Monday, October 10, 2005

Revelations 22: 12-15

12"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. 13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
14"Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.


Lord Jesus,
You are the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Life starts and finishes with You. I believe that You are coming! Ancient history proves that You are trustworthy and true. Therefore, I will wash my robe and seek to purify myself from a sinful way of life. Forgive me, Righteous Judge, for:

  • Practicing magic arts – expecting You to take a magic wand and with an "Abracadabra" make things better.
  • Sexual immorality (confess Your sin: fornication, lust, adultery, homosexuality, incest,pornography, immodest dress, flirtation)
    Murder – perhaps I have not killed anyone physically, but there are people whom have made me so angry that I’ve hated them and wished they were dead! Therefore, I have killed them in my heart.
  • Idolaters – all the things I have elevated above You (confess your idols: money, people, possessions, power, success, time, talents)
  • Loving and practicing falsehood (confess your sin: gossip, lying, cheating, idol words, wrong motives, evil thoughts, complacency, laziness, slothfulness)
Purify my heart. Sanctify my soul. Wash me, Jesus! Create in me a clean heart. I desire nothing more than to eat the sweet, succulent fruit from the tree of life. I long to go through the pearl gates into the Golden City, the New Jerusalem, where I will worship and adore You forever. Because I fear being left outside with the ferocious, barking dogs, I will earnestly seek to overcome all the things that could separate me from You. Daily, I will come to the river of righteousness and wash my robe so that when You come, You will find me holy and fit to enter Your Kingdom through Jesus. Amen.

Confess those sins that you need to confess in order to receive the promised inheritance. I have listed only a few.

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