Take this day to catch up on your reading, pray, and rest in the presence of the Lord.
But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
—Ephesians 2:13
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“When we repent and turn back to Him, He forgives us and cleanses us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). Repentance is not optional if we want to have a relationship with God. In fact, it is the very first step in coming to faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38).”Even if you are “saved” you must repent your sins. Jesus forgives your sin but you must not continue in sin. Now we all repeat a sin from time to time but my prayer is always to thank God for forgiving my known and unknown sin and to help me listen to the Holy Spirit guide me to not repeat a sin. It is essential to repent & review sin to draw into a closer relationship with God. Many good Bible Studies on this. Pricilla Shire (my personal favorite) has one called Fervent that is excellent. Rebecca Lyons, Beth Moore, Kay Arthur, Lisa Harper, Lysa Terkeurst all have excellent studies. Some of these women are controversial to many so you will need to discern for yourself. Last but not least is the book She Reads Truth: Holding Tight to Permanent in a World That’s Passing Away by Raechel Meyers & Amanda Bible Williams. Happy weekend Shes.
Hi She’s! I can’t believe it is SO late in the day! I had my Starved group this morning and it is just such an amazing blessing! We discussed hearing from God, and all the ways he lets us know he hears our prayers! On the way to group I asked him to show me a person that might want to sit in with our group (we meet outside Panera), and sure enough there was a girl I know from church sitting there, and when we said Hi, and I told her I was with my group outside, she shyly asked to sit in!!! Wow. Ask and you will receive! And I say that a little cheeky…because of course he doesn’t always answer like that, but I am glad I am stepping out in faith to ASK in prayer things that will be for his glory! We had so many more testimonies of how we hear from God, and how our Identity is changed BECAUSE of HIM, the old is gone, and we our new creations! Yes, we still sin and mess up, BUT GOD..will let the Holy Spirit correct us! I think you explained that perfectly @KRISTEN!! Thank you!
You all are such a blessing as well! I can’t believe SRT has been my go to every morning for over 8 or so years!! The beautiful connection we share is a gift!! And to be in God’s word every day is life changing, literally! He fills us up, and he uses other believers to share, build each other up, and to pray for each other! We are his hands and feet to reach the world! Imagine just sharing this website with others could be just what they need!! And we can share with a click of a button. If we don’t fill comfortable professing Jesus personally, we can do it many ways!
Be blessed sisters…
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@Teresa Donnelly, I saw your forgiveness question. I wasn’t looking for this, but I found this in my Study Bible. I thought this was very good and related to your question.
The question in the notes asks: Why do I still sin? Then it says: Sin is one of the most heartbreaking realities we ever experience as Christians. The apostle Paul narrated what this struggle feels like for believers in Romans7:14-25, and even he had to fight against sin in his own life.
We still sin because we have not been glorified yet, and we still live in a fallen world. God has given us new hearts of faith, but we still feel the effects of the fall. Jesus Christ has made a decisive victory over sin, but the fullness of this victory will not be seen until He returns. So the power of sin is broken for the believer, but it’s presence still remains. Until then, we are called to repent of our sins in the full confidence that the Spirit has set us free from sin(see Romans 8:1-11; John 1:8-10). We do this by seeking a more intimate relationship with Christ through worship and fellowship with Him in the Word and in prayer. As we do this in dependence on the Holy Spirit, we become stronger in our fight against temptation and sin.
While our sin can be discouraging, the reason that it is so painful for us Christians is because we love our Savior and want to please Him. Our sorrow over sin reminds us our faith is genuine. We must remember that when we sin, we have “an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.” (1John 2:1)
** I was still a little confused, so I looked this up.
1 John 9 says: iIf we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. The note says: God’s forgiveness is given as soon as we admit our need of it, not because of any act we have done to earn it, but solely because of His grace. The free gift of forgiveness carries with it a cleansing from unrighteousness. God accepts us as righteous because He imputes or counts to us the righteousnesses of Christ. That is the very righteousness of Christ-His perfect fulfillment of the Lord’s requirements-its imputed or counted to us when we rest in Jesus alone for salvation. Nevertheless, until we are glorified, we will sin, and our sin hurts our experience or fellowship with God. Thus, we must confess, them to the Lord. He will not refuse to pardon those who trust in Him, because He is faithful to His promise to forgive people, and He cannot refuse to pardon those who trust Him because it would be unjust for them to make them pay the penalty when Christ already paid it for them.
I love what Searching wrote in response to your question. Her explanation may be more concrete than this.
KELLY (NEO): Thank you! I appreciate this so much!
KRISTEN—I just prayed for all the needs you mentioned and for you and your family as well.
I went through my prayer journal and prayed for all the needs that have been mentioned in the past couple of weeks. I love you sweet sisters!
SAVED by the blood of Jesus! THANK YOU JESUS! I am free! Good morning beautiful She’s! Heading out here soon to the bay area all by myself to visit a sweet friend. Prayers are appreciated for her. Please pray as I’ve never done this before. I’m going read the comments and pray for you all. Also, please pray for my children as they are off to a different location to visit their cousins who they haven’t seen in over six years. Pray for their safety and pray that it will go well.
Good morning! My mom called and wanted prayers for some people. Would you all please pray for the too? Her friend, Jan, had a heart transplant a while back and was doing well. In the past year or so, she has lost lots of weight, and struggles to eat. My mom said they don’t exactly know everything going on with her health, but she has to get dialysis for her kidneys multiple times a week. She is now hospitalized. I’m not sure that she is saved! The other is a little baby named, Sawyer. He was born without his stomach being connected to his esophagus. He has spent more of his life in the hospital, than at home. He needs surgery but they had to wait until he is bigger and stronger! This is taking a toll on the family of course! Tom Clark has lung cancer. I’m not sure if he is saved either. I don’t know about you ladies, but I hear people joke about Hell. People don’t think they need Jesus. Some think that they will go to Heaven because they didn’t do anything like kill someone. They don’t get that we all sin and fall short, and none of us could enter if Jesus didn’t die and drink the cup of God’s wrath. Also, I’ve been more aware of people blinded by or in new age or even witchcraft. It’s so disturbing. May they have encounter with Jesus, even today, so that their eyes are open. May they repent and be delivered and set free to serve and live the Lord! Amen!
I also need prayer for myself and my family, but I won’t get into all of it!
I truly appreciate anyone that will pray! Thank you!