Saturday, March 28, 2015

Confession is good for the soul BY: KB © 3.28.15







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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