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Focus: An altar heart: repentance, costly worship, and honor toward YAHUAH.

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Name (Hebrew) + Meaning

• Name: דָּוִד (Dāwīd)
• Meaning: “beloved.”

Key Altar / Worship Moments

• Araunah’s threshing floor: refusing free offerings; worship that costs.
• Worship as a lifestyle: praise, thanksgiving, and a contrite heart.

Scriptures to Study

• 2 Samuel 24:18–25 — altar; plague stopped; costly sacrifice.
• 1 Chronicles 21:18–30 — parallel account.
• Psalm 51 — repentance; broken spirit; clean heart.
• Psalm 24 — clean hands and pure heart.

Significance of the Altar

• Costly worship: no “free” sacrifice; honor requires surrender.
• Repentance: true altar begins in the heart.
• Intercession: altar connected to mercy for the people.

Today’s Application

• Give YAHUAH your best, not leftovers.
• Keep short accounts: repent quickly and sincerely.
• Build worship rhythms (psalms, prayer, thanksgiving) that keep the heart tender.