We
confess our sins to You, Lord - ‘We sinned... All of us have become like one
who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags’. We
look to You for forgiveness - ‘Do not remember our sins for ever’
(Isaiah 64:5-6,9). We know that You hear and answer our prayer. Jesus Christ
is Your Answer to our prayer. He has ‘come down’ from heaven to earth.
‘The Son of the Most High’ has been ‘born’ into our world. Jesus Christ
is Your way of saying ‘Here am I! Here am I!’. He is ‘God with us’
(64:1; 65:1; Luke 1:32,35; Matthew 1:23). ‘The blood of Jesus, God’s
Son, cleanses us from all sin.’ Help us, Lord, to ‘confess our sins.’ ‘The blood of
Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us from all sin’ - Help us to come to You with
faith, believing that You ‘will forgive our sins’. (1 John 1:7,9). May we rejoice in Jesus, our Saviour!
Lord, help us never to think, “We are blessed because we are obedient.” Help us always to say, “We are blessed because You love us and Jesus died for us.” Your love for us, Jesus’ death for us: This is where the blessing comes from – and it’s where our obedience comes from! We think of Your great love for us. We think of Jesus, crucified for us. We say, “Lord, You love me. Help me to love You.” We say, “Jesus, You died for me. Help me to live for You.” This is how Your blessing comes to us – You show us how much You love us, You put Your love into our hearts, the obedience grows stronger – and so does the blessing!
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