So I’m sitting here after reading my devotionals and working
on my various blog posts. My various devotionals and blog posts got me to
thinking and God started dealing with me
through His word….man oh man…you know some days I just want to be lazy
and just check out but my love for God and my dedication to my writing often
prompts me to elucidate and illuminate (nice $2 college words) on my thoughts.
Here’s how God spoke to my spirit today….Protestant might
want to look to the Catholics on the subject of confession. Oh, I know some
folks who can pray like their life depended and truth be told it does. I know
some people who are blessed with the unique ability to usher in the Holy
Spirit. I know people who can sing like an angel in praise. But all these
qualities are for naught if we cannot confess and I have to say that I was born
into a Protestant family and I have praised and prayed in the Protestant traditions
for the majority of my life but I have yet to hear anyone, from childhood to
now, really spend any amount of time discussing the significance of confession.
For the most part I've been taught that confession is between you and God, like
it’s a secret society… Confession very well may be a personal matter but when
we sin it’s usually out in the open with justification and rationalization to
make it palatable for the masses.
James 5:16 Therefore,
confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be
healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Psalm 32:5 I
acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will
confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my
sin. Selah
Acts 19:18 Also
many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their
practices.
Psalm 32:2 Blessed
is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose
spirit there is no deceit.
I often catch myself in fault during the course of my day
and I am starting to develop the habit of prayer when I do catch myself…I’m
challenging you to do the same. You’ll be surprised just how many times a day
that you’ll be engaging in prayer.
How Ya livin”? !
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