Our Daily Bread 14 May 2022 ODB Today || The Gift of Repentance
DAILY BREAD DEVOTION OF THE DAY 14TH MAY 2022 – Read today’s Our Daily Bread 14 May 2022 ODB today devotional titled The Gift of Repentance for our spiritual daily bread for growth and development today.
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TOPIC: The Gift of Repentance
Our Daily Bread 14 May 2022 ODB Today Devotional || KEY BIBLE VERSE:
Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate. – Joel 2:13
Our Daily Bread 14 May 2022 ODB Today Devotional || Today’s Scripture: Joel 2:12–14
“No! I didn’t do it!” Jane heard her teenage son’s denial with a sinking heart, for she knew he wasn’t telling the truth. She breathed a prayer asking God for help before asking Simon again what happened. He continued to deny he was lying, until finally she threw her hands up in exasperation. Saying she needed a time out, she began to walk away when she felt a hand on her shoulder and heard his apology. He responded to the convicting of the Holy Spirit, and repented.
In the Old Testament book of Joel, God called His people to true repentance for their sins as He welcomed them to return to Him wholeheartedly (2:12). God didn’t seek outward acts of remorse, but rather that they would soften their hard attitudes: “Rend your heart and not your garments.” Joel reminded the Israelites that God is “gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love” (v. 13).
We might find confessing our wrongdoing difficult, for in our pride we don’t want to admit our sins. Perhaps we’ve fudged the truth, and we justify our actions by saying it was only “a little white lie.” But when we heed God’s gentle yet firm prompting to repent, He’ll forgive us and cleanse us from all our sins (1 John 1:9). We can be free of guilt and shame, knowing we’re forgiven. By: Amy Boucher Pye
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Our Daily Bread 14 May 2022 ODB Today || REFLECT: How did you feel when you told a “little white lie?” How did the realization of what you did bring conviction and ultimately repentance?
Our Daily Bread 14 May 2022 ODB Today || PRAYER:
Jesus, You died on the cross so I’d be able to live in harmony with You and the Father. May I accept Your gift of love as I speak truthfully.
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