Read To Me Daily Semester 2Sample

2SAMUEL 13:
Yesterday in our story in 2 Samuel, we heard of David's moral failure with Bathsheba. That sin led to the death of the noble husband of Bathsheba, Uriah. Nathan gave one of his most stunning prophecies. David immediately and utterly repented. Even so, the baby son of Bathsheba and David son died. I mentioned yesterday that sin always has consequences, even when there has been forgiveness. Another lesson from this story is that one sin leads to more sin. 

PSALM 112:
Like Psalm 111, Psalm 112 carries similar themes with the book of Proverbs. Verse 9 of today’s poem is quoted in the New Testament.

Re-reading ROMANS 14:
Let’s re-read Romans 14 today! I am very happy that Paul didn't just give the churches a list of the celebrations and days that Christians were to consider as sacred. He did not give us a list of foods to not eat. That would have been the easy thing to do. To me it is a proof of God's inspiration that Paul does the counterintuitive thing: He tells us each to decide as our conscience dictates before God. Paul was not interested in establishing a man-made religion. The things that matter are “living a life of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.” And when choosing our actions, let our conscience be our guide.

Let’s pray.
Lord, because of David’s sin, we mourn because of our own sins. Help us to meditate on the implications of his story, and about our own selfish and sinful desires. It’s true that You forgave him, but if we were from Uriah’s family, we would be crying out for justice against David for murder and adultery. You knew, however, that Jesus would pay the penalty for David. Lord, we don’t want to add to the sins that Jesus died to save us from. And we clearly see in this story that no evil we do can be concealed from You. And Lord, in Romans 14, we see that being members of your body and living in love for our brothers and sisters, does not mean that we will have exactly the same beliefs. We need to show love and acceptance in spite of differences. And we see how important living according to those beliefs is in our quest to keep a clear conscience before You. Keep us from intentional sins! And we confess our sins and our moment by moment need of You today.