-study how God works in people's lives. -from this we hope to learn more about God: - what pleases and displeases him - how God leads people and how he might lead us. -in previous weeks we have seen - God in creation - God working with a family (Abraham's family) - today we are looking how God works with a nation - concentrate on two men: Moses and David. - Moses... - God gave him the law for the country. - he put in writing the stories of creation, Abraham, in the form now we have the earlier stories -David is the 2nd king of the nation. - he wrote many Psalms - said to be a man after God's own heart. - God was pleased with his life -Lets review first where we have come from.... (FLOW CHART) and Hebrews : note Abraham and Isaac. Moses --- call --- the redemption (plagues and blood of lamb) --- God's law David --- a man after God's own heart. What does God want of a man?