Listen: People

One of the first questions we ask when we receive truth from somebody else, is this the right person? It's not everybody. You don't need to listen to hard things from everybody in your life. Is this the right person? Meaning, do I have history with this person? Is this person have they only given me one star reviews in my life? If they've only been negative and critical your entire life, listen, I I don't seek advice from people who are always negative to me. I'm not gonna call them up and ask for their counsel. [00:38:44] (32 seconds)  #ChooseTrustedCounsel

I've had people who wanted to get married, and every one of their family members and friends were like, don't do it. Don't do it. Nope. I'm gonna do it. You know what? I've been guilty of that too. All the signs, all the warning signs are there. We're not listening to family members and friends who know us really, really well. God wants to speak to you through a friend. Application might be this afternoon. You pick up the phone, and you call a friend. You tell them. You tell them what you're going through. You tell them your story. Some of us in the room, we've been holding on to things for twenty or thirty years or longer. [00:57:46] (44 seconds)  #CallAFriendToday

Our sin has ripple effects when it's not confronted, and we can sin against our spouse. We can sin against our children. We can sin against our manager at work, we can sin against the person on the highway who cuts us off. But more than that, David recognized that he sins against our sin ultimately against his holy God. Your sin is against a holy God. In order to be a friend with God, it begins by recognizing the fear of the Lord. God loves you and he hates your sin. Why? Because it does damage, the damage that David experienced throughout his life. [00:51:09] (38 seconds)  #SinHasConsequences

David says, one day, I will see my child again. Regardless of how that has happened, you will see your child again one day in heaven if you're a follower of Jesus. So that's a promise that you have to look forward to, and I don't know how all that's gonna go down, but I think I think it's gonna be beautiful. Children that have been lost, one day, one day, you will meet them again in heaven. David that's a promise. David says, I will one day. I'll come to you. I will see my child again. [00:53:43] (30 seconds)  #HopeOfHeavenlyReunion

And his son ends up sleeping with all of David's wives and concubines on the roof. Consequences to to his sin. They they lose a child. David and Bathsheba lose a child. It's it's tragic. And some of us in the room have lost a child. Maybe maybe through a miscarriage or maybe through an abortion in a room this size. That that is a reality in this room, and I want you to know there's a promise here and tucked away, and the Holy Spirit is leading me to say this this morning. [00:53:11] (32 seconds)  #GriefAndGodsPromise

Let's be really careful. The most deceptive person in our life is the person that we see when we look in the mirror. We are all only as sick as our secrets. Let's be careful that the finger one finger is that's pointing out. Right? Parents taught us this. There's four pointing back at us. Are you just as angry at your own sin? [00:43:04] (26 seconds)  #CheckYourMirror

Parents, if all you are are critical and negative in your child's life, there's going to be a day they're gonna stop listening to you. Nathan was positive in David's life. A few chapters before, he tells David, the king, the Messiah is going to come through your line. Good news. Right? Tells him Solomon's going to build the temple. David's like, oh, I wanted to do that, but your son's gonna build the temple. And so speaking truth. So Nathan has been a positive voice in David's life. He's prayed blessings over him. [00:39:16] (32 seconds)  #SpeakTruthWithLove

One of his sons murdered by another son, a civil war led by one of his sons, a son who imitates David's lack of self control, leading him and much of Israel away from God. And how did it start? One man's sin. One man's sin. When our conscience sleeps, when our heart grows hard, when there's unconfessed sin, we can read the Bible, we can listen to the Bible, we can study the Bible, we can read books about the Bible, we can listen to podcasts about the Bible, [00:36:34] (37 seconds)  #UnconfessedSinSpreads