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2 Samuel 11: 11 (NIV) Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my commander Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!”

2 Samuel 12: 1 (NIV) The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.

2 Samuel 12: 2 -3 (NIV) 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. 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: 4 (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. 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: 5 -6 (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: 7 (NIV) Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! 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: 8 (NIV) I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.

1. God desires a truly repentant heart.

2 Samuel 12: 20 (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. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.

Psalm 103: 12 (NIV) as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

1. God desires a truly repentant heart. 2. Don’t live in self-condemnation that knows neither joy nor fruitfulness.

2. Don’t live in self-condemnation that knows neither joy nor fruitfulness. 3. Bathsheba did not live her life as damaged goods. She was radically and radiantly redeemed.

3. Bathsheba did not live her life as damaged goods. She was radically and radiantly redeemed. 4. There is abundant life after adultery and divorce.

4. There is abundant life after adultery and divorce. 5. Bathsheba is in the Bible to let us know we think too small and judge too much.

Psalm 103: 12 (NIV) as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

1 Chronicles 4: 9 (NIV) Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain. ”

1 Chronicles 4: 10 (NIV) Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain. ” And God granted his request.