Let us Sin no more - Lent - March

James 5:16 - Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.


It is Lent and this month we walk the way of the Cross.

Lord, thank You for being willing to die so that my sins could be forgiven by God.

You know each of my sins, including those that I tried to hide from You.

Make my thoughts new so that I can obey, You. Make me willing to forgive the sins of others, like You forgave mine.

It also seems that sin has lost its power to frighten people in our world today. Sin in our life obstruct our relationship with God

Hebrews 3:13 - You must warn each other every day, while it is still "today", so that none of us will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.

We are all sinful from the moment of our birth. Once we realise God's hiliness, you realise your own sinfulness.

Satan will try his best to make you a lifeling prisoner of sin. Make a list of your sins and confess them to God. God promises to forgive sins once they have been confessed.

"Jesus' Blood Redeems Us"

The ransom He paid... was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.

Jesus died for our sins - and that was enough forever.

Lord, please forgive me that I have so many excuses from continuing to sin. I plead with You to keep me from deliberate sins and help me to do what is right. Help me to accept responsibility for my sins and give me strenght to give them up

Amen.

Month November - Dealing with Stress

The time we reach November many of us are stressed and tense.

And there are still far too many things to do.

God, you know me so well that I don't even need to tell you how anxious, tense and stressed I am at present.

Like Job, I feel as if my life is hanging by a thread;

I am exhausted, irritated and worn out. I neglect my quite time,

because there is so much to do..

Please help me to live one day at a time.

I now want to come to You with all my anxiety and tension and lay it at Your cross.

Thank You that You are always there to carry me.

I need Your courage and power so much today - please give me inner strengh that You promised in Your word.

I want to hold onto You,

Please give me peace -You are my peace, Lord.

Thank you for your reassurance that You will help me.

Lord, please forgive me for all the times I was upset because my selfish plans didnot work out.

Make me willing to fall in with Your plans for my life.

Forgive me for trying to be such a perfectionist and thinking that I can manage everything myself.

Make me calm and content to just do my best.

Thank You Lord. 

"Nina Smit"