Jenifer gilley
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remembering how to fly."
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 6:28 AM
Subject: The Word For Today: Sunday July 16th


> "WHEN I REFUSED TO CONFESS MY SIN, I WAS...MISERABLE." ( PSALM 32:3 NLT )
>
>                                     DEAL WITH IT!
>
> Are you harbouring sin? Are you refusing to deal with your unresloved 
> issues? David did, and he slipped into hell deep depression. After 
> committing adultery with Bathsheba, he arranged to have her husband 
> killed; then he married her-and his world caved in! "I was...miserable." 
> What stops good people from cleaning up their act? Spiritual 
> misconceptions! Damaging beliefs! See if you recognize any.
> (1) Negative consequences are just the result of fate; they're not 
> connected to my choices.
> (2) God's much too forgiving to permit escalating consequences or allow me 
> to experience pain just to get me to stop sinning.
> (3) The enjoyment I get from my so called sin outweighs the benefit of 
> stopping. Anyway, my sin isn't really hurting anyone.
> (4) I can't help myself. The problem goes back to my childhood, so why 
> wouldn't God extend grace rather than impose discipline?
> (5) Just because I sin doesn't mean I can't do something for God. Hey, God 
> uses crooked sticks-we can't all be the apostle Paul.
> (6) Anyway, it's not a sin, it's just a part of my personality that I 
> struggle with. Do you see what you're really saying? "My sin doesn't have 
> consequences. God won't pursue this. I like my sin too much to give it up. 
> I've convinced myself that I can't quit. My sin won't diminish my 
> effectiveness. My problem isn't even a sin." If this describes you, 
> embrace the truth, disregard the lives that have kept you stuck in 
> unnecessary pain and repent. Yes, repent and renounce it! The moment you 
> do you'll receive God's forgiveness-and the heaviness.
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> Linda("The Prayerwarrior/Angel") 9\o/)
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