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Second Samuel, chapter 11, verse 27,

and when the morning 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. Thus ends a chapter that would define David's life in so many ways,

as he sinned against a woman. He sinned against her husband.

And ultimately, did you hear the last phrase there in Second Samuel 11, 27,

the thing David had done displeased the Lord. I mean, picture David in this story. He

has sinned against God, and he has tried to cover it up with murder,

with sending Bathsheba's husband, Uriah, to the front lines, to be killed.

And David thinks, okay, I've covered this up, but the reality is, and what we've reminded of,

and Second Samuel, chapter 11, verse 27, is that we cannot cover up our sin.

Before a holy God who knows everything, and we are foolish to think we can,

and at the same time, oh, there's so much to pray. And so, I want to lead us to pray, prayers

of confession today in all of our hearts, based on Second Samuel, chapter 11. And I'm going

to trust the Holy Spirit to lead in your heart, just as he's leading in my heart,

that God would help us to see our sin, specific sin in our lives for what it is,

and to turn from it. And in this, and this is the beauty of confession before,

a God who's not only holy, but he's gracious and merciful. Why would we try to cover up our sin

when God has made away for our sin to be covered up for us? God has made away for us to be forgiven

of our sin. Jesus has taken the payment, do our sin upon himself. So let's be quick to confess,

our sin, to confess our need for God's grace, and to receive His mercy, not to be so foolish,

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