Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video with song and lyrics from Natalie Grant singing … Clean … poignantly singing of how God sees all and is willing and able to cleanse us from all confessed sin.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 2 Samuel 12:13 [NLT] … 13 Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “Yes, but the Lord has forgiven you, and you won’t die for this sin. 14 Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the word of the Lord by doing this, your child will die.”
… David cleansed of the sin, but not absolved of the consequences of the sin.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 2 Samuel 12:1-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… David’s sin revealed and confessed; and God’s mercy/grace to cleanse David.
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Reference Passage : … Lamentations 3:22-23 [NLT] … SEE THIS LINK …
… God’s mercies are new every morning … IF … we’re willing to let them work in our lives by humble and honest confession and repentance.
Reference Passage : … Psalm 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.
… When we’re willing to confess and repent of our sin, God will forgive and cleanse - FOREVER.
Reference Passage : … John 19:28-30 [NLT] … SEE THIS LINK …
… Jesus declares “It is finished” from the cross and dies, doing all that was necessary to cleanse any repentant sinner of his/her sin.
Reference Passage : … 1John 1:9 [NLT] … 9 But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
… All we need do now is confess our sins to Him directly and be cleansed.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Jennifer Benson Schuldt, used a story of some modern technology that helps us reveal what is going on in our lives. The ODB author wrote … When a man installed a security camera outside his house [see photo], he checked the video feature to ensure that the system was working. He was alarmed to see a broad-shouldered figure in dark clothing wandering around his yard. He watched intently to see what the man would do. The interloper seemed familiar, however. Finally he realized he wasn’t watching a stranger roam his property, but a recording of himself in his own backyard!
What might we see if we could step out of our skin and observe ourselves in certain situations?
As with King David, hiding in the darkness of his unconfessed sin (see highlight passage), sometimes it takes the eyes of someone else, to help us see, confess, and repent of our sin.
But also as with David, when we do, God, thru Jesus’ completed work on the cross (see John 19:28-30), is willing and able to cleanse us of that sin (see Psalm 32:5 and 1John 1:9) … COMPLETELY!
So, knowing that God is our ultimate security camera and sees all, … is there anything we need to confess and let our Lord cleanse us today?
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for Your mercies which are new to me every day.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here can, and will, join me, to repent of any unconfessed sin; and be cleansed today. Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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