the Bible says he who conceals his
transgressions will not prosper
but whoever confesses and turns away
from his sins will find compassion and
mercy
confess and turn away from your sins
from your hidden sins
and you'll find compassion
and mercy
well that's the solution if you confess
and turn away from the things that are
hidden in your closet you'll find
compassion and mercy
if you confess and turn away from the
skeletons in your heart
you'll find compassion and mercy
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sin is a slippery slope
one act of sin
always suggests and sometimes Demands a
second and third Act of sin
so here's what God's calling you to do
concerning deliberate sin
the Amplified translation for Acts 3 19
says
so repent
change your inner self
your old way of thinking regret past
sins and return to God
seek his purpose for your life
so that your sins may be wiped away
blotted out completely erased
so that times of refreshing may come
from the presence of the Lord restoring
you like a cool wind on a hot day
and here's what God is warning you about
deliberate sin
Proverbs 28 13 says he who conceals his
transgressions will not prosper
but whoever confesses and turns away
from his sins will find compassion and
mercy
at the end of the day
let us put aside premeditated deliberate
sin
and let's seek God's face in Repentance
love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with
all your mind and with all your strength
when you love it
you won't mock his love
you won't take advantage of his
forgiveness
when you love him
you don't deliberately get into a habit
of sinning yes you may fall
but staying down is an entirely
different matter altogether
repentance suggests turning around
changing one's actions
even if you've been guilty of
premeditated sin
it is not too late to turn back to God
and submit yourself to him
the dangerous thing about trying to hide
your sins is that you place yourself in
a false sense of security you
effectively fool yourself
you might think you're getting away with
it and that type of thinking will lead
you to continue deliberately sinning and
backsliding this is a dangerous and
deadly position to be in
stop concealing that hidden sin confess
repent turn away from it and you will
obtain Mercy stop concealing that hidden
sin of adultery and fornication turn
away from it and you will obtain Mercy
Psalm 69 verse 5 says o God you know my
foolishness and my sins are not hidden
from you
we all have some type of foolishness
that we need to deal with and I would go
as far as saying we need to seek the
face of Jesus Christ with an urgency
because we need his strength if we are
to ever be free
Isaiah 59 verses 1 to 2 says behold the
Lord's hand is not so short that it
cannot save nor his ear so impaired that
it cannot hear
but your wickedness has separated you
from your God and your sins have hidden
his face from you so that he does not
hear
repent Saints and clear your closet of
every hidden sin repent and remove every
skeleton hidden in your heart
most people in a time of struggling in a
time of Despair or in seasons of trial
they will ask God to rescue them
they'll ask him to deliver them
but tell me what happens
when you ask God to take this problem or
situation away and he doesn't
what happens when you've told the
mountain to move
and it does not move
what now
well
I'd like to submit to you
that during those times
when trouble just won't go away
and when the rain just does not stop
your prayer should actually be
God go with me through this storm
Lord give me the power
to face this problem
look at the three Hebrew boys who were
thrown into a fiery furnace
God didn't deliver them from being
thrown in the fire
but instead
God was in the fire with them
you see God didn't deliver Daniel from
being thrown in the Lion's Den
God was right there with him
in all these situations God was in the
storm he was in the fire he was right
there in the problem with them
Psalm 23 verse 4 says even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of
death
even though I walk through
take note of that
even though I walked through
this is in a case of saying God don't
let me walk through the valley of the
shadow of death
or God save me from the Valley of the
shadow of death no
it's saying but even though
I walked through the valley of the
shadow of death
I will fear no evil for you are with me
your rod and your staff they comfort me
the key part is for you are with me
and I want you to know that God is with
you God is with you in the fire
the Lord is with you in the Deep Waters
he is with you during the test and
during the battle
so should you find yourself in hardship
remember that God is with you
should you find yourself in the middle
of a spiritual battle God is still with
you
so when the mountain won't move
pray for the strength to climb that
mountain
when the giant won't move
pray for the power to defeat that giant
when your burdens become too big
then cast your burdens on the Lord
when we are drowning in sorrow
and there looks to be no way out
pray for the god of the ages to make
possible
what is impossible to man
God is with you
if you're in a fight at this moment in
time
if you're in a battle
God is with you
and that battle
it belongs to God
let him fight for you
the only way
you'll be able to withstand the fiery
furnace
the only way you'll be able to survive
the Lion's Den
is if you come to the understanding that
you need to fully surrender
yes surrender to Jesus
and pray this
God if this trial won't go away
then face this trial with me
if I must go through this fire father
then go through this fire with me
be with me Lord
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