Broken over Sin
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Many people today (in the younger generation) don't have any idea about a “Revival.” It is a series of protracted meetings where a church meets every night for an extended period of time. The Word of God is preached and the Gospel is clearly presented. The whole goal is to win people to Christ and to encourage believers to walk with Jesus.
I will never forget an incident from years ago. I preached a revival in a church down south. After the service, the Minister of Music of the church came up to me and said, “What do you do if you know something is wrong as a believer; you know what you're doing is not right, but you don't want to change?”
God gave me some spiritual discernment at that moment. I looked at him and said, “You are having an affair right now, aren't you?” He hung his head and said, “Yes, no one knows it, but the problem is that I don't want to let go.”
This is what happens in a person's life when there are no tears over personal sin; we tend to justify what we want. He would go on to lose his family, his church, and his ministry for a season in life. When the tears came, the brokenness followed. God restored him, but it would never be the same. The impact of his life would never reach as far as it had before.
We have to be very intentional about grounding ourselves in Christ and rooting ourselves in His truth. We don’t want to go down a similar path as this man where we justify what we want rather than turning from our sin and walking down the path God has marked for us. The longer we allow sin to linger without dealing with it, the more difficult it will be to walk away from that sin.
Are you struggling to walk away from sin in your life? Are you engaging in a wrong behavior, but you are not broken over this sin? If so, I pray that the Holy Spirit would begin to convict you and restore you. You must feel brokenhearted over your sinful behavior and move toward what is right. Repentance means that you turn from your sin and move in the opposite direction. Remember, God will use anything necessary to bring you back to Himself, even your brokenness.
Many people today (in the younger generation) don't have any idea about a “Revival.” It is a series of protracted meetings where a church meets every night for an extended period of time. The Word of God is preached and the Gospel is clearly presented. The whole goal is to win people to Christ and to encourage believers to walk with Jesus.
I will never forget an incident from years ago. I preached a revival in a church down south. After the service, the Minister of Music of the church came up to me and said, “What do you do if you know something is wrong as a believer; you know what you're doing is not right, but you don't want to change?”
God gave me some spiritual discernment at that moment. I looked at him and said, “You are having an affair right now, aren't you?” He hung his head and said, “Yes, no one knows it, but the problem is that I don't want to let go.”
This is what happens in a person's life when there are no tears over personal sin; we tend to justify what we want. He would go on to lose his family, his church, and his ministry for a season in life. When the tears came, the brokenness followed. God restored him, but it would never be the same. The impact of his life would never reach as far as it had before.
We have to be very intentional about grounding ourselves in Christ and rooting ourselves in His truth. We don’t want to go down a similar path as this man where we justify what we want rather than turning from our sin and walking down the path God has marked for us. The longer we allow sin to linger without dealing with it, the more difficult it will be to walk away from that sin.
Are you struggling to walk away from sin in your life? Are you engaging in a wrong behavior, but you are not broken over this sin? If so, I pray that the Holy Spirit would begin to convict you and restore you. You must feel brokenhearted over your sinful behavior and move toward what is right. Repentance means that you turn from your sin and move in the opposite direction. Remember, God will use anything necessary to bring you back to Himself, even your brokenness.
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I knew of a pastor in my home town that had an affair with another pastor's wife. He divorced his wife and married her. He confessed to the whole congregation in tears, resigned and left the ministry for awhile, then got a job as a pastor in another state. We were all shocked to the core but we all knew of God's forgiveness.
. My hometown church had a revival where we were split up into small groups at some houses. We were to tell of our deepest hurts. There was a great cleansing in the church that time. And my mother told me and my siblings that she loved us when she didn't show it or tell us before that. Our church was a very loving church from then on.
Every Day brings opportunities to Trust GOD and Believe that God's Will needs to be Done if We are to fully realize GOD and His Wonderful GRACE and MERCY ! Thank You JESUS, Thank You HOLY SPIRIT.