A daily, Bible-based perspective of hope,
encouragement and exhortation.
Daily
Encouragement on
Friday, April 5,
2019
Equine
traffic on a rural back-road in Lancaster County.
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on photo to enlarge)
"The
Rebound Principle"
Message
summary:
Have
you sinned? Have you
stumbled? Have you
fallen? Perhaps you are
even down right now as
you read this. God has
provided a means for
spiritual rebound with
no additional conditions
or limits. Just a
straightforward promise
based upon His character
of forgiveness. When we
confess our sins "He
is faithful and just
to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse
us from all
unrighteousness." This
really is good news and
the best kind of rebound
with the bonus of
eternity spent in
heaven. Joyfully accept
His cleansing and
forgiveness today.
Listen to our message on your audio player.
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
The
last several weeks many
have been following the
NCAA college basketball
tournament leading up to
the Final Four games
this Saturday evening
and the national
championship game on
Monday.
In a basketball game solid play is required all through the game. Most of the attention goes to the scoring. But one key component of success is the rebound. However rebounds themselves are not scores.
In basketball a rebound refers to the ball being retained after a missed shot on offense and the offensive team having another opportunity to score. On defense it's getting the ball back after your opponent misses a shot. Because even the best players miss shots, rebounding is an important component to having a good basketball team.
Thank
God for another kind of
rebound of much greater
importance and
consequence. If you've
been a Christian for a
while hopefully you've
memorized the daily
verse: "If we confess
our sins, He is
faithful and just to
forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness"
(1 John 1:9). It's one
of those remarkable
truths in the Christian
life that form a
fundamental principle
that has been called
"the rebound principle."
It describes the
wonderful means that our
gracious God has
provided for us to
rebound or bounce back
after we sin.
The apostle John is writing late in the first century, perhaps sixty years after he had walked with Jesus. Peter, Paul and many of the other notable apostles died about thirty years prior to this writing. He's surely very mature in his faith now. If anyone was ever expected to have fully made it in their spiritual journey and earned the right to point his finger and use a preachy "you" it would have been John at this point in his life. But I find encouraging significance in the personal pronoun he uses throughout the passage. It's known as the first person plural. John does not say, "If you confess your sins" but "If we confess our sins."
Have you sinned? Have you stumbled? Have you fallen? Perhaps you are down right now as you read this. God has provided a means for spiritual rebound with no additional conditions or limits. Just a straightforward promise based upon His character of forgiveness. "When we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." This really is good news and the best kind of rebound with the bonus of eternity spent in heaven. Joyfully accept His cleansing and forgiveness today.
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father,
I lay my sins on
Jesus, the
spotless Lamb of
God. I'm so
thankful for
Jesus who bears
them all and
frees me from
the accuser's
condemnation. I
confess my sins
to You, both big
and small, so
that my crimson
stains are
washed white in
the blood of the
sinless Lamb of
God and not a
stain remains.
Thank You for
providing Jesus
as the Sinbearer
who redeems me
from the slimy
pit of mud and
mire, the Solid
Rock on which
I stand.
Upon my
confession, You
are faithful and
just to forgive
me of my sins
and cleanse me
from all
unrighteousness.
You put a new
song in my heart
and a hymn of
praise and
thanksgiving on
my lips. It's
through Jesus'
wonderful name
that we can pray
to You, Father.
Amen.
Listen to our message on your audio player.
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
The
last several weeks many
have been following the
NCAA college basketball
tournament leading up to
the Final Four games
this Saturday evening
and the national
championship game on
Monday.In a basketball game solid play is required all through the game. Most of the attention goes to the scoring. But one key component of success is the rebound. However rebounds themselves are not scores.
In basketball a rebound refers to the ball being retained after a missed shot on offense and the offensive team having another opportunity to score. On defense it's getting the ball back after your opponent misses a shot. Because even the best players miss shots, rebounding is an important component to having a good basketball team.
Thank
God for another kind of
rebound of much greater
importance and
consequence. If you've
been a Christian for a
while hopefully you've
memorized the daily
verse: "If we confess
our sins, He is
faithful and just to
forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness"
(1 John 1:9). It's one
of those remarkable
truths in the Christian
life that form a
fundamental principle
that has been called
"the rebound principle."
It describes the
wonderful means that our
gracious God has
provided for us to
rebound or bounce back
after we sin.The apostle John is writing late in the first century, perhaps sixty years after he had walked with Jesus. Peter, Paul and many of the other notable apostles died about thirty years prior to this writing. He's surely very mature in his faith now. If anyone was ever expected to have fully made it in their spiritual journey and earned the right to point his finger and use a preachy "you" it would have been John at this point in his life. But I find encouraging significance in the personal pronoun he uses throughout the passage. It's known as the first person plural. John does not say, "If you confess your sins" but "If we confess our sins."
Have you sinned? Have you stumbled? Have you fallen? Perhaps you are down right now as you read this. God has provided a means for spiritual rebound with no additional conditions or limits. Just a straightforward promise based upon His character of forgiveness. "When we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." This really is good news and the best kind of rebound with the bonus of eternity spent in heaven. Joyfully accept His cleansing and forgiveness today.
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father,
I lay my sins on
Jesus, the
spotless Lamb of
God. I'm so
thankful for
Jesus who bears
them all and
frees me from
the accuser's
condemnation. I
confess my sins
to You, both big
and small, so
that my crimson
stains are
washed white in
the blood of the
sinless Lamb of
God and not a
stain remains.
Thank You for
providing Jesus
as the Sinbearer
who redeems me
from the slimy
pit of mud and
mire, the Solid
Rock on which
I stand.
Upon my
confession, You
are faithful and
just to forgive
me of my sins
and cleanse me
from all
unrighteousness.
You put a new
song in my heart
and a hymn of
praise and
thanksgiving on
my lips. It's
through Jesus'
wonderful name
that we can pray
to You, Father.
Amen.Today
we share
several photos
from our drive
between
companies
through
eastern
Lancaster
County
yesterday.
A
steel-wheeled
John Deere
tractor
(Click
on photo to
enlarge)
Gardeners
already have
spring
vegetables
planted on
this Mennonite
farm. One of
the first
signs of
spring are the
blooming
willow trees.
(Click
on photo to
enlarge)
Mennonite
schoolhouse next
to the freshly
plowed field.
(Click
on photo to
enlarge)
These
Val-Co employees
enjoyed a quick
15 minutes of
pickup football
during their
lunch break.
These days the
majority of
lunch rooms are
filled with
employees
thumbing through
their cell
phones with
little to no
interaction
among fellow
employees.
This is a
wholesome sight
of employees
building
camaraderie
while engaging
in healthy
exercise, amidst
beautiful rural
farmland. Only
about three
weeks ago this
was all covered
in snow.
(Click
on photo to
enlarge)
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