.
1 Samuel 22:1a (NLT)
Don’t _________________________________________.
Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there. Then others began coming—men who were in trouble or in debt or who were just discontented—until David was the captain of about 400 men.
1 Samuel 22:1b-2 (NLT)
Let ____________________________________________.
Then I pray to you, O Lord.I say, “You are my place of refuge.You are all I really want in life. Hear my cry,for I am very low.Rescue me from my persecutors,for they are too strong for me.Bring me out of prisonso I can thank you.The godly will crowd around me,for you are good to me.”
Throughout the Bible, caves were places of hiding. Often people went to these caves to hide from what Paul called “battles on the outside and fear on the inside” (2 Corinthians 7:5). In this Lenten series, we will look at seven biblical “caves” and the persons who hide in them. The truth is that everybody does some cave time and God does some of his best work in them.
Wes Olds is a 1993 graduate of The University of Kentucky and received his Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in 2002. Prior to coming to Grace Church in 2006, Wes began a multi-cultural, urban church called The Rock-La Roca United Methodist Church in Lexington, KY (2002-2006). While there, he co-founded Lexington’s “Room in the Inn”, a ministry of hospitality and shelter for homeless men. From 1997-2002, Wes was a Pastor with Youth and Evangelism at Centenary United Methodist Church in Lexington. From 1994-1997, Wes was Pastor with Youth at Christ United Methodist Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and from 1991-1994 was the Director of Youth Ministries at Versailles United Methodist Church in central Kentucky.
Wes has served as an adjunct instructor at Asbury University, a ministry mentor with Asbury Theological Seminary and has been a contributing writer for several projects with Group Publishing and United Methodist Communications. He has been a guest speaker and worship leader for retreats at local churches and conferences for youth and adults.
Wes is a leadership coach for Spiritual Leaders, Incorporated (SLI) training pastors on creating generative leadership environments. Through SLI, Wes has facilitated yearlong incubators for over 75 pastors in Florida, Kentucky, and Kansas.
Wes is married to Becky and they have one teenage son named Caleb. Wes loves music and plays guitar, enjoys fishing, sports, history and hanging out with his friends and family.
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Everybody Does Some Cave Time - Part 2 - CC | Sermons | Grace Church
A cave can either be a ___________________ place or a _______________ place.
So David escaped from Saul and went to King Achish of Gath. But the officers of Achish were unhappy about his being there. “Isn’t this David, the king of the land?” they asked. “Isn’t he the one the people honor with dances, singing, ‘Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?” David heard these comments and was very afraid of what King Achish of Gath might do to him. So he pretended to be insane, scratching on doors and drooling down his beard.
1 Samuel 21:10-13 (NLT)
What do I do when I find myself in the cave of fear?
Remember __________________________________.
So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam.
1 Samuel 22:1a (NLT)
Don’t _________________________________________.
Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there. Then others began coming—men who were in trouble or in debt or who were just discontented—until David was the captain of about 400 men.
1 Samuel 22:1b-2 (NLT)
Let ____________________________________________.
Then I pray to you, O Lord.I say, “You are my place of refuge.You are all I really want in life. Hear my cry,for I am very low.Rescue me from my persecutors,for they are too strong for me.Bring me out of prisonso I can thank you.The godly will crowd around me,for you are good to me.”
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