Yet from the days of your fathers You have gone away from My ordinances And have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” Says the Lord of hosts. But you said, ‘In what way shall we return?’ Malachi 3:7 When we are seeking God, we must seek Him with our whole heart. We must then realize that repentance is not ony an option, but a requirement. In returning to the Lord means that we will forsake sin and obey what God he says. In the Old Testament, the nations of Israel and Judah repeatedly strayed from God. Each time this happened God would send a…
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Repenting To God
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10 What images, feelings, or reactions do you get when you hear the word repentance? Why do we blame our circumstances or other people for our actions or our spiritual condition? Let’s take a look at David. Let’s read Psalm 51:1-6. Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned,…
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Reflection Day
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Proverbs 28:13 Today is Reflection Day! I really love reflection day. It’s a time for me to go back and reflect on what God has spoken to me about. It gives me time to pray and seek God about what he wants to speak to change in my life. It gives me time to make a game plan of putting action to what God is telling me and asking of me. Reflection Day gives me a slower pace to really grasp what God is telling me. It gives me more time to…
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Digging Deeper
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Proverbs 28:13 Wow! Being honest is so important. It’s important to God, to ourselves, and to others. Nothing good comes from being silent, or not being honest. What do you think of our decieving others by what we don’t say? What are some other ways we can be dishonest with others? Why do you think it is hard to be honest with each other? The deception of others by individuals, usually for the sake of their own interest, safety or pride. Scripture condemns such pretence and demands honesty from believers at every…
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Seeking Him
. Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. Psalm 51:6 The enemy, Satan, is wanting us to have the struggle of being honest with God and ourselves. He wants to deceive us and for us to live in that deception. Jesus explains well who satan is. ” You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he…
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Opening Up In Truth
Jesus and the disciples came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. Mark 9:33-34 Keeping silent is always the best way to handle the truth. We might think or attempt to hide things from God, but in reality We can’t hide anything from God. In Mark 9:33-34, this is what the disciples did. They stayed silent. Through their silence Jesus saw and heard their sinful, proud attitudes. Jesus gave them an opportunity to walk in the light with him. …
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Walking In The Light
This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us…
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Being Honest With God
.For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long . . . I acknowledge my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity. Psalm 32: 3, 5 How honest are you with God about your sin? Do you try and hide it? Deny our sin whether it is blaming others, or making excuses for ourselves comes naturally to us. We do not need to be taught this. When our triune God is living in us, we still fight the battle to be deceitful. God cannot bless us if we are unwilling to acknowledge the truth of our sin. Read 2 Samuel 11. …
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Honesty: Being Silent Is Not Always The Way To Go
Proverbs 28:13 “Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. When we are seeking God in our personal life there is a level of honesty that has to happen. How honest are you with God. How nervous does this make you? Does this make you uncomfortable? Since humilty is the first step of drawiing closer to God, then the next step is being honest with God and others. When was there a time when you were tempted to leave a better impression of yourself than what was true? What did you do? Why? So when the woman saw that the tree…
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Reflection Day
Today is Reflection Day! I really love reflection day. It’s a time for me to go back and reflect on what God has spoken to me about. It gives me time to pray and seek God about what he wants to speak to change in my life. It gives me time to really listen to the Holy Spirit. It gives me time to make a game plan of putting action to what God is telling me and asking of me. So!! Get your journals, pens, and bible and spend time with God. Listen to him and obey him. When you get uncomfortable with the quiet, just stay there and give…