FAILED, BUT NOT FINISHED - FEARLESS Part 8

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FEARLESS The Lord sent Nathan to David. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.” 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die! He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.” 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’ 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) “This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’” 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will die.” 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill. David pleaded with God for the child. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground. The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) On the seventh day the child died. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, “While the child was still living, he wouldn’t listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.” 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) “Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.” 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate. 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!” 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’ But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.” 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him . . . . 2 Samuel 12 (NIV) FAILED, BUT NOT FINISHED CONCEAL REPEAT SHAME And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Genesis 2:25 Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:8 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:9 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Genesis 3:10 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” Genesis 3:11 Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” Genesis 3:12 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” Genesis 3:13 Shame . . . is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging – something we’ve experienced, done, or failed to do makes us unworthy of connection. Shame is much more likely to be the source of destructive, hurtful behavior than the solution . . . . ~ Brene’ Brown Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” 2 Samuel 12:13 OWN YOUR FAILURES He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. Proverbs 28:13 RECEIVE GOD’S FORGIVENESS If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. 1 John 1:9-10 START AGAIN Closing: Video of Adam Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him . . . . 2 Samuel 12:24