2 Samuel 11:1-17

David – How to Ruin Your Life

1. Allow complacency to creep in.
2. Begin to justify self-indulgence.
3. Ignore sin’s progression.
   a) A sinful thought becomes an attractive thought.
   b) An attractive thought becomes an obsessive thought.
   c) An obsessive thought grows into an imagined outcome.
   d) An imagined outcome promises a manageable outcome.
   e) A manageable outcome becomes an action.
   f) An action becomes unmanageable.
   g) An unmanageable life becomes a ruined life.
   h) A ruined life stays ruined through shame.

Action steps

• Understand where the battle really is — in your thought life.
• Lean into relationships instead of running from them.
• Build some adventurous faith into your Christian life.
• Repent; don’t manage.
• Surrender your life to Jesus today! All of it!