2 Samuel 12 teaches us much about mercy and grace and the possibility of restoration and fresh starts. But it also teaches us about the consequences of our sins. Nathan brings a word of judgment to David, which will reverberate down through David’s life. Not only is...

We left David in 2 Samuel 11 in a sorry place, having sinned greatly against the Lord through deceit, lies, adultery and murder. What he had done displeased the Lord, and so God sent the prophet Nathan to confront David about his sin. Perhaps we would have talked...

Garry then went on to talk about God's promise to do new things found in Isaiah 43:16-19. We need to remember the amazing things God has done for us (as He did for the Israelites in delivering them from Egyptian slavery), but we must not live in them. We must be...