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Breaking Free From Sin

Harris Creek Baptist Church · Waco, TX Preached Sunday, Sep 6, 2026 Psalm 32:1-5

In this message from Harris Creek Baptist Church, pastor Nate Hilenkamp walks through Psalm 32 to show how King David's experience with hidden sin points to a three-part path toward freedom: taking an honest moral inventory, confessing sin to God, and repenting of it. Drawing on the Regeneration recovery ministry's framework, the sermon argues that unconfessed sin produces a groaning, bone-deep weariness, while honest confession opens the door to the abundant forgiveness God offers through Christ. Practical examples from the pastor's own life illustrate how inventory reveals not just what a person has done but the underlying idols—approval, money, control—that drive sinful patterns.

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“Pastor Nate Hilenamp | Harris Creek Church Series: How to Be Well | Week 2 — Breaking Free from Sin Text: Psalm 32 Pastor Nate, what you delivered in this message is the kind of…”

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“David didn't just feel guilty in a vague, background kind of way. He felt it in his body. There was groaning. There was exhaustion. There was this constant, low-grade heaviness that followed him everywhere — because he had chosen silence over honesty.”

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“According to Psalm 32, what physical experience did David describe when he kept his sin hidden?”

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“Freedom from sin isn't found by managing it better or hiding it more carefully—it's found by bringing it fully into the open before God and trusted community, where his grace covers what we cannot carry.”

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“While the psalm does not specify the occasion, the church has historically connected Psalm 32 with David's sin with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah (2 Samuel 11–12), placing it as a companion to Psalm…”

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“Let me ask you something honest: what have you been carrying around that you know has no business being in your life anymore? A while back, I was helping clean out a rental house.”

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“Unconfessed sin doesn't just sit quietly in the corner — it drains you. It makes you groan. It wears you down like a Texas summer wears down your energy the moment you step outside.”

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“he so loved you that he saw all your sin even before you were born. He saw your adultery. He saw your anger. He saw your addiction. And he sent his son not in spite of those things, but because of those things.”

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