Chapter 4, Confession.
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Hello and welcome to
Steps to Christ in Song.
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Today, we gonna
look at Confession.
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I have a little niece,
who a few days ago got into
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something that belonged to
her sister. My sister is into
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gymnastics and she
had some little gymnastics
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workout equipment and my
niece took her scissors and
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started cutting some of
this very expensive stuff and
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her mother came in and saw
the sister sitting there and
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the stuff that was all cut
up and she said to her, did you
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do this and she said, no
mommy I didn't do this and
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she said you mustn't
tell mommy stories because
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when you tell stories there
is a little light that shines
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from your forehead and she
said to herself, there is light
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shine on my forehead, and
a little while later in the
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day she saw her up at
the top of the stairs and she
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was looking in the mirror
and she was talking to the
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mirror telling little stories
and she was looking in the
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mirror at her forehead.
Few days later, she was
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over at her grandmother's
house, my mother-in-law's
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house and she got
into some chocolates,
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you know, she wasn't
supposed to get into these
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chocolates and she
opened up one of the chocolates
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and ate the chocolates
and she knew she wasn't
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supposed to do that.
She left the wrappers on the
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floor of the kitchen and
my mother-in-law came in and
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she saw the wrappers on
the floor and she said, did you
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take this chocolate
and she put her hand on her
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forehead and she said,
no Nanna, I didn't take it.
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See sometimes we try to
cover our sins and it says
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in Proverbs chapter 28,
verse 13, whoever tries to
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cover their sins will not
prosper, but if you forsake
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your sin and confess your sin
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then you will find mercy.
Before we get into this very
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important topic of
Confession, I'm gonna ask
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Andrew to lead us
in the word of prayer.
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Andrew, Dear Father in
heaven, you said in First
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John 1:9 that if we confess
our sins, you are faithful
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and just to forgive our
sins and to cleanse us from all
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unrighteousness.
Please give us the humility to
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admit that we have done
wrong and confess our sins,
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so that we can experience
that freedom from guilt
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you so long to give us
in your name. Amen. Amen.
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The Bible makes it clear
that God loves us and wants
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to forgive us. But, there
is a part that we have to play.
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Proverbs 28:13 says, people
who conceal their sins will
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not prosper. But, if
they confess in turn from them
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they will receive mercy.
First John 1:9 tells us that
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if we confess our sins,
He is faithful and just to
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forgive our sins
and to cleanse us
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from all unrighteousness.
It's a fact that God can't
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forgive a sin that's
not confessed and turn
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over to Him. So,
give your sins to God
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and you will be
happy that you did.
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Lord, You've
touched my heart today,
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That is why I've come to pray,
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You see all I have inside,
All the things I try to hide,
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Jesus, I believe
that You are there
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And You're listening
To this sinner's prayer
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Touch this broken heart and
make it new I believe in You
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Please forgive me for my sin
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All I've done and all I've been
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Serving You forevermore
Everyday You'll be my Lord
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Jesus, I believe
that You are there
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And You're listening
To this sinner's prayer
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Knowing You'll
remember What You've heard
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I believe Your word
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In Your name
this prayer will end
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And a new life will
begin Now I know I'm not alone
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Hold my hand and lead me home
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This song is one of my
favorites and it reminds
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me that when we fell
down and make mistakes,
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all we need to do is come
to God and confess our sin.
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He is always
willing to forgive us for
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whatever we have done.
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When we talk about Confession
what do you think of Alley?
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Oh! It kind of makes
me think of when I was
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younger and I was playing
in the front yard with some
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of my friends and we are
throwing rocks in the street
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and my next door
neighbor drove by in his car and
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without even thinking I
just chucked the rock at his car
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and immediately he stopped
the car and he got out and
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he told me that I shouldn't
throw rocks at cars because
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I could hurt someone and
it could be really bad and
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after that my mom she
told me that I should go and
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apologize to him and
I felt really bad, I was
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crying and it was
just, it was really hard to
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go and tell him,
yeah, I was sorry.
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And that was a
Confession in a situation,
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where you didn't
mean to do that. Umm! Umm!
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Alley, what you did,
you didn't mean to do.
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Can you even think of an
experience, where you did
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something and
it was intentional?
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Yes, I have a story.
When I was younger, I was at a
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friend's house and I
was supposed to be watching
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her two younger sister
and brother and I was not
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paying attention, I
was just watching a video
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or something and her
mother was in the kitchen
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and I suddenly heard
the boy crying and I looked
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and the little girl
was standing over him and
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I didn't know what
happened because I wasn't
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watching and her
mother came in and asked me,
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what happened and I
didn't know because I wasn't
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watching and so I just
said, Oh! She pushed him
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over because I, I
didn't want to get caught for
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not paying attention and so
little girl got the spanking
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and while she was get
spanked she was crying
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and saying I didn't do
it, I didn't do it and I was
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feeling really bad
because I didn't actually know
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she had done it and
later I felt really bad.
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So, I went up to
my friend's mother and
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I said well actually I
didn't really see that, I didn't
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really see what
happened. I don't know what
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happened because I
wasn't watching and you can
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punish me if you want to
because I know that I was
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wrong and so she put me in
the corner, but I was aware
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of the consequences
because I knew I was
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wrong and I had
a clear conscience.
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Yeah, and the core
conscience is worth it,
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even though you
suffer the punishment,
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thanks for sharing that.
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Admitting to a wrong
won't be very effective
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if it's forced by someone
else. To be acceptable to
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God it must be sincere
and heartfelt. Psalms 34:18
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says, the Lord is near
to those who have a broken
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heart, and saves such
as have a contrite spirit.
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If we are truly sorry
for what we have done,
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we will make it right
with the person we offended
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and take steps to make sure
that it doesn't happen again
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The result of
this kind of Confession
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is peace with God and man.
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One day a plain village woman
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Driven by love for her
Lord Recklessly poured out
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a valuable essence
Disregarding the scorn
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And once it was
broken and spilled out
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A fragrance filled all the room
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Like a prisoner
released from his shackles
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Like a risen set
free from the tomb
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Broken and spilled out
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Just for love of you Jesus
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My most precious
treasure Lavished on Thee
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Broken and spilled out
And poured at Your feet
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In sweet abandon
Let me be spilled out
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And used up for Thee
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Lord You were
God's precious treasure
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His loved and
His own perfect Son
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Sent here to show me
The love of the Father
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Just for love it was
done And though You we
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perfect and holy You
gave up Yourself willingly
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You spared no
expense for my pardon
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You were used up
and wasted for me
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Broken and spilled out
Just for love of me Jesus
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God's most precious treasure
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Lavished on me Broken and
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spilled out And
poured at my feet
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In sweet abandon
Lord You were spilled out
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and used up for
Me Yes used up for me
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In sweet abandon,
let me be spilled out
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And used up for
Thee, Used up for Thee.
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You know that guilt is
such a horrible thing and yet so
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often we try to cover up
our sins, but why should we,
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when Jesus was broken and
spilled out when he died on
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the cross of Calvary to
pay the penalty for our sins.
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What he really wants us
to do, is take responsibility
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for our sins,
confess them to him.
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You know that whole
idea of taking responsibility
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is a tough one,
isn't it Ellen? Umm! Umm!
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Yeah definitely, actually
just last week I was in an
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accident. I was
driving in Downtown Vancouver
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and I was taking a left
turn and, I was driving my
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friend's car and I
wasn't really paying attention
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and the sun was
shining on my eyes and it was
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just not a good
situation. And by the time I got
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in the middle of the
intersection, I realized
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that someone was
coming straight for me and
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it was too late I couldn't
do anything and so there
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is a big bang and
crash and I was like,
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Oh! I felt so horrible inside,
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yeah, I was just like,
I didn't know what to do,
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all I wanted to do is
fall through the floor and just
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hide, runaway, do anything
to get out of the situation,
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you know. I wish it was
someone else's fault you
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know, but I knew it was
my own fault and so the first
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thing that came to mind
was you need to apologize.
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So, I turned to my friend
and I'm like I'm so sorry.
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It's my fault and I'll
pay for all the damages and
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then I got out of the
car and I went, and, to the
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lady that I crashed
into and I said, I am so
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sorry, I know it's
completely my fault
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and it was really hard
and I really didn't want
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it to be my fault,
but I knew it was and so
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I had to take responsibility
and I really think that's
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the best way is to
take responsibility for your
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actions and not to hide
from you know what you've done.
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Yeah and the consequences,
yeah, and the consequences,
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and often when
people do things wrong,
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and I know myself, you
wanna blame someone else.
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Yeah. That's
one common reaction,
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another one is to
try and hide your sins.
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Aileen, you have a story
that goes along with that.
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Yeah, one time I was
cleaning our bathroom
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and I saw my dad's
razor in the basket
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where it goes and for
some reason I just had
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this urge to look
inside and so and I knew
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I shouldn't touch it,
but I really wanted to,
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so I opened it up and
I was looking inside and
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I thought, I really
got to put this back before
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someone finds me
and I'll get in trouble.
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So, I tried to put it
back together and I could
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not get it back together
and I was getting really
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worried because I
thought I would have
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to go tell someone and
then I would get in trouble.
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But, I finally got it
back together and I put
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it back and it went.
But, I felt really bad
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about it and then a few
days later in the car dad
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said, does
anybody know what happened
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to my razor and I
said yeah actually I was
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cleaning the
bathroom and I accidentally
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knocked off the
counter. So, that's probably
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when it got broken
and he said okay thanks
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I just wanted to
know if anybody knew and
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then I tried to
dismiss it from my mind, but
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I felt really bad
and every time I prayed
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I would think about
it again and so I finally
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went and told mom
what had happened and
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that I told a lie and
she said, well you really
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need to go and tell dad
and I really didn't want
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to tell him, but I
finally decided to tell him and
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when I went and told
him and he forgave me
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and I just felt so much better
about it after that, yeah,
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And you are saying
in your prayer life you
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feel really bad
every time you prayed and
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you would remember that
and after that you didn't
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worry about it.
That's good. You know,
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that's the peace
that God wants to give us
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and when you try to
avoid confessing your
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sin you just feel guilty
that's a terrible feeling.
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Thanks for sharing it.
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It's possible to
confess that we've done
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something
wrong, but not take the
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responsibility for
it. Adam and Eve did not
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take full responsibility
when they blamed God
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each other and
sinned for the wrong doing.
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This is a common
reaction when we get
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caught or feel
convicted about doing
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something wrong, but
God wants us to simply
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come clean and acknowledge our
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faults without
trying to make excuses or
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trying to make
someone else look bad.
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Jesus once praised the
poor tax collective for
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praying, God be
merciful to me a sinner.
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Don't worry when
you confess your sins to
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God, you aren't
telling him anything he
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doesn't already
know. You are simply
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acknowledging your need
for a sin pardoning God.
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Have you a heart that's weary
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Tending a load of
care Are you a soul that
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seeking rest From
the burden you bear?
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Do you know, Do
you know my Jesus
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Do you know, Do
you know my friend
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Have you heard he loves you
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And that he will
abide till the end?
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Where is your heart, oh pilgrim,
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What does your light reveal;
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Who hears your call for comfort
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When naught but sorrow you feel?
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Do you know, Do
you know my Jesus
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Do you know, Do
you know my friend
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Have you heard he loves you
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And that he will
abide till the end?
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Who knows your disappointments
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Who hears each time you cry
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Who understands your heartaches
00:22:08.21\00:22:14.35
Who dries the
tears from your eyes.
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Do you know, Do
you know my Jesus
00:22:20.46\00:22:26.73
Do you know, Do
you know my friend
00:22:26.76\00:22:32.72
Have you heard he loves you
00:22:33.62\00:22:39.49
And that he will
abide till the end?
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In Romans 3:23, the
Bible says that all have
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sin and fall short
of the glory of God.
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We all carry heavy
burdens of guilt from
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the sins that we have committed.
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God longs to give
us rest from those
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burdens, but he
cannot do it unless
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we confess our sins to him.
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The idea of
confessing your sins and getting
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rid of that burden and
guilt, what is that make
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you think of,
Rebecca? Well, a few years ago,
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I was visiting my grandma and my
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brother and I were
playing in the living
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room throwing a
ball back and forth and
00:23:20.93\00:23:23.17
I threw it and it
bounced against the
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wall and it
knocked one of my grandma's
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vases off the shelf
and it crashed to the floor
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and broke, and
I was like Oh! No.
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I know my grandma
like values all her
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antique like things
and she would get really
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mad if she knew
that I was broken and my
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brother was like,
oh! I'm gonna go tell
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grandma and I was
like no don't tell grandma
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you know, I was
like alright tell grandma
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and so I went to
the room where grandma
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was and I shut the
door and just then I was
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originally planning
on just you know, saying
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I'm sorry and I'll pay
for it, but then a little
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wicked thought came
into my head and I was
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like, you know, what,
my brother is not here
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and I'm just going
to blame it on him.
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And so I told grandma
that Michael was the one
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who threw the ball and
knocked the vase off and broke
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it, and she got kind
of upset and went out
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there and Michael
said I didn't do it,
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I didn't do it, I didn't do it,
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but he got punished.
I don't remember what
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the punishment
was, but, and I was
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feeling kind of good
a little bit, you know,
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as I wasn't
getting punished and my
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grandma wasn't mad
at me at least, but then
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later on that afternoon
I just, I started feeling
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worse and worse, and I
was like, this is awful
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I, my grandma was
wondering shy a kid
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wasn't playing, why
I wasn't happy because
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you know little kids
are, emotions are right
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there on their face and
I was just like upset and
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everything and I was
like grandma, I broke
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the vase and I'm sorry
for telling lie and she
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was really nice about
it and she forgave me and
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everything and I paid
for it, but, but it was
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like I remember
distinctly that it was
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like a terrible
feeling that guilt, but then as
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soon as I told my
grandma that I'm sorry
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and I did it. It was
just like gone and it was
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really, it was really amazing.
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A relief that you
have told and must be
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terrible for your
brother, yes, he gets
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blamed for
something, I know, did he blame
00:25:07.36\00:25:10.47
you for it
afterwards. No I went and told
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him, I'm sorry
you know, yeah, and
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everything and it was fine.
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You know, the story
of Adam and Eve speaks
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to all of us when they
had sinned they tried to
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cover up their
guilt. They were hiding in
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the garden and God
had to go and look for
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them. He knew where
they were, but he asked
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the question for
their sake. Adam, where are
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you, so that he
could answer, so that he
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could confess his
sin. He blamed his partner
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Eve and in blaming
Eve he was actually
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blaming God for
creating Eve and giving
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her to him and
of course Eve turned
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around and blamed the serpent.
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It's the nature of
how we deal with our guilt
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and our shame. I think
of a pastor, a friend of
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mine, who was a
conference president
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and he was trying to
hide his guilt and his shame.
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He was involved in
a relationship with
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someone who is not his
wife for 5 years and he
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finally came to the
place, where he confessed
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openly his sin. He
told me afterwards it was so
00:26:22.46\00:26:25.48
hard for him. He
had two options, he said
00:26:25.51\00:26:28.57
the guilt was pressing
upon his heart so badly
00:26:28.60\00:26:31.56
that he felt like he
just wanted to take his life.
00:26:32.20\00:26:34.84
But, then Christ kept
speaking to him through
00:26:36.02\00:26:38.65
the intervention of
the Holy Spirit and asking
00:26:38.68\00:26:41.25
him to confess his sin
and he said once he did
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that it was like
enormous weight of
00:26:44.68\00:26:48.35
relief was just
taken off of his shoulders,
00:26:48.39\00:26:51.14
taken off of his
mind, and his heart.
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So, there is a
freedom, a peace that comes
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with Confession and
forgiveness that God
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gives to us. Let's
turn to God right now in
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prayer and ask him to
cleanse us and to lead
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him, so, lead us
to a place where we
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completely
surrender our lives to him.
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Let's do that right now.
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Heavenly father, we
can identify with Adam
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and Eve when they
were trying to hide
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from you, but we know
that you are merciful.
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We know that if we
confess our sins to you
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that you are
faithful and just and that you
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will cleanse us
and pardon us from all
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unrighteousness.
We thank you for that
00:27:36.57\00:27:39.00
promise and we claim
Lord our lives for you,
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we surrender our hearts
in Jesus name. Amen. Amen.
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