Penitent Prayer

Penitent Prayer

In the KJV Bible that I have, there is a picture of Ezra prostrated in prayer with the below caption:

“Ezra was burdened and ashamed to face his Creator because of the compromise of God’s people. Compromise in the Christian takes away his confidence before God.”

Since we are all sinners, we’ve all been there.  We convince ourselves that a tiny compromise in choosing to do what we want, rather than what the Bible teaches us, won’t harm us.  But it does.

When we finally decide to repent, we take our sin to Jesus and He forgives us.  And we are so Blessed that He does.  But sometimes, we find it harder to forgive ourselves!  Our own feelings of guilt remain and we find ourselves running back to Jesus asking Him for forgiveness again when He has already forgiven us!  Jesus’ forgiveness is absolute and it is forever.  What we really need to ask Jesus is to help us forgive ourselves!

In the above writing about Ezra.  It is our own feelings of guilt that “takes away” our “confidence” before God.  This is one reason why it is so important to avoid any type of compromise. 

We know what the Bible teaches, and we need to follow God’s Teachings.  Because when we do, we can meet our Lord unburdened and with confidence 🙂

The Day of Christ’s Return will be here before we know it.

Prepare, Pray & Be Ready!