Show We Make Mistakes S By REV LEO E. E RUBEL t 1 i In the performance of o our our r daily tasks we often make many mistakes We like to think that we are wise and strong trong and good yet a little thought will bring us to the realization that we often fail despite our very best efforts i 1 I WHEN WE fail it is a matter matter matter mat mat- ter of enormous importance for us to know what to do Some people say Forget your failures Others say Laugh them off Still others say Deny them think nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing of them But all such actions do not solve the problem problem problem lem of our sins and do not erase our mistakes The right thing for us to todo todo todo do is to confess our sins to God to beg Him for forgiveness forgiveness forgiveness for for- for Jesus' Jesus sake and to ask Him to strengthen us that we may avoid a repetition repetition repetition tion of our failures THE BIBLE says If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us But if we confess our sins He Heis Heis Heis is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness 1 John I We must ever remember I what the Bible assures us of that have Redeemer Redeemer Redeemer Re Re- namely we a deemer who forgives us us' us cleanses us from our sins and gives us power for a anew anew anew new life when we turn to Him in repentance and faith There will of of course be new and repeated failures but each time we come Christ will abundantly pardon THE BIBLE says My flesh and my heart but God is the Strength of my heart and my Portion forever Psalm |