Do We Sin?

Scripture: 5 What we are telling you now is the very message we heard from Him: God is pure light, undimmed by darkness of any kind. 6 If we say we have an intimate connection with the Father but we continue stumbling around in the darkness, then we are lying because we do not live according to the truth. 7 If we walk step by step in the light, where the Father is, then we are ultimately connected to each other through the sacrifice of Jesus His Son. His blood purifies us from all our sins. 8 If we go around bragging, “We have no sin,” then we are fooling ourselves and are strangers to the truth. 9 But if we own up to our sins, God shows that He is faithful and just by forgiving us of our sins and purifying us from the pollution of all the bad things we have done. 10 If we say, “We have not sinned,” then we depict God as a liar and show that we have not let His word find its way into our hearts. (1 John 1:5-10 The Voice) Do I/we sin? Of course we do, and probably more often than we would like to think we do. We think about the outward sins that are obvious, but what about the sins of our thoughts, and even judgments we make? We are all born as slaves to sin, which is not our choice, but we do have choice in whether we accept the freedom from sin that is ours through our Lord and Savior, Jesus. We can confess daily, and he will purify our hearts and draw us closer to His heart. Thank You, Father, for the freedom we can receive through the confession of our sins; the little ones as well as the more obvious ones. You are so faithful to love and forgive us, and to grow us in more and more of Your ways. Thank You. AMEN Praise the name of the Lord! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever and ever. The glory of the Lord is far greater than the heavens. Psalm 113
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