May 28 2026 … Confessing Our Sins

May 28 2026 … Confessing Our Sins 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Brenda Lee singing her 1960 hit song … I’m Sorry … showing the willingness of a loved one to confess their (our) mistakes to someone we’ve hurt.

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Highlight Passage: … Leviticus 26:40 …42 … [NLT]

… 40 “But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me.  …  42 Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.  

… God’s promise, thru Moses, to His people of God’s willingness to remember His covenant promises to their ancestors when/if they’re willing to confess of their (our) sins..

Reference Passage: … Leviticus 26:40-45 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …         

… Moses shows God’s people that God will forgive and uphold His covenant with His people if they’re (we’re) willing to confess and repent of their (our) sins.

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Reference Passage: … 2Samuel 12:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  King David confesses his sin with Bathsheba and the killing of her husband before Nathan, The Prophet, and God; and Nathan reveals God’s willingness to forgive David.  

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 32:5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of the confession of his guilt to God and recognizes God’s forgiveness.

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 28:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon compares the believer willing to confess to God with that one who tries to hide his sin. 

Reference Passage: … Romans 10:9 NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                                              

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth that those who’re willing to openly confess that Jesus is LORD will be saved.

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

… James teaches that fellow Christians are to confess their sins, one to the other, and be willing to pray for one another.

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

… God, thru John’s teaching, calls for Christians to confess their (our) sins to God  in order to receive God’s cleansing grace.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Tim Gustafson  …  USE THIS LINK         uses an old movie comedy about a bumbling, but brilliant, programmer chosen to be on a mars exploration mission; … and when he stumbles onto the Mars surface, all he can say is “It wasn’t me,” … which, unfortunately, characterizes our human nature of covering up our failings rather than being willing to confess our faults and receive God’s forgiveness.

Saying “I’m sorry” is hard to do, isn't it?  But as we take in the old linked song by Brenda Lee and the Scriptures shared above, I, … for one, … am convicted about bringing my failings to God with a heart of confession and contrition.   How about you?     

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for willingness to forgive when I’m willing to say “I’m sorry!”  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for Your forever forgiveness when we’re willing to come to you with our honest confessions.  … Amen

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