Confessions

"How shall we say that we are dead to sin live any longer in sin?"(Rom 6:2)"God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with the Lord and walk in darkness, we lie and do not tell the truth." (1 John 1: 5-6)The bible is quite clear that we are fooling ourselves and are lying to God when we continue to practice deliberate sin. This may seem obvious but many including me discount even the slightest of transgression because we do not want to admit that our sin is "as serious" as the other guys. How wicked we are!
Consider, 1 Peter 1: 13- 2: 19. "…You were redeemed with the precious blood of Christ…see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently: laying aside all malice and guile and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings."Yes even these "harmless sins, malice, guile, evil speech and envy ( like you see on E! and Entertainment Tonight). No matter the sin, it is all disgusting in God's eye and we are all GUILTY!

"How can I put such obedience to work in my life? What am I doing that displeases God? What work of my hands brings dishonor to His name? Am I setting a good example of Christ for my family? Is my walk with the Lord a good example for a non-believer? Does my life look any different than it did before I believed that Jesus died on a cross for my sins? Does my faith have evidence? (James 1:22; 2: 20)

I am too busy to pray; too confident in my own understanding to hear God. I believe others have to live their relationship with God like I do. Worried about the splinter in my brothers eye rather than the log in mine. My life in Christ is different and improved but I have room for growth. My faith has evidence, but I lack grace.

Prayer: Lord, I am growing in you-thank you for your grace while I stumble. Father please forgive me for my arrogance and my lack of grace, thinking that my life is a model for others. Help me please, help me humble myself and learn to draw my strength to be obedient from you and please help me extend grace to others as you have poured your grace upon me. Jesus help me!

Yielding: Always give grace when someone's action bothers me. Three times before I react and three more opportunities to change before I walk away and yet three more before I ask God to continue to be patient with me. May I never give up on anyone, just as my Father never gave up on me!

Blessings