James 5:16 New International Version (NIV)
16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
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John 13:34 New International Version (NIV)
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
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John 13:1-7 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet
13 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
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John 13:14 New International Version (NIV)
14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
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Luke 22:26-27 New International Version (NIV)
26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. 27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
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Philippians 2:5 New International Version (NIV)
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
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John 13:35 New International Version (NIV)
35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
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1 John 3:18 New International Version (NIV)
18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
Angry, hurt, confused, blaming and rejected
People don't know me at all. They are just guessing and see me as a fan. Though I might act like it and that might be my fault. I am sorry but I'm not a fan and I don't want to be that. I want to be a friend if anything.
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I am sorry for.......
I was wrong about.......
Please, forgive me for.......
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God is having me go to two churches at this moment in my life right now because one is not enough on what I need to learn. I am going to write about last night's sermon on this entry and then I will write another entry about this morning's sermon. It is funny how they go together for me but God does things in ways we don't expect Him to. The first verse above is one that I got from the sermon about "Confessions" last night. The other verses are from this morning's sermon about "True Greatness". Yes, both of those sermons came together after church this morning and I did something that I needed to do for a long time but that is going to be in the other entry.
It is funny too because as a single women God knows I have time to go to both churches so He is using that time to grow me stronger in Him. Never thought I needed to go to two churches in my life but appantently I do. It was like last night's sermon was the opening and introduction to this morning's sermon. At my Saturday night church, we are talking about the "Rhythms of the Christian Life". Every Saturday night we talk about one thing that we need to do to make our lives more focused on Christ. Last night's sermon was about "Confessions". Confession means "We have to agree with God about our sins, about His Character, and about out benefit".
The words right above all of this is ways we can start confessing for the things we did wrong to other people but most importantly to God. I believe it or not I did use some of those starters this morning after church. It was hard believe me. Confessing something or somethings is never easy especially when the person might not have any idea that you did it or you feel that way. It is all about God being faithful and just to us when we confess to Him. We just have to believe that He will forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. That is the same with the people we have hurt or that have hurt us in the past. We just have to believe that: One-God will take care of everything and Two-Those sins will be forgotten and we will be treated with love once again.
I know I am a soft hearted person when it comes to all of these things but it is hard not to be and there will be more about that in the next entry I am writing. One more important thing that got my attention last night was this: "We need to confess our sins to one another and then pray for one another so that we may be healed." That is from the first verse above. Prayer will work if we allow it too but allowing it is the hard part. We want things done our way and that is the only way we think, when really God has a better way then we could ever think of for some reason we might not understand. I got 3 steps from the sermon last night that I would like to share on here and they are:
1. Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
2. Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.
3. Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others.
I will end this entry with those steps because those steps are hard to do and is something to really dig deep into. I think I might be doing it backwards and I don't know if that will work but after today's sermon I just couldn't wait to make amends with certain people. I will tell you though that I am going to examine and confess my faults and submit to the changes God wants to make in me and to remove the defects of my character this week and every time that I can remember to do so. I want to challenge all who reads it to do the same with me.
Please, forgive me for.......
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God is having me go to two churches at this moment in my life right now because one is not enough on what I need to learn. I am going to write about last night's sermon on this entry and then I will write another entry about this morning's sermon. It is funny how they go together for me but God does things in ways we don't expect Him to. The first verse above is one that I got from the sermon about "Confessions" last night. The other verses are from this morning's sermon about "True Greatness". Yes, both of those sermons came together after church this morning and I did something that I needed to do for a long time but that is going to be in the other entry.
It is funny too because as a single women God knows I have time to go to both churches so He is using that time to grow me stronger in Him. Never thought I needed to go to two churches in my life but appantently I do. It was like last night's sermon was the opening and introduction to this morning's sermon. At my Saturday night church, we are talking about the "Rhythms of the Christian Life". Every Saturday night we talk about one thing that we need to do to make our lives more focused on Christ. Last night's sermon was about "Confessions". Confession means "We have to agree with God about our sins, about His Character, and about out benefit".
The words right above all of this is ways we can start confessing for the things we did wrong to other people but most importantly to God. I believe it or not I did use some of those starters this morning after church. It was hard believe me. Confessing something or somethings is never easy especially when the person might not have any idea that you did it or you feel that way. It is all about God being faithful and just to us when we confess to Him. We just have to believe that He will forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. That is the same with the people we have hurt or that have hurt us in the past. We just have to believe that: One-God will take care of everything and Two-Those sins will be forgotten and we will be treated with love once again.
I know I am a soft hearted person when it comes to all of these things but it is hard not to be and there will be more about that in the next entry I am writing. One more important thing that got my attention last night was this: "We need to confess our sins to one another and then pray for one another so that we may be healed." That is from the first verse above. Prayer will work if we allow it too but allowing it is the hard part. We want things done our way and that is the only way we think, when really God has a better way then we could ever think of for some reason we might not understand. I got 3 steps from the sermon last night that I would like to share on here and they are:
1. Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
2. Voluntarily submit to every change God wants to make in my life and humbly ask Him to remove my character defects.
3. Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others.
I will end this entry with those steps because those steps are hard to do and is something to really dig deep into. I think I might be doing it backwards and I don't know if that will work but after today's sermon I just couldn't wait to make amends with certain people. I will tell you though that I am going to examine and confess my faults and submit to the changes God wants to make in me and to remove the defects of my character this week and every time that I can remember to do so. I want to challenge all who reads it to do the same with me.
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