1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: He that covereth his sins shall not prosper. But whoso 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Proverbs twenty eight thirteen. 3 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: Dear Lord Jesus, you are the author of truth, the 4 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: very word of God. When I refuse to live honestly 5 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: harboring my sins in secret, I deny the work you 6 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: want to do in my life. It is impossible to 7 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: live a lie and honor you at the same time. 8 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: Give me the courage to live transparently before you and 9 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: others refine me as I confess my sins and shortcomings. 10 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,840 Speaker 1: Cause me to grow as I seek to live more 11 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: honestly in this world. Help me to let go of 12 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: any false image I've made for myself. I want to 13 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: be the authentic, flawed, and loved version of myself that 14 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: You've created me to be. In Jesus' name, Amen, thank 15 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's 16 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: free podcast, Meditative Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where you 17 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: can draw close to God and find strength in him. 18 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on letting go. To get 19 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey. Usepray dot com 20 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 2: every day and make prayer priority in your life. Our 21 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 2: goal for today's meditative prayer is letting go. Hope you'll 22 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: find a place where you can let your guard down 23 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: again and focus in. Relax. Take a moment to slow down, decompress, 24 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: close your eyes, take a couple of cleansing breaths, take 25 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 2: captive all those distracting thoughts, and open your heart and 26 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: prepare your mind to receive from God. We're going to 27 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,239 Speaker 2: be meditating on Proverbs twenty eight, verse thirteen from the 28 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: King James version. He that covereth his sin shall not prosper, 29 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:32,119 Speaker 2: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Hope 30 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 2: you'll take a moment to pour out your adoration to God, God, 31 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 2: to praise you, for you are the mighty One of Israel, 32 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: and worship you Lord, for your mercy renews me and 33 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 2: your righteousness sustains me. Jesus, your goodness is from everlasting 34 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 2: to everlasting. So I will praise your great name, for 35 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: you are my protector and deemer. God. My soul trust 36 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:13,119 Speaker 2: in you, and I am not forsaken. Hope you'll join 37 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 2: with me. Let go, let go of your hidden sins. 38 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 2: To sin is to deviate from God's righteousness. It's to 39 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 2: choose knowingly and willingly to act in opposition to what 40 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 2: God has commanded. When you sin, when you break God's laws, 41 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: you create separation between yourself and God. Everyone is guilty 42 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: of committing sins, and sin demands a price. That's why 43 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 2: Jesus came and died on a cross to atone for 44 00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 2: our sins, to forgive and repair the relationship between humanity 45 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: and God. God's restorative grace is freely given with only 46 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 2: one condition being acknowledgment and confession. For you to be forgiven, 47 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 2: you must acknowledge and confess your sins to God and 48 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 2: to your neighbor too, when the occasion requires it. Whether 49 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 2: you cover or confess your sins is up to you. 50 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 2: It's your choice. If you choose to cover your sins, 51 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 2: you will be effectively withholding God's grace and goodness in 52 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 2: your life. To cover your sins is to justify, deny, 53 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 2: or excuse them. It is to believe you have done 54 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 2: no wrong and that your actions are correct. To confess 55 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 2: your sins is to acknowledge and accept them. To forsake 56 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 2: your sins is to acknowledge your wrong behavior and to 57 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 2: change it. To live a prosperous life, you must confess 58 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 2: and forsake your sins. This is your opportunity to obtain mercy. 59 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 2: Be honest with yourself and with God in prayer. Confess 60 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 2: your sins is the Holy Spirit. Acknowledge your faults and 61 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 2: your mistakes. Now join with me to think of God's 62 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 2: grace and to thank him for it. Lord, I thank 63 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 2: you for your unending mercies. I thank you that you 64 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 2: see me and hear me, that you love me and 65 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 2: forgive me. 66 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: Jesus. 67 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 2: I thank you for your sacrifice that paid for the 68 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 2: price of salvation, for your precious blood that covers and 69 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 2: erases all my sins. I thank your Holy Spirit for 70 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 2: your manifestation of salvation in my life. For continuously testifying 71 00:05:53,680 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 2: of God's love and goodness in my heart. Again, that 72 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 2: you will know that God is present and that He's 73 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 2: listening to you. The Lord promised to forgive those who 74 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 2: confess their sins and change their ways. So seize this 75 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 2: opportunity to confess your sins and to ask the Holy 76 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 2: Spirit for his help. Ask the Holy Spirit to cleanse 77 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 2: your soul and to wash you clean of sin. Ask 78 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 2: him to increase your desire to spend time with God 79 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 2: in the word and in prayer. To stoke the flame 80 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 2: of God's fire within your heart. Ask the Holy Spirit 81 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 2: to help you kill the flesh and die unto yourself. 82 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 2: Ask him to increase your fear and reverence for God's word, 83 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 2: to empower you to walk accordingly to holy righteousness and 84 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 2: not to yield to the brokenness or corruption of this world. 85 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 2: Remember the sins that you uncover, he will cover, and 86 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 2: those that you cover, he will uncover. If you hide 87 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 2: your sins, you will not succeed. But if you confess 88 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 2: and reject them, you will receive mercy. So do not 89 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 2: waste your valuable time here on earth trying to cover 90 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 2: your sins, for God sees them anyway, and you gain 91 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 2: nothing from this kind of attitude. Instead, confess your sins 92 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 2: to God, change your behavior. God loves you and he 93 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 2: wants to see you find your way to enjoy this life. 94 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 2: So choose this day to obsay, to obtain God's mercy, 95 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 2: and choose to live a free and victorious life. Thank 96 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 2: you for completing today's meditative prayer. 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