In Psalm 103 as David praises God for all His goodness he says the words: “he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities” David knew only to well the reality of sin in his life. This is a man who after all had committed both adultery and [...]
Tags: Praise, Psalms, Sin
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This morning I read Psalm 66 and was struck by verse 18 “If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened” According to the dictionary the word cherish means: “care for, be fond of, be attached to.” So if I apply that to any sin in my life the obvious [...]
Tim Challies has written a posting on his blog entitled “The Practice of Confession” that makes some very good points.
Tags: Confession, Sin
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Yesterday morning in our communion service we prayed a pray of penitence which started as follows: “Lord God, we have sinned against you; we have done evil in your sight. We are sorry and repent.” I wonder if we really regard our sin as evil? Do we really believe that the wrong things we have [...]
Tags: Evil, Sin
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