Forgiveness

Good Morning!

Okay … so I ate the ice cream. The temptation was too much to handle … I couldn’t get the sweet creamy taste out of my mind. I failed! I not only had one scoop – I had four … with chocolate syrup sauce on it. Woe is me.

Is that how you feel when you can’t avoid the temptation? As I said, for me, the temptation is food … for you it may be something altogether different. But it is still temptation nevertheless. And far too often we find ourselves on the failure side rather than on the winners. So what do we do? How can we get back on track? Or are we doomed forever?

If you remember nothing else, remember this: God is good. He loves you and He loves me. He knows our strengths and He knows our weaknesses. And He has made provision for us in our weakness. How? Read the following:

1 John 1:5-10 (English Standard Version)
Walking in the Light
5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Focus on that verse 9. What do we do when we fail? We admit our failure. We ask His forgiveness … and He is FAITHFUL to forgive us. What’s that? He is faithful in forgiving us for our sins.

Does that mean we go about sinning just to get forgiveness? No… but that’s another memory verse for another day. Just remember this one for this day.

Have a blessed day…

Agape’


Mr. Jim