“Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” - 1 Peter 5:8

1)  Isolation DISTRACTS you from your PURPOSE

v1a, “…when kings normally go out to war...” The King’s job:  lead them out and bring them in.

Ezekiel 34:11-13, (ESV) “For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land…”

 2)   Isolation DIVIDES you from your PEOPLE 2 Samuel 11:2-3 2 Samuel 23:39, “Uriah the Hittite.”

3)   Isolation DETAINS you from your PRIORITY 2 Samuel 11:4-13 “Sin will take you farther than you ever wanted to go, keep you longer than you ever wanted to stay, and cost you more than you ever wanted to pay.”

1)   Get HELP! 2 Samuel 12:1-4 Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

2)   HEAR!

2 Samuel 12:5-9, 13a Psalm 51

3)   HARMONIZE!

2 Samuel 12:26-29

Harmonize: bring my life into line with God’s Purpose and God’s People.