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Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Psalm 51:6-12
A Journey of Confession and Repentance
The Cleansing Shower
Psalm 51:6-12
I’ve been using very specific language this year, we remember the cross and celebrate the empty tomb.
The focus turns from the ugliness of sin to the incredible beauty of God’s forgiveness.
There was no denial or minimization of sin, the confession was complete, and now the next step–out of the death of sin, is just as complete.
Our part is to really look at our sin, be convicted of our sin, and then honestly confess it before God.
Now this “cleansing” is a spiritual cleansing, a declaration in the sight of God that we are now spiritually clean, that the defilement of sin has been dealt with by the blood of the innocent Lamb of God, and so now we are clean.
It’s a prayer for God to touch deeply, to reach into a heart that was darkened and stained by sin, and to replace it with something pure–a heart of love and full of goodness and purity.
That steadfast/willing spirit we pray for here keeps us going by growing our love for God and helps us to focus on the joy of walking with God, day in and day out.