Sin unconvered

“…He will uncover your sins.” 

-Lamentations 4:22

When you come clean from your sins with humility and honest repentance, then healing, freedom, and mercy will soon abound!  However, continue in sin, utter humility and darkness will soon abound.

Friend, you pick!  If you are in the midst of deliberate sin, then one way or another, it will soon be exposed.  Make sure it’s exposed in the right way – by repentance and humility, because if it’s exposed in any other way your days and nights will be filled with consequences that humiliate your soul, thrusting you into a secluded darkness and propelling you into a pit that could of so easily been avoided.

 

This is the real exam

“Let us test and examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.” Lamentations 3:40

I’ve given myself a challenge, and I ask you to join me.  Since most of us are quick to examine (judge) the ways of others, let’s do the same with ourselves.  

The challenge is:

At the very moment we begin to examine someone else’s behavior, morals, actions, beliefs, etc., STOP, and turn the examination in on ourselves first. 

Examining (judging) others is not up to us - God is the final Judge, the one and only true Judge.  

So, from here on out stay away from the pulpit and find better (more loving) things to do with your time… I know I am going to and I hope you will join me.

God has the final word

“…And yet, God, you’re sovereign still…” Lamentations 5:1-22 MSG

It’s not final until God says it is final.  So if you’ve been hoping and praying for something to come true and have received discouraging news, fret NOT, the final word hasn’t been given until it’s given by God.  It is at that time, and that time only, when you will know for sure!!

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You are a conqueror - stay strong!

“When life is heavy and hard to take,

Go off by yourself.  Enter the silence.

Bow in prayer.  Don’t ask questions:

Wait for hope to appear.

Don’t run from trouble.  Take it full-face.

The “worst” is never the worst.”

Lamentations 3:28

Don’t let anything make you run – you are more than a conqueror my friend!  Stay strong

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Looks can't kill

“… fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks…” Lamentations 3:9

We all know the old adage, “If looks could kill”… but luckily they can’t, it is just an aphorism. So, no matter who it is trying to intimidate you; if you are doing what God is telling you to do, if you are stepping out with faith, strength, and courage in Him; then, that person, (or those people), can be ignored - their smirks and expressions can be kicked to the wayside.  I know looks can be intimidating at times, but stand firm and think on the fact that God is way more intimidating than a look, and that thought, in itself, should give you enough strength to continue moving forward.

So, keep doing what you feel God wants you to do, and don’t dare back down to man! Remember, man is only man, but God IS God, and His protection over the call of your life will prevail over anything, and anyone, that tries to get in your way.

Pour your heart out to Him.

“Arise [from your bed] cry out in the night… pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.  Lift your hand toward Him for the lives of your young children… “ Lamentations 2:19

Instead of letting depression, sin, darkness, hurt, pain, regret, fear, resentment, anger, discontent, and hate, overtake your life, fight back! Lift your heart, mind, hands, body, soul, life, precious children, and loved ones, to God – cry out - pour it all out to Him!  He will take it all, transform them into blessings, and pour life back into like you’ve never experienced before.  Yes, those once called, ‘afflictions’, will become new blessings and new beginnings; a new passion will fill you until all darkness is drowned away, and pain and suffering are no longer things you associate with – now and forevermore!!