2-19-22 Setlist: My Testimony Move Your Heart Breathe Same God Sermon Notes: Key Passage: But Uriah didn’t go there. He stayed that night at the gateway of the palace with the other servants of the king. When David heard what Uriah had done, he summoned him and asked him, “What’s the matter with you? Why didn’t you go home to your wife last night after being away for so long?” Uriah replied, “The Ark and the armies and the general and his officers are camping out in open fields, and should I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I will never be guilty of acting like that.” “Well, stay here tonight,” David told him, “and tomorrow you may return to the army.” So Uriah stayed around the palace. David invited him to dinner and got him drunk; but even so he didn’t go home that night, but again he slept at the entry to the palace. Finally the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver. The letter instructed Joab to put Uriah at the front of the hottest part of the battle—and then pull back and leave him there to die! 2 Samuel 11:9-15 Key Verse: So the Lord sent the prophet Nathan to tell David this story: 2 Samuel 12:1 1. Listen to the Spirit. Key Passage: Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take. Proverbs: 3:5-6 Key Verse: Whether you turn to the right or the left your ears will hear a voice behind you saying this is the way, walk in it. Isaiah 40:10 Key Passage: So the Lord sent the prophet Nathan to tell David this story: “There were two men in a certain city, one very rich, owning many flocks of sheep and herds of goats; and the other very poor, owning nothing but a little lamb he had managed to buy. It was his children’s pet, and he fed it from his own plate and let it drink from his own cup; he cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter. Recently a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing a lamb from his own flocks for food for the traveler, he took the poor man’s lamb and roasted it and served it.” David was furious. “I swear by the living God,” he vowed, “any man who would do a thing like that should be put to death; he shall repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity.” Then Nathan said to David, “You are that rich man!...you despised the laws of God and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah and stolen his wife. 2 Samuel 12:1-9 2. Have a Plan. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Key Verse: Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and He will establish your plans. Proverbs 16:3 Key Verse: “I have sinned against the Lord,” David confessed to Nathan. 2 Samuel 12:13 3. Speak 100% of the Truth - Even the Last 2%. Key Verse: Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man!..." 2 Samuel 12:7a Key Verse: And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32 Key Verse: Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “Yes, but the Lord has forgiven you, and you won’t die for this sin.” 2 Samuel 12:13 Key Verse: “Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ… Ephesians 4:15a 4. Stay Obedient. Key Verse: But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to His voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. 1 Samuel 15:22 Key Passage: My dear brothers and sisters, if someone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back, you can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back from wandering will save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins. James 5:19-20 Key Verse: God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ Acts 13:22 Discussion Questions: 1. What do you feel like God is saying to you through this message? 2. What can you learn from Nathan? 3. Which point do you need to work on in your life?