God’s commitment to you isn’t based on your behavior.
“You cannot perform in a way inconsistent with how you feel about yourself.” -John Maxwell
Dear Jesus, please help me accept your forgiveness in my life and to not hold my past against myself. Thank you for a fresh start. Amen.
During your time with Jesus each day, ask Him to reveal areas that you have not accepted forgiveness in your life. Write them down and ask God to heal your heart of the shame you feel.
Scriptures
“When I refused to confess my sin, I was weak and miserable, and I groaned all day long... My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself, ‘I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.’ And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.” Psalm 32:3-5
“You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins.” Proverbs 28:13
“‘Yes,’ Adam admitted, ‘but it was the woman you gave me who brought me some, and I ate it.’” Gen. 3:12
“People's own foolishness ruins their lives, but in their minds they blame the LORD.” Proverbs 19:3
What a terrible failure I am! Who will save me from this sin that brings death to my body? Romans 7:24
“My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear... I am bowed down and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.” Psalm 38:4, 6
“The Lord gave us a mind and a conscience. We cannot hide from ourselves.” Proverbs 20:27
“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” 1 John 1:8
“Let us examine our ways and test them...” Lamentations 3:40
“I recognize my faults; I am conscious of my sins...” Psalm 51:3
“Admit your faults to one another and pray for each other so that you may be healed.” James 5:16
“If we freely admit that we have sinned, we find God utterly reliable...he forgives your sins and makes us thoroughly clean from all that is evil.” 1 John 1:9
“All of us have sinned...yet God declares us ‘not guilty’ IF we trust in Jesus Christ, who in mercy freely takes away our sins.” Romans 3:23-24
“God is merciful and quick to forgive.” Isaiah 55:7
“He has forgiven ALL your sins. He has utterly wiped out the evidence of broken commandments which always hung over our heads, and has completely annulled it by nailing it to the cross!” Colossians 2:13-14
“(Christ)...is always interceding on our behalf.” Hebrews 7:25
“For by the sacrificial death of Christ we are SET FREE, that is, our sins are forgiven. How great is the GRACE of God!” Ephesians 1:7
“What happiness for those whose guilt has been forgiven! ...What relief for those who... God has cleared their record!” Psalm 32:1-2
Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?” “No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.” John 8:10-11
