May 9 2026 … Battling Sin …

May 9 2026 … Battling Sin … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...     and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Matt Maher singing Lord, I Need You … declaring that (we) Christians need God’s cover and protection every day.

David's sin with Bathsheba ... 

  

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Highlight Passage: … 2Samuel 11:1 … [NLT]

…  1  In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem. 

… David became vulnerable to sin by not doing what God had called him to do.

Highlight Passage in Context:  2Samuel 11:1-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… While God’s army went to war, King David stayed behind in the Palace and encounters his sin with Bathsheba and her husband Uriah <b>(see photo)</b>

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 51:10-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David pleads with God from His confession of his sin with Bathsheba.

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Isaiah, promises His strength for believers who are weak.

Reference Passage: … Romans 8:3-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians about God’s Spirit empowering them (us) to resist sin where God’s Law could not give us that power.  

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul also teaches how God will show fellow Christians how to battle temptation.

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 6:12-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Finally Paul shows fellow Christians that God gives them (us) His full armor to do battle against our spiritual enemies.

Reference Passage: … 1John 1:9  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John gives God’s assurance of cleansing for any/all Christians who genuinely confess their (our) sin.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Mike Wittmer …  USE THIS LINK     … related the story of two young soldiers who came home from successful battle and were given desk jobs for their country.  However both young me discovered that it became very difficult to stave off the temptation of being addicted to the internet.   

Their homeland temptations reminded the ODB author of those “battle” faced by King David (see the Highlight passage) when he stayed home in the palace and relenting to the temptation to sin against Bathsheba (see photo) and her husband.   And these days, as the young men did in the ODB story, so many in our world can easily be tempted and addicted to online temptations.  

Personally, by applying God’s power and His promises through His word, as in the Scriptures provided and the linked song promises, I’ve been able to do battle against the forces of evil in our world.   How about you?  If you need help, contact me @ www.battleplanministries.org .      

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for Your strength in doing battle for Your glory. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for providing us with Your cleansing and protection in the battles we face in life.   …  Amen 

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