1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: He that covereth his sins shall not prosper. But whoso 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Proverbs twenty eight thirteen. 3 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: Dear Lord Jesus, you are the author of truth, the 4 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:24,759 Speaker 1: very word of God. When I refuse to live honestly 5 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: harboring my sins in secret, I deny the work you 6 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: want to do in my life. It is impossible to 7 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: live a lie and honor you at the same time. 8 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:42,599 Speaker 1: Give me the courage to live transparently before you and 9 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: others refine me as I confess my sins and shortcomings. 10 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: Cause me to grow as I seek to live more 11 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: honestly in this world. Help me to let go of 12 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: any false image I've made for myself. I want to 13 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: be the authentic, flawed, and loved version of myself that 14 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: You've created me to be. In Jesus' name, Amen, thank 15 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's 16 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:22,199 Speaker 1: free podcast, Meditative Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where you 17 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: can draw close to God and find strength in him. 18 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on letting go. To get 19 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey. Usepray dot com 20 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 2: every day and make prayer priority in your life. Our 21 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 2: goal for today's meditative prayer is letting go. Hope you'll 22 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,199 Speaker 2: find a place where you can let your guard down 23 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: again and focus in. Relax. Take a moment to slow down, decompress, 24 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 2: close your eyes, take a couple of cleansing breaths, take 25 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 2: captive of all those distracting thoughts, and open your heart 26 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 2: and prepare your mind to receive from God. We're going 27 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 2: to be meditating on Proverbs twenty eight, verse thirteen from 28 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 2: the King James version. He that covereth his sin shall 29 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 2: not prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsake at them shall 30 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 2: have mercy. Hope you'll take a moment to pour out 31 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 2: your adoration to God, God, to praise you, for you 32 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:45,399 Speaker 2: are the mighty One of Israel, and worship you Lord, 33 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 2: for your mercy renews me and your righteousness sustains me. Jesus, 34 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 2: your goodness is from everlasting to everlasting. So I will 35 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 2: praise your great name, for you are my protector and 36 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 2: my deemer. God. My soul trust in you, and I 37 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 2: am not forsaken. Hope you'll join with me. Let go, 38 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 2: let go of your hidden sins. To sin is to 39 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 2: deviate from God's righteousness. It's to choose knowingly and willingly 40 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: to act in opposition to what God has commanded. When 41 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: you sin, when you break God's laws, you create separation 42 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 2: between yourself and God. Everyone is guilty of committing sins, 43 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 2: and sin demands a price. That's why Jesus came and 44 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 2: died on a cross to atone for our sins, to 45 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 2: forgive and repair the relationship between humanity and God. God's 46 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 2: restorative grace is freely given with only one condition being 47 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 2: acknowledgment and confession. For you to be forgiven, you must 48 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 2: acknowledge and confess your sins to God and to your 49 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 2: neighbor too, when the occasion requires it. Whether you cover 50 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 2: or confess your sins is up to you. It's your choice. 51 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 2: If you choose to cover your sins, you will be 52 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 2: effectively withholding God's grace and goodness in your life. To 53 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 2: cover your sins is to justify, deny, or excuse them. 54 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 2: It is to believe you have done no wrong and 55 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 2: that your actions are correct. To confess your sins is 56 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 2: to acknowledge and accept them. To forsake your sins is 57 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 2: to acknowledge your wrong behavior and to change it. To 58 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 2: live a prosperous life, you must confess and forsake your sins. 59 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 2: This is your opportunity to obtain mercy. Be honest with 60 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 2: yourself and with God in prayer. Confess your sins and 61 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit acknowledge your faults and your mistakes. Now 62 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 2: join with me to think of God's grace and to 63 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 2: thank him for it. Lord, I thank you for your 64 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 2: unending mercies. I thank you that you see me and 65 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 2: hear me, that you love me and forgive me Jesus. 66 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 2: I thank you for your sacrifice that paid for the 67 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 2: price of salvation, for your precious blood that covers and 68 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 2: erases all my sins. I thank your Holy Spirit for 69 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 2: your manifestation of salvation in my life, for continuously testifying 70 00:05:53,640 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 2: of God's love and goodness in my heart, that you 71 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,239 Speaker 2: will know that God is present and that He's listening 72 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 2: to you. The Lord promised to forgive those who confess 73 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 2: their sins and change their ways. So seize this opportunity 74 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 2: to confess your sins and to ask the Holy Spirit 75 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 2: for his help. Ask the Holy Spirit to cleanse your 76 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 2: soul and to wash you clean of sin. Ask him 77 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 2: to increase your desire to spend time with God in 78 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 2: the word and in prayer. To stoke the flame of 79 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 2: God's fire within your heart. Ask the Holy Spirit to 80 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 2: help you kill the flesh and die unto yourself. Ask 81 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 2: him to increase your fear and reverence for God's word, 82 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 2: to empower you to walk accordingly to holy righteousness and 83 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 2: not to yield to the brokenness or corruption of this world. 84 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 2: Remember the sins that you uncover, he will cover, and 85 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 2: those that you cover, he will uncover. If you hide 86 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 2: your sins, you will not succeed. But if you confess 87 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 2: and reject them, you will receive mercy. So do not 88 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 2: waste your valuable time here on earth trying to cover 89 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 2: your sins, for God sees them anyway, and you gain 90 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 2: nothing from this kind of attitude. Instead, confess your sins 91 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: to God, change your behavior. God loves you and he 92 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 2: wants to see you find your way to enjoy this life. 93 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 2: So choose this day to ob saying, to obtain God's mercy, 94 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 2: and choose to live a free and victorious life. Thank 95 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. 96 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 2: By incorporate this healthy habit as a daily practice, you 97 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 2: are making prayer priority and strengthening your walk with God. 98 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: I'm doctor Tim Clinton, President of the American Association of 99 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 2: Christian Counselors. 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