Tapped Out
January 4, 2026 | 2 Samuel 11:1-9, Genesis 3:6-10,21, James 5:16, Hebrews 12:1-2
Eric Wooten, Altared Ministries
2 Samuel 11: 1-9 Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they brought destruction on the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem.
2 Now at evening time David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance. 3 So David sent servants and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” 4 Then David sent messengers and had her brought, and when she came to him, he slept with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house. 5 But the woman conceived; soshe sent word and informed David, and said, “I am pregnant.”
6 Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 When Uriah came to him, David asked about Joab’s well-being and that of the people, and the condition of the war. 8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house, and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the king’s house, and a gift from the king was sent after him.9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
Genesis 3:6-10 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.
8 Now they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the [b]cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
ROOTS OF SHAME
AbandonmentAbuse
Illegitimacy
Poverty
Loss
Alcohol/Drug Abuse
Rejection
Differentness
Shame by an Authority Figure
Sexual Sins
5 FRUITS OF SHAME
#1 UNWORTHINESS
#2 PERFECTIONISM
#3 TERRITORIALISM
#4 NEGATIVITY
#5 CONTROLLING
SOLUTION FOR SHAME
1. CONFESSION
James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. A prayer of a righteous person, when it is [q]brought about, can accomplish much.”
2. REPENTANCE
3. FORGIVENESS
Genesis 3:9-10 “Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
Genesis 3:21 “And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.”
Hebrews 12:1-2 “Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking only at Jesus, the [a]originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”