September 6
Scripture focus: Are you hurting? Pray. Do you feel great? Sing. Are you sick? Call the church leaders together to pray and anoint you with oil in the name of the Master. Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet. And if you've sinned, you'll be forgiven--healed inside and out. Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. James 5:13-17 (The Message)
- We are responsible for acknowledging the truth about our problems -- without subterfuge, deceit, or denial - to the best of our ability at this moment. This requires humility.
It's hard to confess powerlessness without feeling the need to explain. Did you ever watch the I Love Lucy show? Can you remember Ricky Ricardo saying to Lucy, "Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do?" Perhaps it made Ricky feel better to hear Lucy share her reasoning behind her zany ways -- but God isn't like that.
He already knows us inside and out. Too much " 'splaining" and we start sounding like people who are making excuses.
I pray that today will bring us all one step closer to sharing with someone we can trust the truth about our problems.
Recommended reading: 2 Chronicles 15 - 17
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