I made it a point to learn the location of the “David is a man after God’s Own Heart” Verse, Acts 13:22.

“And when he (the Lord) had removed him (King Saul), he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he (the Lord) gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.”

But now … I have recently learned God twice calls David that, “a man after His Own Heart.”

The other reference, 1 Samuel 13:14. Godly Samuel speaking to backslidden Saul … “But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart (David), and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.”

(God called Job “my servant” a total of six times in that amazing Bible Book, in Job. Two times before Job’s trials came … but four times after the trials! Job seems to have doubled in spiritual statue during his days of suffering! He was TWICE the man … proving that tribulation does help us grow in the Lord!)

On that basis I declare that David, still young and pure (when Samuel came to the house of Jesse to anoint him as the next King of Israel), David already knew the Holy Spirit of God!

But posthumously our gracious God writes (in Acts 13) of David … He is a man to My liking, after “Mine Own Heart!”

A Double Portion of God’s Power!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

I too want to be hungry for that “Double Portion” of God’s Presence, God’s Power, God’s Spirit! Elisha asked for Such … and received it! Glory to His Name, our dear Lord Jesus Christ!

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