Fouled up again! Failed the Lord! Promised myself (and the Lord) I wouldn’t do it… but I did! Feel awful! What should I do?
Let me recommend turning Psalm 130 into a personal prayer for forgiveness – a “song” of mercy and plea for grace…
“Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?! But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared! I wait for You LORD, my soul waits, and in Your word I hope; my soul waits for You more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. Hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with Him is plentiful redemption. He will redeem me from all my iniquities!” (adapted from Psalm 130)
What a prayer! Is it effective? You bet! Apostle John gave this word of assurance to Christians who fail and fall – BUT acknowledge their sin and ask for forgiveness… “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But, if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness!” (1 John 1:8-9)
Coffee With The Lord 