Friends, God wants to Touch you today with Forgiveness. Have you ever been Forgiven? Do you really believe you are Forgiven?
When we are Forgiven we get Freedom and Power to move on to the next Play. The Same is True when we Forgive Someone else.
Here Coach MacIntosh talks about letting ourselves be Forgiven. Let's face it all of us have made mistakes. The Bible says all of us have all sinned and Fallen Short of God's Glory.
Sometimes we dwell on the past so much we handcuff ourselves from moving on and being Forgiven. We get frozen with the "if only I woulda, coulda, shoulda's. What if God is mad at me? I am so unworthy!
Friends that is the enemy "piling on" like in a football game. The enemy is taking cheap shots at us.
We think thoughts like, this must be why this happened or that happened. Good or bad this type of system fails because we all make mistakes.
God doesn't play games of Negotiation. "You did this so I'm going to do that."
God is not on a system of pluses and minuses. God is simply all about Grace. Grace is getting something I don't deserve.
In Romans 2:4 the Bible says, "it is the goodness of God that leads us to Changing our ways."
God has Great Plans for us but we must receive His Forgiveness to be Free of the Bondage of the Guilt and Condemnation. The enemy wants us to be stuck in Limbo with no way out.
"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." Isaiah 1:18
Receive His Forgiveness Today.
"Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a Double Portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours"(Isaiah 61:7, NIV)
To Receive Forgiveness we also have to admit we were wrong. Sometimes that is hard. We can admit we are wrong when it comes to God but what about when it is with our family, spouse, kids, co-workers ect..?
A Great Leader will Receive Forgiveness and in turn will Forgive others for the Overall Good of the Organization.
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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
A little boy was playing outside in the dirt when it began to lightly rain. His mother called him in for supper, and when she saw him covered with mud, she was very upset. "Upstairs, young man! You get into the bathtub and get clean right now!" The family was seated a few minutes later, waiting for junior to come to the table. Finally, the mother went up to the bathroom to find a shiny clean boy standing next to a bathtub full of mud and dirt. What a mess. The mother said, "What are you doing, son?" "Oh hi, Mom! I'm just standing here remembering how dirty I was."
That's how it is sometimes with us. We would rather stand still and remember our past than walk forward with God by faith. But that will never bring healing to our souls; in fact, it will always have the opposite effect.
Repeatedly, the Bible tells us that we must live by God's standards -- not our own standards or "politically correct" standards. Though you may struggle with confessing what you have done, it is usually much harder to repent, because if a person repents of his or her sins, then he or she must turn away from those sins.
Let me say this: If you want to feel the loving touch of God, then confess your sins and repent from them. God is pleased when we acknowledge what He already knows. He is a holy God, and sin separates us from Him. But James tells us to "draw near to God, and He will draw near to you" (James 4:8).
Today, look forward to what God will do! If you are hurting because of some kind of sin in your life, confession and repentance will help to dress your wound so that the healing process can begin. Don't let sin keep you from all that God has for you today.
Read Through the Bible in 1 Year
Today:
1 Chronicles 7:1-8:40
Acts 5:22-42
Psalm 77:4-9
Proverbs 19:13-14
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