{"id":63270,"date":"2019-04-08T03:30:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T08:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=63270"},"modified":"2019-04-08T03:30:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T08:30:44","slug":"132-if-we-confess-our-sins-he-is-faithful-and-just-to-forgive-us-our-sins-and-to-cleanse-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/08\/132-if-we-confess-our-sins-he-is-faithful-and-just-to-forgive-us-our-sins-and-to-cleanse-us\/","title":{"rendered":"132.  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">2 Samuel 24:10<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But David&#8217;s heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, \u201cI have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:19.32.5\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Psalms 32:5<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, \u201cI will confess my transgressions to the LORD,\u201d and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:62.3.20\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>1 John 3:20-21<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.\u00a0\u00a0Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:20.28.13\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Proverbs 28:13<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:33.7.8\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Micah 7:8-9<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.\u00a0\u00a0I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:62.1.9\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>1 John 1:9<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sin sure has a way into our lives.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It can sneak in through the doors of pride, lust, greed, and anger.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It comes at us with subtle little morsels that entice self-indulgence, self-importance, self-want, and selfishness.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Are we to think we are immune to these attacks?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Are we able to even see them for what they are?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Do our eyes and ears of our mind see and hear them coming and are they able to form a defense to fight the attacks?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>(1 Peter 5:8 \u201cBe alert and of sober mind.\u00a0Your enemy the devil prowls around\u00a0like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.\u201d)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0(Ephesians 6:14 \u201cStand <\/em>therefore<em>, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,\u00a0and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.\u00a0In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;\u00a0and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,<b> <\/b>praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance,\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Every day is a battle against sin and we certainly need to be prepared for battle.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Stay in His word.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Have a humble heart toward God.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Live to honor and glorify, serve, follow, and obey Him with your eyes on eternity and not on things of this world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Samuel 24:10\u00a0 But David&#8217;s heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, \u201cI have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.\u201d Psalms 32:5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I acknowledged my sin to you, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/08\/132-if-we-confess-our-sins-he-is-faithful-and-just-to-forgive-us-our-sins-and-to-cleanse-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;132.  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9816,9818,5243,9813,9811,777,1131,9806,863,9817,3164,8555,9808,9809,9807,9803,2837,9810,587,4245,187,9804,9815,5041,9,9805,931,6535,9812,9814,2838],"class_list":["post-63270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-bring-me-out-to-the-light","tag-cleanse-us-from-all-unrighteousness","tag-conceals","tag-confesses-and-forsakes","tag-confidence-before-god","tag-darkness","tag-david","tag-did-not-cover","tag-enemy","tag-faithful-and-just-to-forgive","tag-fall","tag-foolishly","tag-god-is-greater","tag-he-knows-everything","tag-heart-condemns-us","tag-heart-struck","tag-i-will-confess","tag-if-our-heart","tag-iniquity","tag-judgment","tag-light","tag-numbered-the-people","tag-rejoice-not","tag-rise","tag-servant","tag-sinned-greatly","tag-transgressions","tag-vindication","tag-will-not-prosper","tag-will-obtain-mercy","tag-you-forgave"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63271,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63270\/revisions\/63271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}