My Prayer to God is Psalm 51

Psalm 51

 ¹Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

 ²Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

 ³For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

 ⁴Against 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.

 ⁵Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

 ⁶Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

 ⁷Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

 ⁸Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

 ⁹Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

 ¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

 ¹¹Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

 ¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

 ¹³Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

 ¹⁴Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

 ¹⁵O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

 ¹⁶For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

 ¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

 ¹⁸Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

 ¹⁹Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

We sin against God first and foremost, every sin I have ever committed has been against God only.  I make mistakes and I sin, that sin first was a THOUGHT, then it was an ACTION.  No sin has ever been committed that was not FIRST thought about.

Sometimes God has to break us to get us back to Him, I pray that doesn't happen, but to me it seems all too often God has to break me, humble me, bring me to acknowledge how stupid or ridiculous I have been.  I think God is too patient with me at times.  I sin and sin and I get right over and over again, but I don't see how God could ever look behind my faults, but I am so glad that He does and when He looks at me He sees His Son.  Amen!!!


You, I, Can NOT effectively witness till I am completely right with God, it won't happen.  How can one witness when they are deep in sin?  The person who is LOST and WITHOUT hope can see RIGHT THROUGH you and see YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT because they are not stupid, they see your actions and we are probably the ONLY Bible some lost soul will ever see!  Make your life count.  Let God use you, don't buck the system.  I have done that way too many times and I regret it so much!!!

2 Chron 7: ¹⁴If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Our part

1. be saved
2. humble ourselves
3. pray
4. seek God's face
5. Turn from wicked ways (REPENT)

God's part

1. He will hear from Heaven
2. will forgive our sins (AMEN!!!)
3. and will heal our land

I can't help but think that the land God talks about in this verse could mean our lives, God tells us to break up our fallow ground, 2 times in the Bible, so our lives are compared to ground, so why not land be considered our lives.  If we are doing our part in this verse God will hear from Heaven and FORGIVE our sins and will heal our land, our lives.  He can take us and mold us into what He wants us to be, He doesn't have to throw the clay away, He can take us off the Potter's wheel and make us into a ball and add some water and put us back on the wheel and start all over again with us and make us a vessel meet for the Master's use.

Our SIN could HINDER the health of the land, the physical land we live in. Our sin could be the reason for no rain, I can't help but wonder if God is withholding the rain that we so badly need because I have been sinning, and unwilling to get completely right with God.  I have gotten right tonight and have spent the past 30 to 40 minutes in His Precious Word and I feel at peace once again with the Father!

If we have friends that draw us aside unto things that we ought not be doing then no matter what we need to stop and say I can not be friends with you, don't worry about how they will take it because if the friendship is going to pull you away from God then, my friend, it is not worth it!!!  I've learned that the hard way, and I don't want you to learn it the hard way either.

A good friend of mine asked me tonight, do I love Jesus more than my sins?  that is a convicting question.  Of course all of us would say yes to that, you would not even dare admit that you love your sins more than Jesus, but truth be told some of us live that way!!!  God forbid it though.  I know my life showed that I loved my sins more than I loved Jesus, the Saviour of my soul, and I regret that!

I can not take back the sins that I have committed these past few weeks but I have gotten them FORGIVEN and they are under the blood of Jesus!!!  God will help me and keep me in line and I will do my best to stay in line with Him and stay in the sweet communion with my Lord.

God bless you all!!!

Mandy Marie