Aug 15, 2024 … Deep Cleaning …

Aug 15, 2024 … Deep Cleaning  …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   …to hear Natalie Grant, with music and lyrics, singing Clean, on being set free and cleansed from our bondage to sin sin by our faith in Christ’s finished work on the cross.   

Washed Clean ... 

     

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Highlight Passage: … Psalms 32:5 [NLT] … 

5   Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt.I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.  

… King David sings of being cleansed by the Lord of his past sins by confessing and repenting to receive God’s grace                                  

    

Highlight Passage (in context): … Psalms 32:1-7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to forgive others as Christ has forgiven them (us).   

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 51:7-13  [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… King David, deeply grieving his sin with Bathsheba, prays in song for God to cleanse him of his sin and restore him to repentance and obedience.      

Reference Passage: … John 13:1-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… Jesus washes the feet of HIs Disciples in the Upper Room to show them what cleansing is all about.   

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 7:1 [NLT] …  

1 Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God.    

… The Apostle Peter calls on fellow Christians to cleanse ourselves of all that defiles our bodies and spirit.              

Reference Passage:</u> … James 5:16  [NLT] …   

16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.   

… The Apostle James teaches fellow Christians on the power of mutual prayer to cleanse us from our sin.  

Reference Passage: … 1John 1:7-9 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… if we are willing to surrender in faith and confess our sins to God, … HIS love will cleanse us of ALL of our sins.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, James Banks  -  AT THIS LINK  - tells of a personal episode in middle school where the author and some friends were misbehaving in a school concert shooting spitballs at other students.  And the author relates lying that he didn’t do it when confronted.  Later, wracked with guilt, the ODB author was able to confess and experiencing the healing of forgiveness and the cleansing of God’s grace.   

And I am one, perhaps some of my readers are too, who has experienced the deep cleansing from God’s mercy and grace when we sinners were willing to confess and repent of our sins as King David did (see Highlight passage).  I’m praying today - right here and now - that we’re all walking in God’s cleansing grace.           

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your forgiveness, Lord, and the grace of Your cleansing mercies.     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here will seek Your cleansing grace today, Lord.…  Amen

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