~Confident in Gods Forgiveness~ You dont need to walk around carrying a load of guilt. The Apostle Paul says, Yes, all have sinned; all fall short of Gods glorious ideal; yet now God declares us not guilty of offending him if we trust in Jesus Christ, who in his kindness freely takes away our sins. (Romans 3:23-24 TLB) God wants to forgive you. But we need to accept Gods forgiveness. We may know about Gods forgiveness intellectually, but to believe it, deep down inside, accepting, in faith, that it is true. Because it is! And one thing that often blocks us from accepting forgiveness from God is that we are unable to forgive ourselves. You need to forgive yourself for your past failures and sins, for the habits and hang-ups that led you to sin. Forgive yourself! God wants you to forgive yourself. He teaches us to - Look straight ahead with honest confidence; dont hang your head in shame. (Proverbs 4:25 TEV) Have you ever committed a sin and asked God to forgive you, and even though you know Hes forgiven you, you still feel lousy? What do you do in that situation? Do you go back and ask Him to forgive you again? Confess it again, over and over? No. You only have to confess a sin one time and its forgiven. But you may have to forgive yourself a hundred times and say it over and over until it sinks in: God has forgiven me. Its over. (YouVersion devotional)
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:56:57 +0000
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