New
Life
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Title:
New Life -------------------
Date: 12/26/2001
Keywords:
"brokenness”
“forgiveness” “grace"
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Passage:
2 Samuel 12:20*
So David arose from the
ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his
clothes; and he came into the house of the Lord and
worshiped. Then he came to his own house, and when he
requested, they set food before him and he ate.
Questions
1. What had to happen in
David’s heart before he could move on after his
sin?
2. What precious things had
David sacrificed in order to keep his sin
hidden?
Practical
help
David’s sin with
Bathsheba had such devastating effects: adultery,
murder, a cover-up and lost intimacy with God to name
a few. Finally the confrontation with the prophet
Nathan came. David was broken and ashamed. Then the
child that David fathered died. God had spoken, and
David could no longer hide the truth of what he had
done.
As today’s verse shows us,
David did not continue to dwell on his sin. Even
though he had sacrificed his close relationship with
God for an entire year to hide his sin, David returned
to God, and God forgave him, opening the way to begin
life anew. What an amazing picture of
grace!
Where has your struggle with Web
porn taken you? What have you sacrificed to keep it
hidden? Have you ditched intimacy with your spouse? Do
you avoid transparent and honest relationships with
your friends — or even closeness with
God?
Don’t let it go on any
longer. Sure, it’s a struggle to leave it behind
and disclose the truth about the stranglehold smut has
had on you. But when we return to God in humility and
brokenness and accept his forgiveness, He gives us a
fresh start. He’ll give you a fresh start. To
know forgiveness as David did, first admit your sins
to God and turn to him. Then move ahead with a new and
fresh approach to life by His grace.
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD
BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation
1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977,
1995. Used by permission."
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