Nov 22, 2020 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Oh, Happy Day!

When was the last time you had a Happy Day? A real happy day starting when you woke up in the early morning until you fell asleep that evening. There is no way anyone can have a ‘happy day’ without finding great mercy and total forgiveness in Jesus each and every day.

If you have not listened to Oh Happy Day by the Edwin Hawkins Singers you need to! Still to this day even after listening to it for the first time 50 years ago this song moves me to tears, rejoicing, and into the presence of God. (Yes, every time I listen and sing it.) Why a happy day? “Jesus washed my sins away! Jesus taught me to watch, fight and pray…to live rejoicing every day!”

Where is the blood of Jesus in your life? Is there a battle to fight which Jesus has brought your way? Are you rejoicing? We are in a battle, Church so where is your rejoicing?

Church, you cannot stand in battle, fight the good fight of faith, or find rejoicing without true forgiveness, receiving great mercy, and without the blood of Jesus flowing over your life and into your veins. Only in standing at the foot of the Cross, watching Jesus being crucified will you find forgiveness for all your sins, iniquities, faults, and weaknesses.

If you are not allowing the Holy Spirit to search your life for sins and iniquities you are failing the directive of Christ (His command how to pray) and denying the operation of the Spirit in your life. Sin is one thing (what you did wrong based on the truth of the Gospel, the Bible, and immoral behavior), but iniquities are something much different. Iniquities are the effects of your sin upon others—the cause and effect of your sin—the consequences of your sin.

Forgiveness is not just for your sin by doing ‘wrong things’ but Jesus wants to cleanse you from the effects of your sin on others—all the consequences of your sin—yes, your iniquities. We must ask for forgiveness that encompasses not only what we did wrong (our sin) but all the trouble, hurt, offenses, and anything else our sin caused (our iniquities).

When I ask for forgiveness I also ask for God to also forgive and heal all the wrong, hurt, and pain my sin caused. I want complete, total, and all-encompassing forgiveness—forgiveness for myself and the power my sin caused on others.

I want everything made right that my sin made wrong. Jesus did not die in vain for me—I will find forgiveness for myself and whatever wrong my sin caused! This is Jesus’s forgiveness for me, you, and all who call upon His Name asking for forgiveness.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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