Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the LORD loved him . . . 2 Samuel 12:24 I wrote yesterday that if we believe God is God, then we have little choice but to trust…
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And the LORD afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he became sick. David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. 2 Samuel 12:15-16 Last week, we had a tornado-spawning storm move through, knocking down several large trees…
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David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” And Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die.” 2 Samuel 12:13-14 I’ve been thinking quite a…
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You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be…
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Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. And I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I…
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Nathan said to David, “You are the man!” 2 Samuel 12:7 Don’t fact check me too closely on this, but I once read that Elvis volunteered his services to the federal government to become a secret agent, rooting out illegal drugs and those who used them. It is no small irony then, that he had…
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And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. 2 Samuel 11:27 As I’ve previously mentioned, 2014 wasn’t the first time I tried to get sober. And it wasn’t the…
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In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 2 Samuel 11:14 Have you ever been a victim of your own behavior, being trapped in a prison of your own making? In my addiction, when I first tried to get sober, I told those providers around me…
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Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives,…
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Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down, and die. 2 Samuel 11:15 When my addiction and opioid diversion came to light, I panicked – I can still fix this. I reached out to friends, asking for them to lie for me,…
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