Start Over

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

• All of us must learn to cope with defeat and self-condemnation following a spiritual collapse.
   
•  But how can we recover from grieving God and others, along with disappointing ourselves?
   
•  The apostle John wrote, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”.
   
•  God forgives us because Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins.
   
•  God’s pardon sets us free to begin again.
   
•  God’s pardon makes us focus on today’s opportunity rather than yesterday’s defeat.
   
•  God’s faithful cleansing allows us to start over with a pure heart.
   
•  So, instead of living in the shadows of yesterday, let us walk in the light of today and the hope of tomorrow.

Redemption Through His Blood

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace (Ephesians 1:7).

"Forgiveness" is a sweet word in a guilty sinner's ear.
 

Our hearts rejoice in receiving God's good news.
 

Our gracious and merciful God has given the perishing souls a gleam of hope amid their despair.
 

Our sins are forgiven altogether and forever.
 

Hell is our portion as sinners.
 

But Jesus tells us that our sins can be forgiven.
 

We can rest secured in Jesus.
 

Our sins are forgiven by virtue of the substitutionary pains and death of the Lord Jesus Christ.
 

Oh! What joy is this! What bliss to be a perfectly pardoned soul!
 

In Christ we have redemption through His blood.
 

Thank God we are now a pardoned soul.