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Thursday... This is so true!


Thursday... This is so true! Have you found it true?

Proverbs 28:1 (MSG) says, "The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one's after them; Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions."

Have you found that true? You tell a lie and you're on edge because you are afraid you will be found out. Or whatever sin has you in its grasp. You try to be confident but the guilt keeps you looking over your shoulder, hoping you won't be found out.

Look at this one. Verse 4 says, "If you desert God's law, you're free to embrace depravity; if you love God's law, you fight for it tooth and nail." 

Now this one is tough. Verse 9 (NLT) says, "God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law?" I don't think a lot of people realize that.

Here is an important one. Verse 13 says, "People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy." It may seem like they are prospering but their life is filled with guilt and they live on edge hoping no one will find out. But if they confess their sins to God, he will give them mercy and then if they are honest and live by God's law and fight for it tooth and nail they will have access to God through prayer and they will be relaxed and confident, bold as lions.

And then verse 14, "Blessed are those who fear to do wrong, but the stubborn are headed for serious trouble." And that is also true.

But look at this. The Apostle Paul in his letter to Titus in the NT says in 2:11-13, "For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God, while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed." 

And then verse 14 says, "He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds." And that is also so very true. It really is.  

And it is our choice. And that is so true. So just confess your sins and accept his forgiveness and cleansing and totally commit to doing good deeds and he will make you his very own people. And then see all of the difference it makes in your life. And it will and that is so true! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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