Dec 18, 2020 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Do Not Become Discouraged!

(I love God but…Part two)

It happens often, becoming discouraged while serving Jesus Christ. Jesus knew we would/could become discouraged; therefore, the Grace of God made contingency plans to take care of this.

You know the story about Jesus stating that He has prayed for Peter because ‘Satan wants to confuse, discourage, and hider Peter’s relationship with God,’ (Luke 22:32) “But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.” Jesus knew what would happen to Peter if he gave up and so it is today with you and me. God does not want us to be discouraged over our mistakes or the conviction and trouble Satan has brought our way.

Satan never wants you and me to find forgiveness nor have confidence that all our sins and our sinful nature can be done away with by the love and grace of God. So, let be bold in thinking, ‘Just because you fail God, do not stay there in that state of failure as Peter was soon to find himself. God loves us through Jesus and because and in God’s love we find forgiveness and strength to keep going and rejoicing in Christ even after we have failed/sinned.’

Let’s find forgiveness from our sin through humbling ourselves and confessing our sin to God asking for mercy. Let’s find forgiveness of our iniquities by allowing the Holy Spirit to convict us of the impact our sinful nature and wrongful actions on others (He wants us to make things right through Jesus). Let’s find forgiveness in allowing the washing of water and the blood of Christ in our lives by requesting that the mercies of God create a new heart and a new mind and right spirit in all of us.

Do not become despondent or see yourself as a failure—this is why Jesus died for us and has made a way for us to find forgiveness from all our sins, all our iniquities, and all our sinful nature—unclean heart, mind, spirit, & words. We must confess to God all our mistakes and what our mistakes have created in us and toward others.

Nevertheless, there are two things all of us must do to secure forgiveness from God: one, we must forgive the sins of others (and the impact of their sins on our lives). Jesus said, ‘we must forgive well to be forgiven also by God’. And two, we must bless our enemies by asking God to forgive them and for God to give them good gifts from heaven.

Jesus did both these things during His trial and crucifixion. We must also forgive and forget so God will forgive and forget all our mistakes/sins. How well we forgive and how well we bless others will be the measuring stick on how clean our ‘robe of righteousness’ is when we get to heaven. It is time to ‘wash our robes in the blood of Christ’ and show forth the praise of Jesus in this world.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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