Sept 19, 2025 … Confessing Our Sins …

Sept 19, 2025 …  Confessing Our Sins  …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   … Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with the group, Maranatha Singers, … ”The Steadfast Love “- and - “If We Confess Our Sins”,  … Singing two songs, calling on Christians to confess  their (our) sins and be forgiven and healed.

Highlight Passage … Proverbs 28:13 … [NLT] … 

13 People who conceal their sins will not prosper, … but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.   

… Solomon confirms God’s blessing on those who’re willing to confess their (our) sins . 

Highlight Passage (in context): …  Proverbs 28:13-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  Solomon shows the struggle all of us have with sin in our lives.  

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

… King David song of confession of his sins involving Bathsheba and the murder of her husband. 

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Years after his sins with Bathsheba, King David sings of healing he received from God having confessed and repented of David’s sin.

Reference Passage: … Acts 3:19 [NLT] …  

19 Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.

… Peter teaches truth and calls on fellow Christians to confess and repent of their (our) sins.

Reference Passage: … Romans 7:14-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Apostle Paul confesses his own struggle with living up to God’s Law, which revealed how own sin.  … {Can I get a witness?}

Reference Passage: … James 5:16  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… James, Jesus’ brother, calls on fellow Christians to confess their (our) sins and pray for one another.   

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

…   God’s promise, thru John, to forgive and cleanse anyone who is willing to confess his/her sins before God and others. 

My Devotional Journal:  Today’s Our Daily Bread Author, Unpublished online - Jennifer Benson Schuldt  … AT THIS LINK    …  told of a time when she used make up to hide an irritated patch of skin near her eye.  However, as it worsened, our ODB author realized that she needed to go to a doctor for diagnosis and treatment.  And when she did, the ODB author decided not to cover up the irritated patch of skin with make-up, … letting the doctor see exactly what was her concern.  

And the ODB entry for today uncovers a pattern that is all too often prevalent in humans; … yes, even in Christians; … and that is trying to hide our sins and refusing to confess and repent to receive God’s mercy and forgiving grace.  That was the message that Solomon brought out in the the Highlight passage of Proverbs 28:13-14; and it’s also exposed in King David’s witness in Psalms 51 and 32.

Personally, being open and honest about myself is one of the hardest things I ever did when I confessed past pattens of recurring sin to my wife … and ultimately to God, leading to a life of repentance and forgiveness.   Are any of my readers, like Adam and Eve, hiding in the bushes of His garden?   If so, my friend, it’s time to come out and confess to God; and let Him cleanse you completely. 

<My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … Lord … for leading me out into the open with Your forgiving and cleansing grace.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, Lord. … for cleansing us of our sin when we’re willing to confess to You.  … Amen

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