Day 18 - Repentance/Personal Needs III
Psalm 19:12-14 “Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.”
1. Recognize that it is God’s power at work in us that empowers us sin and toxic behavioral patterns – vv12 -13 “Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, and I shall be innocent of great transgression.
2. Ask God to transform you heart (BLIND SPOTS) and guard the words of you mouth (LIFE SENTENCES) so that what you think (INTERNAL) and say (EXTERNAL) are acceptable to Him.
HOW TO PRAY
REPENTANCE
1. Acknowledge God's unfailing love and His willingness to forgive you - Psalm 51
2. Confess your sin and things in your life that have become distractions and hindrances to fulfilling your God given potential and purpose - Hebrews 12:1
* Sins of the Heart - Unforgiveness, Offense, Bitterness &Resentment, Pride, Doubt and Unbelief, etc.
* Sins of the Flesh - All sexual sin i.e. adultery, fornication, pornography, alternate lifestyles, etc.
* Sins of the Tongue - Negativity, Gossip, Slander, Lying, Coarse Jesting, Backbiting, Bearing False Witness, etc
3. Honestly confront the toxic patterns in your life and allow God's wisdom to permeate the deepest recesses of your being* Insecurity, Jealousy, Co-Dependency, Fear, etc.
Allow God to restore your heart and soul with the peace, joy and comfort of the Holy Spirit
Allow your story of restoration to become a testimony of God's love and mercy to those who do not believe
PERSONAL NEEDS
“Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause; and let them say continually, “Let the LORD be magnified, WHO HAS PLEASURE IN THE PROSPERITY OF HIS SERVANT.”
1. Confidently present yourself AND your requests to God - Hebrews4:14-16; Matthew 7:7; Isaiah 1:19; Numbers 23:19
Pray according to what He has promised in His Word - Isaiah 55:11;Jeremiah 1:12; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Psalm 35:27; Job 36:11; Joshua 21:45(AMPLIFIED)
He will hear and answer - Jeremiah 33:3; Psalm 40:1; Psalm 116:2; 2
Receive the answer with thanksgiving - Luke 17:11-18; Philippians4:6-7
Keith A. Craft
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