REPENT, DON'T REMAIN IN THE PAIN
Isaiah 52:2
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, [and] sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
One powerful thing about the word of God is that it sets us straight, helps us see from God's perspective. That is why the Psalm quoted the word as light and salvation:
Psalm 27:1a
The LORD [is] my light and my salvation;
Paul wrote to the Corinthians a letter of rebuke that showed some, where they erred, yes it made some of them feel bad, yet they where expected to get over it and move forward.
2 Corinthians 7:10 (NLT)
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
Worldly sorrows brings about no good. It is unprofitable for the believer.
The pain may be from:
* our own wrong decisions
* willful sinning
* betrayal
* mistakes of the past
* ignorance
* guilt
* failures
No matter where it is from, we must not dwell there, bitterness must not find room in us, we must shake ourselves from the dust. Arise and live again. Isaiah 52:2.
Do we feel God has rejected us, or that we have really gone beyond the line? Hmm. We have no idea how great His mercy is.
Psalms 119:156
lord, how great is your mercy; let me be revived by following your regulations.
I picture myself as Saul, rejected, why not leave the throne to the him who God has chosen, then humble yourself to a lower position and seek God again. That you failed yesterday does not mean you should fail today.
Some would say, "we are saved what do we need to repent of". . . well when Christ wrote to the seven churches(body of believers), He asked them to REPENT!
Revelation 3:3
Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.
Where have we erred, have we believed false doctrines, have we called on the name of the Lord and yet not departed from iniquity, have we lived to hurt others, have we set God aside, have we served mammon, have we broken our marriage vows, have we led people astray, whatever it is, Repentance has come, Mercy has come, God has come.
Tears are wiped away, joy has come to stay, righteousness is revealed. Glory to God.
We find our knees in prayer, our minds in the word, our lips confessing the word and praising God. We let go pain and go for the gain. Halleluyah. All is well.
Love
@the watcher
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, [and] sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
One powerful thing about the word of God is that it sets us straight, helps us see from God's perspective. That is why the Psalm quoted the word as light and salvation:
Psalm 27:1a
The LORD [is] my light and my salvation;
Paul wrote to the Corinthians a letter of rebuke that showed some, where they erred, yes it made some of them feel bad, yet they where expected to get over it and move forward.
2 Corinthians 7:10 (NLT)
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
Worldly sorrows brings about no good. It is unprofitable for the believer.
The pain may be from:
* our own wrong decisions
* willful sinning
* betrayal
* mistakes of the past
* ignorance
* guilt
* failures
No matter where it is from, we must not dwell there, bitterness must not find room in us, we must shake ourselves from the dust. Arise and live again. Isaiah 52:2.
Do we feel God has rejected us, or that we have really gone beyond the line? Hmm. We have no idea how great His mercy is.
Psalms 119:156
lord, how great is your mercy; let me be revived by following your regulations.
I picture myself as Saul, rejected, why not leave the throne to the him who God has chosen, then humble yourself to a lower position and seek God again. That you failed yesterday does not mean you should fail today.
Some would say, "we are saved what do we need to repent of". . . well when Christ wrote to the seven churches(body of believers), He asked them to REPENT!
Revelation 3:3
Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.
Where have we erred, have we believed false doctrines, have we called on the name of the Lord and yet not departed from iniquity, have we lived to hurt others, have we set God aside, have we served mammon, have we broken our marriage vows, have we led people astray, whatever it is, Repentance has come, Mercy has come, God has come.
Tears are wiped away, joy has come to stay, righteousness is revealed. Glory to God.
We find our knees in prayer, our minds in the word, our lips confessing the word and praising God. We let go pain and go for the gain. Halleluyah. All is well.
Love
@the watcher
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