Agreeing with God – The Presidential Prayer Team

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! – Psalm 51:2

Confession is agreeing with God. It is not only agreeing with Him about your sin but with the positive things as well—all that He has offered you through Christ’s sacrifice. However, coming boldly before His throne involves soul searching. For a committed follower of Jesus, sins of omission may be more tempting than sins of commission. How often do you take stock of your actions and behaviors, both what you are doing and what you are not? Confession of wrongdoing (or not doing what’s right) leads to forgiveness, peace, and joy.

Meditate on who the Lord is Creator of the Universe, eternal and unchanging, good, loving, and righteous. Consider who you are in Jesus: blessed in the beloved (Ephesians 1:6), partaker of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4) a child of God (1 John 3:1), and thoroughly and completely forgiven (1 John 1:9).

Today, confidently draw near to Him. Be assured that evil flees when you do so, just as darkness vanishes in the light. Believe that God hears and answers your prayers, loves you, and totally forgives you of your wrongdoings and mistakes. Let His peace rule your heart. Remember to bring the needs of the nation before Him. Ask the Lord for His continued mercy on the United States and for the gift of repentance for its leaders and citizens. Pray for the gospel to be preached, the name of Jesus to be lifted up, and a great revival to take place in this country.

Today’s Verse: Psalm 51:2

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
    and cleanse me from my sin!

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Recommended for further reading: Romans 3:21-31

²¹But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— ²²the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: ²³for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. ²⁶It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

²⁷Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. ²⁸For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. ²⁹Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, ³⁰since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. ³¹Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.