Consulting – Nathan and David (DEVOTION)

Read the Scriptures listed below.  Then answer the following questions in your table groups.

• 2 Samuel 7:1-17 (Nathan’s advice to King David)
• 2 Samuel 12:1-14 (Nathan rebukes King David)

1. What mistake did Nathan make in the first story?
2. Why do you think he did it?
3. What can we learn from it?
4. How did Nathan anticipate and prevent King David’s resistance to his message in the second story?
5. Why do you think this worked so well?
6. What can we learn from his approach?