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[cimi]

October 24
Saturday


SECRETS
EXPOSED

READ:
Psalm 32:1-7
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I acknowledged my sin
to You, and my iniquity
I have not hidden....
And You forgave the
iniquity of my sin.
__Psalm 32:5
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For many years, Lake Okeechobee hid its secrets in thick waters and layers of muck. But in 2007, drought shrank the Florida lake to its lowest level since officials began keeping records in 1932, unveiling hundreds of years of history. Raking through the bottom of the lake, archeologists found artifacts, pottery, human bone fragments, and even boats.

After King david committed adultery with Bathsheba and planned the death of her husband, Uriah, he covered his sins by denying them and not confessing them. he probably went many months conducting business as usual, even performing religious duties. As long as David cloaked his sinful secrets, he experienced God's crushing finger of conviction and his strength evaporated like water in the heat of summer (Ps. 32:3-4).

When the prophet Nathan confronted David about his sin, God's conviction was so great that David confessed his sins to God and turned away from them. Immediately the Lord forgave David and he experienced His mercy and grace (2 Sam. 12:13; Ps. 32:5; Ps. 51).

Let's be careful not to hide our sin. When we uncover our sins by confessing them to God, we are covered with His forgiveness.

__Marvin Williams
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```````````````````Lord, help me to expose my sin,```````````````
``````````````````Those secret faults that lurk within;``````````````
```````````````````I would confess them all to Thee;``````````````
`````````````Transparent I would always be. __D. De Haan``````````
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Give God what He desires most--
a broken and repentant heart.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 32:1-7**************

1 Blessed is he whose
transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered,

2 Blessed is the man to
whom the LORD does not
impute iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no
deceit.

3 When I kept silent, my
bones grew old through my
groaning all the day long.

4 For day and night Your
hand was heavy upon me;
my vitality was turned into
the drought of summer.

5 I acknowledged my sin
to You, and my iniquity I
have not hidden. I said, "I
will confess my
transgressions to the LORD,"
and You forgave the iniquity
of my sin.

6 For this cause everyone
who is godly shall pray to
You in a time when You may
be found; surely in a flood of
great waters they shall not
come near him. 7 You are my
hiding place; You shall
preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with
songs of deliverance.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Psalm 32 is one of the seven penitential psalms. (The others are
Psalms 6, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143.) Psalm 51, and possibly
Psalm 32, were written in the aftermath of David's adultery with
Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11-12). David broke five commandments--
murder, adultery, stealing, bearing false testimony, and covetousness
(Ex. 20:13-17). For about a year, David refused to acknowledge his
sins. He contrasted the blessedness of repentance (Ps. 32:1-2) with
the anguish of refusing to confess sin (vv. 3-5). __SIM KAY TEE

[Lani]

Give God what He desires most--
a broken and repentant heart.

Give it to Him, to be made whole in Him once more!!!

Thanks for posting Cimi!!!



Peace and Luv in Christ,
Lani