Champions Of Christ Church Community Group

This is a church, but online! Most people view a church as the building you go to for worship. NOT TRUE. In the beginning, it was a community that shared things. This is a church. A web-based community who can share with others. Feel free to ask questions. There are no "dumb" questions. How will you know unless you ask. I only ask that you have JOY. (Respect of Jesus,...

73 Members
2,785 Posts
0 Online
Personal Challenges
/ Champions Of Christ Church Support Group

I have swept away your offenses

beckyp
beckyp



































Swept Away


I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist.


Isaiah 44:22


READ ISAIAH 43:25; 44:21–23






























































When he invented the pencil eraser, British engineer Edward Nairne was reaching instead for a piece of bread. Crusts of bread were used then, in 1770, to erase marks on paper. Picking up a piece of latex rubber by mistake, Nairne found it erased his error, leaving rubberized “crumbs” easily swept away by hand.


With us too the worst errors of our lives can be swept away. It’s the Lord—the Bread of Life—who cleans them with His own life, promising never to remember our sins. “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake,” says Isaiah 43:25, “and remembers your sins no more.”


This can seem to be a remarkable fix—and not deserved. For many, it’s hard to believe our past sins can be swept away by God “like the morning mist.” Does God, who knows everything, forget them so easily?


That’s exactly what God does when we accept Jesus as our Savior. Choosing to forgive our sins and to “[remember them] no more,” our heavenly Father frees us to move forward. No longer dragged down by past wrongs, we’re free of debris and cleaned up to serve, now and forever.


Yes, consequences may remain. But God sweeps sin itself away, inviting us to return to Him for our clean new life. There’s no better way to be swept away.


By Patricia Raybon




REFLECT & PRAY




Lord, sweep away my old sins, erasing my past for new life in You. Help me understand the reality of Your forgiveness and live in it joyfully.


What things from your past do you have trouble forgetting? Ask God to help you take Him at His word.





Group FounderMaryTurk
MaryTurk
This is a powerful devotional. Thanks for sharing it.
Ladybug7
Ladybug7
Excellent devotional. Thanks for posting it, Becky.
beckyp
beckyp
The devil has been attacking me with old memories of sins committed lately. This devotional is very powerful. Thank You God for remembering my sins no more. I need to speak that to the devil when he attacks me.
Posts You May Be Interested In
  • Community LeaderSunCloudJD

    The wee small hours of Thursday!

    Posted by: SunCloudJD
    Last Reply: mlr0853
    7
    Good Thursday to you!I've been watching a really long trial on Youtube these last couple of nights and will finish tomorrowHopefully I'll be in the land of nod soon and I hope my peeps are having sweet dreams followed by a great daySending hugs...xo
  • JazzyLady

    New Seasons

    Posted by: JazzyLady
    Last Reply: TES9579
    5
    I am waiting for info on the next seasons for: Untamed, The Burbs and Happys Place.