Old Testament Scripture Reading: Psalms 32:1 – 11 ( KJV)
Psa 32:1 A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psa 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psa 32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Psa 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Psa 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Psa 32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Psa 32:7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psa 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Psa 32:9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psa 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psa 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
New Testament Scripture Reading: Romans 8:31 – 34 (KJV)
Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Rom 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Rom 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
Rom 8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
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Transforming Power Statements:
1) The knowledge of the grace of God, is a powerful thing to possess, because it frees you to realize that the Most High God has covered you for everything negative that is caused by sin and sinners, the forces of darkness, and even the grave, therefore, Divine Grace becomes the fuel to power your every action and reaction as you progress on through whatever you have been dealt in life!
2) The Psalmist realized that the confession of sin rather than trying to keep it to himself, was the release that was required to relieve the pressures of uncertainty both now and even into the future, knowing that coming clean with God had the greatest impact on everything that might be raised up against you for evil.
3) Paul the Apostle through the Holy Spirit teaches us that if God be FOR US who can successfully be against us; and that even death and the grave have been defeated and proven ineffective by the power of Jesus FOR US, so that we who trust in Him can always Walk In The Knowledge of VICTORY!!