Good word. That is the difference between guilt and conviction. Guilt is
disabling, just what the enemy wants, for us to sit in our failure and no
plan past wallowing init. Conviction is a call to order, with a godly plan
to rise up out of our failing.

Brad



Helen wrote:
>Failure and Success: Paralysis From Past Mistakes
>
>For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward
>those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He
>removed our transgressions from us. --Psalm 103:11-12
>
>Do not let any of the things of the world or past mistakes paralyze your
>hearts. I believe there are Christians who have allowed some of their past
>mistakes to paralyze them. You were so bright and cheerful in your
>spiritual life once, and then you made some tragic mistake or had something
>happen to you. You got out of it somehow, and prayed and wept your way out
>of it. But it did something to you, and now you cannot lick it. Past wrongs
>that have been done to you, past failures, times you thought you were going
>to win and did not, or present sins or discouragement-these things are not
>mental at all. They are deeper than that; they are subconscious, and they
>prevent us from believing.
>
>I most urgently exhort you, and I trust God Almighty to deliver you; to
>sponge that out of your spirit; to sponge that out of your heart so you are
>not hindered by unbelief. Rut, Rot or Revival: The Condition of the Church,
>pp. 162-163
>
>"Lord, I'm surely not the only one who desperately needs this reminder this
>morning. So many of us struggle with past sins, failures, or hurts. I pray
>for all of my fellow-servants who need deliverance, who need to have the
>past sponged out of their spirits and hearts. Amen."

Brad

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