Today : Forgiveness
TODAY’S VERSE
“When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long. – 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.” Psalms 32:3, 5 (NLT)
TODAY’S THOUGHT
What hope is found when we decide to stop doing something that is wrong. What peace is ours when we set out to make right those wrongs that we have committed. What joy we experience when we unburden our self of things that have held us prisoner in the dungeon of guilt. David paints the picture of inner turmoil and anguish we bring upon ourselves when we store the toxic emotions of a guilty conscience. He writes, “When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long.” But later David writes, “Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! Yes, what joy for those whose record the LORD has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!” Where there was pain, there can be joy. Where there was guilt, there can be forgiveness. Today, come to God with anything that is bothering your conscience. Don’t go another day without experiencing the joy from a heart forgiven.
TODAY’S PRAYER
Father, thank You for the substitute death of Christ for my sins. I know I can bring any of my wrongdoings to You for Your complete forgiveness. Lord, hear my prayers of repentance and restore joy deep into my soul.
AMEN
TODAY’S VISUALIZATION & MEDITATION
God has forgive all my sins
See yourself in the shadows, hiding from God. Feel the weight of sin and guilt as you keep your sins from God. All of a sudden light comes into your darkness. It is God, Himself seeking you out, urging you to confess and come clean. You turn to Him and feel His deep love for you. You repent and confess your sins and accept His gift of forgiveness. Feel the freedom, the weight lifted. You affirm, “God has forgiven all my sins!”