| SORROW WITHOUT HOPE IS LOST - PART 2 |
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…,OUR PRIDE AND TRUST SHOULD BE IN THE LIVING GOD WHO ALWAYS RICHLY GIVES US ALL WE NEED FOR OUR ENJOYMENT 1 TIM 6:17TLB
LOOK TO GOD ABOVE AND BEYOND ALL MEANS AND DEVICES OF COMPASSION FOR THE GOOD WE ENJOY.
IF WE HAVE LOOKED ANYWHERE ELSE FOR COMFORT AND WE ALL HAVE , LOOKING FOR A QUICK FIX , SOMETHING TO MAKE US FEEL GOOD RIGHT NOW FOR THE MOMENT.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL THAT WE KNOW GOD COMFORTS THOSE WHO ARE CAST DOWN.
AS I SAID BEFORE NONE OF US CAN REPENT WITHOUT GOD’S HELP. FOR GODLY GRIEF PRODUCES A REPENTANCE THAT LEADS TO SALVATION AND BRINGS NO REGRET, BUT WORLDLY GRIEF PRODUCES DEATH. 2 COR. 7:10RS SORROW ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, WORKS BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO RENDER THE HEART HUMBLE, GRIEVING, SUBMISSIVE, PRONE TO CAUSE DEATH TO ALL SIN AND TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE. THIS REPENTANCE COMES WITH SAVING FAITH IN CHRIST AND AN INTEREST TO PLEASE GOD.
THE HAPPY FRUITS OF THE TRUE REPENTANCE: THE HEART IS CHANGED. THE LIFE ACTION IS CHANGED. IT WORKS DISPLEASURE AT SIN AT THEMSELVES, AT THE TEMPTER. IT WORKS A SOBER WATCHFULNESS NOT TO SIN AND A CAUTIOUS GUARD OF DISPLEASING GOD. IT WORKS A DESIRE TO BE RECONCILED WITH GOD. IT WORKS A DESIRE TO FIGHT SIN AND ITS INSTANCES OF FOOLISHNESS. IT ENDEAVORS TO CORRECT INJURIES CAUSED BY SIN. IT WORKS DEEP HUMILITY BEFORE GOD AND HATRED OF SIN, WITH FAITH IN CHRIST A NEW HEART, A NEW LIFE MAKES REPENTANCE UNTO SALVATION. I PRAY THIS REPENTANCE FOR ALL OF US
MAY THE JOY OF OUR LORD BE WITH YOU
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