Sins.

Tonight's Topic: SIN

Why is tonight's topic SIN, of all things..?

Because I am a sinner.
I am a Christian, Yes.
But i am not perfect.
And i admit, i am a sinner.
I sin every day.
Whether knowing or not knowing,
Because we are all born with a sinful nature.

If you are a 7 year old,
Innocent and pure,
And you have hate (anger) in your heart,
You have sinned.

Does this mean that the child is a bad person? No.
She may or may not know better.
And she may be innocent.

But to feel an emotion such as hate- Is just that, a natural emotion.
Created by God and given to us by God.
So it comes naturally.
Sin comes naturally.

Now i am in no way saying it's a good thing, and that we should all do it, willingly.
But it's natural. And it happens. Whether we like it or not. It happens every day.
Whether you choose to sin or not, sometimes you do.

The Bible say's, God came in the form of a MAN, and walked the EARTH as a MAN (JESUS)
With a human mind, and human emotions, with a earthly body, and a heart and soul.
He was just like you and i. He was the son of God, and he was God in the flesh,
But he was no different than us. And he lived a sin-free life.

So it's not IMPOSSIBLE to stop sinning.
But- it happens.

Which is why Jesus came in the first place.

So now.. on to my point ;)

Tonight i was feeling a little distant from God.
So i started trying to figure out why i would feel distant from God.
Obviously God would not distance his self from me.
He is God and he can do whatever he wants, but why would he want to?
He loves us, and all he ever wants is to be with us.
We seperate our own selves from God.
And SIN seperates us from God as well.
And without forgiveness, sin remains.

I've been struggling recently with forgiveness of sins.
Not because God cannot forgive me, and Not because God wont,
But because i feel too ashamed to ASK God for forgiveness.
Which to me, is a bigger sin than just sinning itsself.

How can God send his only son to die for a person who feels "too shameful" to ask for forgiveness.
As if, i am greater than God, and i am greater than Jesus, and i am greater than the blood that he shed for me.

As if i am something so lovely, sitting on a little rose petal in a garden, twiddling my thumbs, & saying, oh.. woe is me.. im a sinner.. ladee dee laddi da.... I cant ask Jesus for forgiveness, because im ashamed. (hash-tag sad face)

Mind you these were not my original thoughts ;)
As i said, i was feeling distant from God.
And the questions in my head were circling non stop.
I even googled a thing or two :|

And out of no where, i got a text-message on my phone.
From a beautiful friend of mine, asking for Prayer.
I hate asking someone "why" they want prayer,
But some times i feel led to.

First i let her know i would pray for her,
but then i had to ask her what was wrong.
And boy am i glad i did.

Because we were both dealing with similar things,
And in both of our situations, our main problem was
SIN.

Sin, Guilt, Shame,
Past, Present, Future,
Forgiveness, Fear, Worry, i could go on.

And before i knew it my spirit leaped,
and my fingers started typing non-stop.
And was exactly what i needed tonight.
The Lord spoke TO her THROUGH me,
AND THROUGH ME to ME lol

And that's why im sharing,
Because tonight, This might be exactly what YOU needed.



God forgives and he forgets. God would never throw your past up to you.
God would never cause you guilt or shame. If you have asked for forgiveness
and God has forgiven you, and he has washed away those particular sins,
What makes you think God would feel the need to remind you of them?
The only person reminding you is the enemy, and your own mind of course.

God's words would be "What sin?"
He would say, my blood has covered that sin,
and the sin before that, and the sin 10 years to come.

If your being reminded of a sin that God made white as snow, it isnt God.
It isnt God, or Jesus, and it isnt the Holy Spirit.
Because Gods love and his mercy is unfailing, and it is NEW every morning.

But you see the devil has a smooth way of whispering lies into your ear.
Remember this? Remember that?
You are so unworthy.
How could you do that?
You should live in shame.

But the truth is nobody should or will ever have to live in shame, because our sins are gone like the wind and forgotten. They will never be brought up again. That's why Jesus died.

And if your sin is still that much alive in your spirit to cause you to feel bad then Jesus died for no reason and your pretty much telling him *WHAT HE DID DO* wasnt good enough.... Because *your sins* are so horrible.. They are just too big for God.

Your saying what Jesus went through had no purpose, because your sins are greater than his blood.

Isaiah 1:18
"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

Your sins are at the bottom of the ocean floor, if they mean that much to you to hold onto them,
then go & get them... :) or let Gods mercy wash them away.

Your sins may be great but your God is greater.
We all deal with guilt and shame.
We will all remember what we did yesterday, what we did today, what we did last sunday, last monday and last tuesday. And we'll remember what we do tonight.

Next time your sins are thrown in your face, Throw em right to God,
At least asking for forgiveness again is better than sitting around dwelling on the thought of what you did.

I literally sat here tonight thinking..

I want to ask God for forgiveness..
But who am i, that i can so freely sin and then run back to him?
But then i realized.
It's not about WHO I Am..
It's about WHO HE IS.

And running back to him, is a free gift, that he has given us, for his own pleasure.

He made us,
We arent here because we chose to be.
We are here because he CHOSE us TO be.

It brought God Joy to crucify Jesus.
It pleased God to bruise him..

All because of us.
Because of You and Me.
All he wanted was us.
And for us to be able to freely come to him without sacrifice or without paying a price.
And that is what Jesus did.

He took OUR guilt and our shame on that day.
Not with the mind set of "He/She will NEVER sin again..."
But more like "He/She will sin daily"

YOU Need not to worry!
Just come to me..
I WILL TAKE YOUR GUILT AND YOUR SHAME AND YOUR SIN.
AND I WILL SET YOU FREE, JUST COME TO ME.

Come to me all who are weary and burdened
And I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
He knew we'd sin OVER and OVER and OVER.
He knew over & over & over we'd ask for forgiveness.
And he knew that every time... He would forgive us.
And he didnt mind at all.


God doesnt want you to live a guilt-filled and shameful life.
He wants you to know, He is there, to forgive you.
No matter what your problem is, No matter how big or small your sin may be.
God has the power to forgive you, and to make you brand-new.

All you have to do is ask..
Start over tonight, or today, whatever time your reading this.
Ask God to forgive you of your sins,
And believe in your heart that he has,
And it will be done.

And if you've never asked Jesus into your heart before,
Now is the time. Your chance is right here, right now.
Every day is a new day, and you can start over today.
There is nothing in this life that you could ever do,
that God cannot forgive you for, And God can fix any problem in your life.
You just have to let him.
Just call out to him,
He's waiting, and listening.
And willing to forgive and forget.

What can wash away my sins?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.