SUNDAY TEACHING NOTES
December 14, 2025 (Sunday Worship @ 9:00am and 11:15am)
HOW TO HAVE PEACE ON EARTH WHEN THERE'S A WAR AT HOME
PART 3: LOSS IS NOT THE LAST WORD
TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 12:16-24
The Bible never hides from sorrow.
The Pathway Through Loss
1. ________________________ on what you know.
2. ________________________ joy.
3. ________________________ the load.
4. ________________________ care of yourself.
5. ________________________ someone else.
Reflect and Respond:
> What hurt are you carrying that Christ invites you to release?
> What do you need Jesus to forgive you of?
The Bible never hides from sorrow.
- Lamentations means "mourning"
- Job asks over 140 questions about loss
- Half of the 150 Psalms are about pain
- Jesus was called "a man of sorrow"
The Pathway Through Loss
1. ________________________ on what you know.
- v. 20: "Then David got up from the ground."
- That's physical and spiritual action
- David didn't let his feelings write his theology
2. ________________________ joy.
- vs. 20: "...[David] washed himself, anointed himself, and changed his clothes."
- Sackcloth symbolizes grief
- Oil symbolizes Joy (Ps. 45:7; Heb. 1:9)
3. ________________________ the load.
- vs. 20: "...[David] went into the house of the Lord and worshiped."
- The house of the Lord > the temple
God's new temple > the church - "Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn" (Romans 12:15)
- Carry each other's burdens. (Galatians 6:2)
4. ________________________ care of yourself.
- v. 20: "[David] are."
- Practice D.E.E.R.
- D.________________________
- E.________________________
- E.________________________
- R.________________________
- v. 24: "[David] comforted his wife Bathsheba."
- Healed people heal people
- "[God] comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God." (2 Corinthians 1:3-4)
- v. 24: "She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon."
- Solomon (shalom) > ________________________
Reflect and Respond:
> What hurt are you carrying that Christ invites you to release?
> What do you need Jesus to forgive you of?
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