Wash-a-holic
Mar 14
by Victoria Robinson
Okay girlfriends, I admit it, I am a wash-a-holic! Like all of us I shower everyday, sometimes more. I wash my hair at least once a day. But when it comes to hand washing that is where I really get into trouble. I am constantly washing my hands. Being that I love to cook means that I wash my hands over and over each day. I certainly could use a case of industrial strength hand lotion! Don’t worry girlfriends, I am in good spiritual standing according to the Word of God as it says, “Wash your hands, you sinners …” The truth is—this passage goes on to say, “… and purify your hearts …”
The prophet Isaiah said, “The Lord will wash the moral filth from the women …”. While this verse is speaking of the entire church, we women would do well to take it seriously. The apostle James tells us, “Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent …”
If I was a spiritual wash-a-holic and washed my moral filth off as readily as washing my hands, my heavenly Father would be very pleased with me. Dearest girlfriends, let us repent of our sins and cleanse ourselves spiritually.
The Lord will wash the moral filth from the women … ~ Isaiah 4:4 NLT
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. ~ James 1:21 NIV
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. ~ James 4:8-10 NIV
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Finding Forgiveness
Nov 15
by Victoria Robinson
Are you in need of forgiveness? The only way to find forgiveness is to ask for it. In the book of Genesis, Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery. From there his life kept spiraling tragically downward. Joseph’s brothers had done something so egregious to Joseph that forgiveness is unimaginable. Yet through the gracious power of God, forgiveness is always possible. They went and humbled themselves before their brother and found undeserved forgiveness from a brother who loved the Lord his God with all his heart.
If you need to find forgiveness, simply ask. Whoever you need forgiveness from, whether a person or your heavenly Father, just humble yourself and ask. When asking for forgiveness it is important to be repentant by confessing what wrongs you have committed.
Your heavenly father is always willing to forgive you. The truth is that people may not always choose to forgive. Understand, this is not your responsibility. Once you have humbled yourself, repented and asked for forgiveness you will walk in freedom even if others do not want to forgive you. Girlfriends, I know that even though you have done your part to make things right, it can still be painful to know they will not forgive you. This is where you need to find comfort in the Word of God and know that you have been forgiven by Him.
The most important forgiveness you will ever need is the forgiveness of your sins that gives you the opportunity to go to heaven. If you would like to know how to receive this eternal forgiveness, click the following link. Heaven
Dearest girlfriends, I pray our hearts would be cleansed of our offenses by repenting and asking forgiveness.
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?” So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Your father left these instructions before he died: ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept. His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said. But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. ~ Genesis 50:15-21 NIV
So if you are standing before the altar in the Temple, offering a sacrifice to God, and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you, leave your sacrifice there beside the altar. Go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God. ~ Matthew 5:23-24 NLT
This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men. ~ Acts 24:16 NKJV
If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. ~ Psalm 130:3-4 NIV
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. ~ 1 John 1:9 NIV
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. ~ Colossians 1:14-15 NIV
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