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Start Today's Journey with Prayer

“Father, I need Your help to take a hard look at the sin in my life. Open my eyes to see it as You see it. Cause my heart to break over sin the way Yours does. Help me to not keep my sin hidden from You. Please speak to me from Your Word.”

Read God's Word

(Click the reference to expand the passage. All Scripture passages are from the English Standard Version.)

Isaiah 59:1-2

"Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or His ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear."

Psalm 51:1-17

"Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to Your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be justified in Your words and blameless in Your judgment. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, You delight in truth in the inward being, and You teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that You have broken rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of Your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. For You will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; You will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise."
 

Isaiah 53:4-6

"Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions; He was crushed for our iniquities; upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all."

I John 1:8-9

Open your heart to the probing of the Holy Spirit; let Him reveal what aspects of your life need to change and what sins need to be confessed. Confession means agreeing with God about our sinful ways. If He has told us in His Word that something is sinful, then it is. Renounce all of your sins; hold none of them back. Let God’s cleansing power forgive, restore, and transform you.

Respond to What God Has Said

Just like yesterday, this exercise may be difficult, and the temptation will be to rush through. The purpose of this exercise is not to heap up guilt and shame, but to help you recognize the obstacles that keep you from the life Jesus died to give to you. Remember that God already knows what is in your heart and longs for you to walk in freedom from sin.

Place identify any areas of sin that have been a part of your life in the past three months.

  • Pride

  • Hypocrisy

  • Lack of witness for Christ

  • Lust Dishonoring parents

  • Neglect of God’s Word

  • Anger

  • Prayerlessness

  • Wastefulness

  • Gossip

  • Unkindness

  • Lack of generosity

  • Envy

  • Complaining

  • Using God’s name carelessly

  • Impurity

  • Over-indulgence

  • Gluttony

  • Selfishness

  • Greed

  • Laziness

  • Lying

  • Unforgiveness

  • Other

Confession

1 John 1:9 - “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

FAITH is the key! You must believe with all your heart what God has said — that if we confess, then He is faithful to forgive and cleanse. Don’t allow Satan to continue to heap guilt upon your soul. There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1). He has atoned for your sin with His own blood. Tomorrow we will focus on repentance — turning away from our sinful ways and trusting in God’s power to equip us for righteous living.

End Today's Journey with Prayer

“Father, I agree with You about my sin. I realize that these things have hindered my relationship with You. Thank You for the forgiveness I have through Jesus Christ. Please cleanse me from these sins, and give me the power of Your Spirit to walk in obedience and holiness with You.”

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