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Psalm chapter 38 verse 18

I confess my iniquity. I am sorry for my sin. This verse, well as 18 verses into a chapter just filled with

sorrow over sin.

The whole chapter starts, oh Lord,

rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath,

for your arrows have sunk into me.

Your hand has come down upon me. There is deep conviction of

sin as the Psalmist David here is overwhelmed by his sin. He feels crushed by it. He's groaning under its weight and he is confessing

it before God.

And this is so important for every one of our lives.

When we sin to feel its weight,

not that we need to beat ourselves up over it, but to express sorrow before

God for our sin.

God, I don't want to think that I don't want to desire that I don't want to say those

things I don't want to do those things God forgive me, not that he's not willing to forgive.

That's the beauty of our God and the gospel that Jesus has paid the price for our sins that God is absolutely willing to forgive, that he's quick to forgive, he loves us, which means we don't need to fear or hesitate to confess sin before him,

that we need to be quick to confess it and with sorrow realizing how serious

sin is you see that all over Psalm 38 and David feels. I'm sorry for my sin. This is a part of

repentance. It's a brokenness over sin. It's a sorrow over sin that leads to turning from it.

And so I just want to encourage you today

and in a sense each day to pause, examine your heart and ask God to open your eyes to

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