GREAT LEADERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACTS!

Team:

Do we ever had a hard time admitting
to God that we made a mistake?

It is hard to look in the mirror and say, "I blew it Lord."

We have excuses of why we made mistakes. We blame others for our mistakes.

When this happens life becomes a big excuse for failure.

"Failure is not an Option!"

We have too much to live for. We have too many people relying on us to leave the game of life.

GREAT LEADERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACTS!

So how do we stop the domino effect and fall out of sin?

"'Return, faithless Israel,' declares the LORD, 'I will frown on you no longer,
for I am faithful,' declares the LORD,
'I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the LORD your God,
you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree,
and have not obeyed me,'" declares the LORD. Jer 3:11-13

The Lord is telling us to Return, Acknowledge our Guilt and Rebellion, and Obey.

Return

Acknowledge

Obey

GREAT LEADERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACTS!

This is so important if we want to move on and succeed in life. The reason God wants us to Acknowledge our Guilt and Rebellion is so we can let it go.

When Adam was in the Garden God asked him what he was doing. He said, "Where are you?" God knew where Adam was. The Lord didn't want to lecture Adam. The Lord wanted Adam to Return to Him to Acknowledge the Guilt and Rebellion so he could get rid of it and move on.

So many times we get stuck in our guilt and rebellion only to become hard, bitter and angry.

On the surface we are fine. Everyone sees a fake person acting "cool." Underneath all that is a hurting depressed person who just needs a way out of Guilt, Rebellion and Shame.

GREAT LEADERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACTS!

The same enemy that was in the Garden with Adam and Eve is still trying to pull us down by making excuses and blaming everyone but ourselves.

"If you blame others for something that happens in your life, then you must wait until they change in order to get better." WT

Friends, we don't have time to wait for someone else to change. God says I must and change. If we wait for the person we blame to change they are in control of our emotions which impacts everything we do.

God has all the answers if we Trust Him. Yes it is tough to change but God will give us the Power through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit to change if we let him.

GREAT LEADERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACTS!

7000 years ago Adam tried to cover up his "nakedness" with a leaf. 7000 years later we try to do the same thing don't we?

Here is the Great News. God knew the leaf wouldn't last because it was only a temporary fix. So God gave Adam and Eve the skin of an animal.

That's right God had to shed the blood of an innocent animal to get the proper covering for Adam and Eve. A covering that with withstand all the weather conditions and storms of life.

Jesus became our permanent covering over our nakedness when He shed His blood for us. God had to use the life of an innocent person to cover our nakedness. A covering that with withstand all the weather conditions and storms of life.

So the answer is Jesus. Jesus said has a great plan for us and wants us to succeed in life.

Return

Acknowledge

Obey

GREAT LEADERS ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACTS!

When we apply these Principles in our lives we will Win. When we Win we Lead others to Winning also.

As a result guilt and bitterness go away and we live a life full of Joy.

That's what I long for. How about You?

Rick

Oct 04 Readings - JEREMIAH 2:31-4:18 | COLOSSIANS 1:1-17 | PSALM 76:1-12 | PROVERBS 24:21-22