By Dr. James Denison, pastor of First Baptist Church of Midland, Texas, in 50 Day Spiritual Adventure Manual – Daring to Dream Again Lord, forgive me—I’ve failed you again. Some believers wouldn’t consider it a failure, but I know better. It’s not prayerlessness, nor evil thoughts, or vain imagination. No, I’ve failed you in a […]
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“People who cover over their sins will not prosper. But if they confess and forsake them, they will receive mercy.” – Proverbs 28:13 (NLBT) Upon you I call, O God, my mercy, who made me and did not forget me when I forgot you. Augustine, Confessions CT, May 2003, “Reflections – Quotations to Stir […]
A Call to Confession -Kathleen Norris, Amazing Grace- A Vocabulary of Faith, Riverhead Books, 1998, pages 165-166. Paul’s assertion in Romans, that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23) seems easy enough to believe, when I look around, when I read the news. Other people most certainly fall short. […]
CONFESSION: This is my bible. (This is my bible.) I am what it says I am. (I am what it says I am.) I have what it says I have. (I have what it says I have.) I can do what it says I can do. (I can do what it says I can do.) […]
Quoted by Richard Halverson in sermon, The Question Facing Us In 1863 President Lincoln designated April 30th as a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer. National humiliation, fasting, and prayer. Let me read a portion of his proclamation on that occasion. “It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, who owe […]