G.I.R.L. Newsletter Issue #50

Song of the Month:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUhZ3vyvtlc

Take Me Over- Michael W. Smith

Bible Verses:

Search me, God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is any offensive way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139: 23-24


Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 
 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned , and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest , and be clear when thou judgest . 
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;and in sin did my mother conceive me. 
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean :wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice . 
 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Psalm 51:1-12

 

Devotion:

With a new year just around the corner this is a perfect time to examine ourselves and seek to change those areas in our life which we need to work on.  As we read in the verses above David was asking God for forgiveness after the sin he committed with Bathsheba.  He was asking God to take the sin from his life, cleanse him, and wash him.  If we truly are in love with Jesus, we need to be willing to change our hearts, and take out of our life what displeases Him.  It doesn't matter if you've been a Christian for one day, or 30 years, there are always things that we need to work on.  I urge you to cry out to God today. Tell Him you love Him, tell Him you want to do what pleases and honors Him.  If you have never accepted Jesus in to your life, now is the time.  Now is the time to accept Him for the first time, or to recommit your life to Him. Don't say that you will do it tomorrow.  We are not guaranteed tomorrow, if we wait for tomorrow, it may be too late.




Love & Prayers,

Deborah Allyn