The daylight hours are diminishing each day as we Northern Hemispherers approach the end of 2018.
Cloud cover in Minnesota has made the state's inhabitants long for a ray of sunshine, a dry spell, a moment of brightness! We have little to complain about, though, really, as we see Florida getting hammered, the southwest coast of Lake Superior inundated with 14 foot waves, chunks of land disappearing into the sea in Bangladesh, flash floods through Maryland, Jordan, Europe---
It just doesn't stop! Of course our internet connections keep us abreast of every tragedy everywhere. News travels at the speed of light.
And sometimes we hear things that make us grieve about sin every bit as much as we grieve natural disasters and catastrophes.
It's been a rough week in U.S. politics. It appears that it's going to get much worse, too. Deeds of darkness are going to be exposed, sin will be aired in the light.
There is a Biblical truth that is being highlighted for me: Sin will be exposed. Truth will always be revealed. People MUST live lives that are unreproachable or face the consequences of reproach.
Perhaps you won't have the FBI breathing down your back, but you may commit some sin that merits a visit from the Law. Perhaps your sin is hidden in a back closet in the darkest room of your heart.
It's going to be exposed. The Bible tells us to make it right without the judge, to make restitution, to settle it without the law. The Bible promises that you will be dragged off to prison if you don't make it right.
Expect that.
On Sunday night at the jail I witnessed one inmate ask Jesus to be her Savior. Joy and singing, rejoicing in heaven! It is sweet to see the power of the Holy Spirit reaching into dark confinement for those who are waiting for sentencing. There isn't a lot of hope there, but one gal asked to pray for "comfort." It was a heartfelt and touching request.
These dear souls know the reality of being "found out."
Most of us can successfully hide our sin-----Or perhaps we practice "respectable" sin. You know, sin like white lying, drinking, gossip, neglect.
Perhaps we actually lobby to make our sin legal and acceptable. We don't like the stigma of "sin," so let's just say it isn't.
Lying to yourself never changes anything. It's defined as SIN by the Creator, and it's HIS rules that the Universe must obey. People are irrepressibly optimistic that they can fashion or create an environment where sin is acceptable and the god they worship is everything they like.
Reality check!
Sin is sin. God's laws are unchanging. God wins. Get on God's side, or you lose.
The joy of getting on God's side is that you have strength to deal with your sin. You have the joy of His love and His blessings. You understand the mysteries of His works. You have the power to defeat sin in your life. You have the hope of His return and being transformed in body and soul! You can trust Him with each and every fear or trial. You have hope. You have strength. You have power.
The Bible is a wonderful book that explains a Good, Just, and Holy God. The more time you spend in the Word of God, the more you love Him and want to serve Him. You want to defeat sin in your life.
Men, temptation is strong. You are wired that way. Women, you have your own battles to fight. I have extreme compassion for men and their weaknesses. I am a woman. I live with the battles that women face and of course I am compassionate for OUR weaknesses.
I know that God is greater. He is able to give us all we need to please Him and overcome sin in our lives.
King James Bible
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Cloud cover in Minnesota has made the state's inhabitants long for a ray of sunshine, a dry spell, a moment of brightness! We have little to complain about, though, really, as we see Florida getting hammered, the southwest coast of Lake Superior inundated with 14 foot waves, chunks of land disappearing into the sea in Bangladesh, flash floods through Maryland, Jordan, Europe---
It just doesn't stop! Of course our internet connections keep us abreast of every tragedy everywhere. News travels at the speed of light.
And sometimes we hear things that make us grieve about sin every bit as much as we grieve natural disasters and catastrophes.
It's been a rough week in U.S. politics. It appears that it's going to get much worse, too. Deeds of darkness are going to be exposed, sin will be aired in the light.
There is a Biblical truth that is being highlighted for me: Sin will be exposed. Truth will always be revealed. People MUST live lives that are unreproachable or face the consequences of reproach.
Perhaps you won't have the FBI breathing down your back, but you may commit some sin that merits a visit from the Law. Perhaps your sin is hidden in a back closet in the darkest room of your heart.
It's going to be exposed. The Bible tells us to make it right without the judge, to make restitution, to settle it without the law. The Bible promises that you will be dragged off to prison if you don't make it right.
Expect that.
On Sunday night at the jail I witnessed one inmate ask Jesus to be her Savior. Joy and singing, rejoicing in heaven! It is sweet to see the power of the Holy Spirit reaching into dark confinement for those who are waiting for sentencing. There isn't a lot of hope there, but one gal asked to pray for "comfort." It was a heartfelt and touching request.
These dear souls know the reality of being "found out."
Most of us can successfully hide our sin-----Or perhaps we practice "respectable" sin. You know, sin like white lying, drinking, gossip, neglect.
Perhaps we actually lobby to make our sin legal and acceptable. We don't like the stigma of "sin," so let's just say it isn't.
Lying to yourself never changes anything. It's defined as SIN by the Creator, and it's HIS rules that the Universe must obey. People are irrepressibly optimistic that they can fashion or create an environment where sin is acceptable and the god they worship is everything they like.
Reality check!
Sin is sin. God's laws are unchanging. God wins. Get on God's side, or you lose.
The joy of getting on God's side is that you have strength to deal with your sin. You have the joy of His love and His blessings. You understand the mysteries of His works. You have the power to defeat sin in your life. You have the hope of His return and being transformed in body and soul! You can trust Him with each and every fear or trial. You have hope. You have strength. You have power.
The Bible is a wonderful book that explains a Good, Just, and Holy God. The more time you spend in the Word of God, the more you love Him and want to serve Him. You want to defeat sin in your life.
Men, temptation is strong. You are wired that way. Women, you have your own battles to fight. I have extreme compassion for men and their weaknesses. I am a woman. I live with the battles that women face and of course I am compassionate for OUR weaknesses.
I know that God is greater. He is able to give us all we need to please Him and overcome sin in our lives.
King James Bible
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
1 John 2:1
We are given an advocate. Don't sin, but IF you do, you have Jesus. Comfort, people. Comfort.
Be overcomers.
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