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Our Daily Bread Saturday 18 March 2023 || Weeding Out Sins

Our Daily Bread March 18, 2023 Saturday || Weeding Out Sins

Our Daily Bread Saturday 18 March 2023 || Weeding Out Sins

OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL TODAY 18TH MARCH 2023 MESSAGE

Read and Digest OUR DAILY BREAD Devotional written By Xochitl Dixon and was published to bless, inspire and uplift you every day as you benefit from the deep Insight of God’s infallible WORD.

TODAY’S TOPIC: WEEDING OUT SINS

Bible in a Year: Deuteronomy 32–34; Mark 15:26–47

Bible Verse: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins. 1 John 1:9

INSIGHT – OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL 18 MARCH 2023:

Today’s Scripture: 1 John 1:5–2:2

The apostle John reminds us that “God is light” (1 John 1:5) and encourages us to walk in fellowship with Him (vv. 6–7). Elsewhere, Paul reminds us that we “are not in darkness” but are “children of the light” (1 Thessalonians 5:4–5). In 1 John, the apostle challenges us to “not sin” (2:1). But because we’re still not perfected, we do continue to sin (1:8). John assures us that when we confess and repent, God will “forgive us our sins” (v. 9).

Our “advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One” (2:1), “through the shedding of his blood” (Romans 3:25), is “the atoning sacrifice [propitiation] for our sins” (1 John 2:2; see 4:10). The NIV Zondervan Study Bible describes “atoning sacrifice” as what Jesus did on the cross in “removing guilt and purifying sinners (expiation) and appeasing God’s anger toward sinners (propitiation).” By: K. T. Sim

OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE

When I noticed a sprig budding next to the garden hose by our porch, I ignored the seemingly harmless eyesore. How could a little weed possibly hurt our lawn? But as the weeks passed, that nuisance grew to be the size of a small bush and began taking over our yard. Its stray stalks arched over a portion of our walkway and sprouted up in other areas. Admitting its destructive existence, I asked my husband to help me dig out the wild weeds by the roots and then protect our yard with weed killer.

When we ignore or deny its presence, sin can invade our lives like unwanted overgrowth and darken our personal space. Our sinless God has no darkness in Him . . . at all. As His children, we’re equipped and charged to face sins head-on so we can “walk in the light, as he is in the light” (1 John 1:7). Through confession and repentance, we experience forgiveness and freedom from sin (vv. 8–10) because we have a great advocate—Jesus (2:1). He willingly paid the ultimate price for our sins—His lifeblood—and “not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world” (v. 2).

When our sin is brought to our attention by God, we can choose denial, avoidance, or deflection of responsibility. But when we confess and repent, He weeds out sins that harm our relationships with Him and others. By: Xochitl Dixon

Today’s Reflection & Prayer

How does knowing your sins are offenses against God change your view about repentance? What sins have taken root and need to be weeded out of your life?
Loving Father, please uproot the sins from my life so I can grow closer to You and others.

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