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2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation Manipulate: control or influence a person cleverly, unfairly, or unscrupulously New Oxford American Dictionary (Second Edition)

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, 'I Have Found David The Son Of Jesse, A Man After My Own Heart, Who Will Do All My Will.' Acts 13:22

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13)

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13) “ Nathan had told a story to help David do a right thing, repent of his sins. This woman told a story to encourage David to do a wrong thing, restore Absalom without first insisting on repentance. ” Warren Wiersbe , With The Word

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13)

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13) They shall be cities of refuge for you from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation in judgment. Numbers 35:12

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13) 2. Convincing Arguments Do Not Always Reveal God's Heart ( v 14)

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 2. Convincing Arguments Do Not Always Reveal God's Heart ( v 14) “ Forgiveness that ignores justice is only a fiction. Even God does not restore a “banished one” without first paying the price to uphold His law. Forgiveness is not cheap; it is costly. God demands that we repent and turn from sin. ” Warren Wiersbe , With The Word

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 2. Convincing Arguments Do Not Always Reveal God's Heart ( v 14) John 3 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 2. Convincing Arguments Do Not Always Reveal God's Heart ( v 14) John 3 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13) 2. Convincing Arguments Do Not Always Reveal God's Heart ( v 14)

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13) 2. Convincing Arguments Do Not Always Reveal God's Heart ( v 14) There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Proverbs 14:12

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13) 2. Convincing Arguments Do Not Always Reveal God's Heart ( v 14) 3. Flattering Words Do Not Always Communicate God's Heart ( v 15-20)

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13) 2. Convincing Arguments Do Not Always Reveal God's Heart ( v 14) 3. Flattering Words Do Not Always Communicate God's Heart ( v 15-20)

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13) 2. Convincing Arguments Do Not Always Reveal God's Heart ( v 14) 3. Flattering Words Do Not Always Communicate God's Heart ( v 15-20) 4. Successful Schemes Do Not Always Reflect God's Heart ( v 21-24)

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 4. Successful Schemes Do Not Always Reflect God's Heart ( v 21-24) “ David’s forgiveness of Absalom was completely inadequate, leading to a further outbreak of sin. God’s forgiveness of a man’s soul is completely adequate, and a great deterrent to continued sin. ” Alan Redpath , The Making Of A Man Of God

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13) 2. Convincing Arguments Do Not Always Reveal God's Heart ( v 14) 3. Flattering Words Do Not Always Communicate God's Heart ( v 15-20) 4. Successful Schemes Do Not Always Reflect God's Heart ( v 21-24)

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 4. Successful Schemes Do Not Always Reflect God's Heart ( v 21-24) If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their place in peace. Exodus 18:23

2 Samuel 14 Pursuing God’s Heart Protects 
 You From Manipulation 1. Manipulated Emotions Do Not Always Express God's Heart ( v 1-13) 2. Convincing Arguments Do Not Always Reveal God's Heart ( v 14) 3. Flattering Words Do Not Always Communicate God's Heart ( v 15-20) 4. Successful Schemes Do Not Always Reflect God's Heart ( v 21-24)

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