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    Praying for Forgiveness from A–Z: Seeking God's Forgiveness from Sin
    Praying for Forgiveness from A–Z: Seeking God's Forgiveness from Sin
    Praying for Forgiveness from A–Z: Seeking God's Forgiveness from Sin
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    Praying for Forgiveness from A–Z: Seeking God's Forgiveness from Sin

    By Fay Gunter

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    Sin. Its such a common word, especially in the Christian culture. Even though its a little word in the dictionary, its a very big word in our lives and how God views us as a people. Each and every person who has ever lived on earth, except for Jesus Christ, has sinned. We are all born into sin. Although our human nature doesnt like to consider ourselves as sinners and we often struggle with calling ourselves sinners, its a fact of life that we cant ignore. What do we do about sin? Do we try to deny or hide from the fact that we sin? Do we admit to ourselves that we sin? Do we look on our sins as not so bad compared to other peoples? Do we feel guilty about our sin or only regret the sin when weve been caught? Do we enjoy the sin and not want to give it up? Do we think of sin as really bad or just what everyone does, and its a part of life? Merriam-Websters Dictionary calls sin reprehensible. If a dictionary gives the meaning of sin as something so horrible sounding, what in the world does our God who is Holy, think about sin? Has our prayer life become stagnant because of our sin? Can we actually separate ourselves from a loving Father because of our sin? Even when Christ lives in us and His blood has washed away our sin, we still sin and will until the day we pass from this earth. How do we draw closer to God when we know that we have sinned and havent repented?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateOct 27, 2014
    ISBN9781490845708
    Praying for Forgiveness from A–Z: Seeking God's Forgiveness from Sin
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    Fay Gunter

    Fay asked Jesus into her life when she was eight years old. However, over the years, she has chosen many paths that have led her down the road of sin. Although she has learned many lessons from her sins, she knows God has not been pleased with the sinful choices she has made. This is a personal journal of the journey that God has taken her on to reveal her sins to her so she could be free from the burden of carrying them around.   Fay has lived in the buckle of the Bible Belt all her life. She is married to a wonderful husband, and they have two beautiful children and a beautiful daughter-in-law. She is a speech-language pathologist, and she has a passion to help people communicate better. She hopes those who read this book will discover better communication with a loving God.

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      Praying for Forgiveness from A–Z - Fay Gunter

      Copyright © 2014 Fay Gunter.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4908-4569-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4908-4571-5 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4908-4570-8 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014913174

      WestBow Press rev. date: 10/27/2014

      Contents

      Preface

      A

      B

      C

      D

      E

      F

      G

      H

      I

      J

      K

      L

      M

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      About the Author

      Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™ All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture taken from the Amplified Bible, Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

      Scripture taken from The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. The Living Bible, TLB, and the The Living Bible logo are registered trademarks of Tyndale House Publishers.

      Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996, 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

      Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson,Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture is taken from GOD’S WORD®, © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations. Used by permission of Baker Publishing Group.

      All Scripture quotations in this publications are from The Message. Copyright (c) by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

      NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission." (www.Lockman.org)

      Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture taken from the Common English Bible®, CEB® Copyright © 2010, 2011 by Common English Bible.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. The CEB and Common English Bible trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Common English Bible. Use of either trademark requires the permission of Common English Bible.

      Scripture taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers. All rights reserved.

      Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

      Preface

      This book began as a personal journal for me a few years ago after I heard a pastor preach about growing in our relationship with God. In seeking a deeper relationship with God, the pastor said to begin by asking God to reveal our sins to us so there would be nothing standing between the Father and us. If we believe in Jesus and have received Him as our Savior through His salvation, His blood has cleansed us of all sin—once and for all. However, we are all born into sin and continue to have a sinful nature, even though we are forgiven in Christ.

      When we sin, we feel separated from God because we have broken our fellowship, or communion with Him. It’s not that He doesn’t love us anymore, but our sins cause our much-needed relationship with our heavenly Father to be severed or strained. We need to seek mercy from our Father, whom we have grieved. When our children disobey us, we feel the hurt, tension, and anguish that their disobedience can cause, and this can put a significant strain on the parent-child relationship. If the child tells us he is sorry, he is admitting he messed up and wants us to forgive him. Until the child owns up to what he has done and apologizes, the parent-child relationship will continue to suffer as a result. As parents, we long for that relationship to be restored quickly. We don’t stop loving them because they have been disobedient, but we hope they realize the hurt and disappointment it has brought to us as their parents. When King David sinned, he felt physically sick until he confessed his sins to God.

      When I kept silence [before I confessed], my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long. For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord [continually unfolding the past till all is told]—then You [instantly] forgave me the guilt and iniquity of my sin. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! (Psalm 32:3–5 AB)

      It took bringing his sins to his Father in heaven before King David was able to experience relief and cleansing from his sins.

      Prior to beginning this journey with my heavenly Father (through a deep longing to draw closer to Him), I thought that I pretty much knew my sins. I was used to saying a blanket prayer that I hoped would cover everything I had done: Father, please forgive me of all my sins. If I knew of a particular sin that I had committed, I would ask God for forgiveness specifically for it instead of the blanket prayer. Even though God already knew my sins, I believe He wanted me to take ownership of them and admit my sins to Him and to myself. Therefore, as I began seeking a deeper relationship with God, I asked Him to reveal all of my sins to me. Little did I realize all the sins I had actually committed, or am even capable of committing. I became aware of sins that I had never confessed to God—many things I didn’t know were sins, even things I do on a daily basis. Our sins separate us from God and can cause His blessings for us, and our prayer life, to be null and void. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear (Isaiah 59:2 NIV). It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore (Isaiah 59:2 NLT). Any unconfessed sin hinders our relationships with a personal and loving God. At times, I have also attempted to hide some sins and bury them so deep that I thought I could forget them. However, nothing we’ve buried escapes God’s knowledge of them, no matter how hard we try to wipe them from our memory. God wants to bring them out into the open, shine His light on them, have us confess to Him what we have done, and then turn from the sin. Thankfully, He is ready and willing to forgive, no matter what the sin. I think one of the hardest

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