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[cimi]

Before I begin typing out the Daily, I just wanted to apologize for only delivering every other day. My oldest daughter just had her first baby at age 29 and I gotta say it is the Bomb!! I didn't think I could feel so affectionate toward another child other than my very own. I have been a grandmother for 12 yrs. now but nothing compares to a daughter having your grandchild. And yes. I love all my grandchildren. I was a younger grandmother when my older grandchildren were born and I also have children their same age so I was in a kind of mom/grandma confusion. I am waaay older now and I also have had the opportunity to have my youngest grandchild stay here with us, (and his mom of course) so it has been an extra special time and experience for me. So thank you all in advance for being patient. Love ya'll! Now back to business.

August 11
Sunday


"I'M...UH
...SORRY"

READ:
Psalm 51:1-17
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Blot out my
transgressions. Wash
me thoroughly from my
iniquity, and cleanse me
from my sin.
__Psalm 51:1-12
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The news is quick to report all the details of famous people's wrongdoings and their subsequent confessions. Perhaps it's an athlete who was arrested for driving while drunk. Or it could be a politician caught in an indiscretion. Only God knows the heart, but when we hear a stuttered "I'm..uh...sorry," we may wonder if they are truly repentant or just sorry they got caught.

When we read the confession of the famous King David we see what looks like genuine contriteness. In his public discussion of his sins in Psalm 51, this disgraced monarch__who had an embarrassing record of flagrant sins which he had kept hidden (2 Sam. 12:1-13; Ps. 32:3-5)__pleads for mercy.

He recognized that his sin was an affront to God__not just to people__and that God alone can judge him (Ps. 51:1-6). He realized that he must be cleansed by God (vv.7-10), and he celebrated his restoration through service and worship (vv.11-17).

All of us sin and fall short of God's glory. When we feel the heavy burden of sin weighing us down, we have the blessing of confession and forgiveness (1 John 1:9) to lift us up. Isn't it just like our great God to turn even our sins into an opportunity to grow in His grace and power and love! __dave Branon

`````````````````````Dear Lord, please give me a humble heart`````````````````````
```````````````````and the courage to confess my sins before You```````````````````
``````````````````and others. Thank You for Your promise to be````````````````````
```````````````````faithful to forgive my sins and to cleanse me.````````````````````
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Confession is agreeing with God about our sin.

*******************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 51:1-17**************************

1 Have mercy upon me,
O God, according to Your
lovingkindness; according to
the multitude of your tender
mercies, blot out my
transgressions. 2 Wash me
thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my
transgressions, and my sin
is always before me.

4 Against You, You only,
have I sinned, and done this
evil in Your sight__that You
may be found just when You
speak, and blameless when
You judge.

5 Behold, I was brought
forth in iniquity, and in sin
my mother conceived me.

6 Behold, You desire truth in
the inward parts, and in the
hidden part You will make
me to know wisdom.

7 Purge me with hyssop,
and I shall be clean; wash
me, and I shall be whiter
than snow. 8 Make me hear
joy and gladness, that the
bones You have broken may
rejoice. 9 Hide Your face
from my sins, and blot out
all my iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean
heart, O God, and renew a
steadfast spirit within me.

11 Do not cast me away
from Your presence, and do
not take Your Holy Spirit
from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of
Your salvation, and uphold
me by Your generous Spirit.

13 Then I will teach
transgressors Your ways,
and sinners shall be
converted to You.

14 Deliver me from the guilt
of bloodshed, O God, the
God of my salvation, and my
tongue shall sing aloud of
Your righteousness. 15 O
Lord, open my lips, and my
mouth shall show forth Your
praise. 16 For you do not
desire sacrifice, or else I
would give it; You don not
delight in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a
broken spirit, a broken and a
contrite heart__these, O God,
You will not despise.