FREE YOURSELF FROM THE BURDEN OF GUILT

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FRIDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 

FREE YOURSELF FROM THE BURDEN OF GUILT

TEXT: Isaiah 43:18-21

Key verse:  Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far does He 

remove our transgressions from us.

My child, it is always right to condemn yourself for sin, but it is never My wish that you spend time in a state of self-condemnation. If there is true sorrow for what has been wrong, My forgiveness is instantaneous. In My sight, you are made clean and worthy of My very best care. Guilt can produce yet more unworthy conduct — and the burden of guilt does not serve My purposes for you. My love not only sweeps away all sin when you look to Me in genuine sorrow over that sin, but it also sweeps away all attendant evil influences. Remember, no encouragement in sin and defeat. I am your Savior; your life-long source of loving forgiveness and hope.

 

Ezekiel 36:25-28 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

The sense of being renewed each day, and the hope which this brings, is so much part of living with Me. How often you have been aware of being saved from the consequences of your foolishness and selfishness, of being lifted clear of those consequences to a place where you can almost hear Me saying, "Yes, you can start again!" My child, My forgiveness makes new. My peace makes new. All other "renewal" from earthly sources is limited and conditional upon so many things. My renewal is your birthright as a trusting child, growing in the knowledge of My way. There is a new factor in relationships, a new factor in long-standing problems when I am allowed to enter. Nothing is more precious for you, personally than the new beginnings without number, which you can enjoy. New beginnings steadily reduce those times of failure. New beginnings shorten, drastically, the effects of the failures which do occur!

Thought for the day: Genuine repentance leads to a new relationship with God.

Song for the day: Lord prepares me,  a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and proved…

Bible reading for the day: Ecclesiastes 1-3; 2 Corinthians 9

#Horemow.