January 27, 2012
Precious Repentance
There you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed.
~ Ezekiel 20:43
"When we are accepted of the Lord and are standing in the place of favor, peace, and safety, then we are led to repent of all our failures. So precious is repentance that we may call it a diamond of the first water, and this is sweetly promised to the people of God as one most sanctifying result of salvation.
A sense of blood-bought pardon and undeserved mercy is the best means of dissolving a heart of stone. Are we feeling hard? Think of covenant love, and then we shall leave sin, lament sin, and loathe sin - we shall loathe ourselves for sinning against such infinite love. Let us come to God with this promise of penitence, and ask Him to help us to remember, and repent, and regret and return. Oh, that we could enjoy the melting of holy sorrow! Lord, speak to the rock, and cause the waters to flow!"
(By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)
Sorry this is so late. I have been battling sickness off and on for about a month now. I have not wanted to do anything but sleep. So please forgive me for delivering the Lord's Word to you so late. God bless and have a wonderful day in Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior, Amen.
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