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I have missed being an instrument of God’s encouragement and inspiration these past two weeks, but I know our Lord Jesus made alternative provisions for you to be fed while this newsletter took a 2-week hiatus!
We are back; hopefully with more spiritual insight and humility as we minister to the Master’s Men.
Let us go back to the basics today, remembering that Jesus came to save the world while we were ALL still steeped in sin! God loved us before we knew Him, gave His greatest love gift despite our failings, and continues to reach out to us regardless of our current unworthy condition. What a loving Father!!
Whatever our situation today, God is still desirous of redeeming and restoring us to His standards of living. We cannot earn His mercy and grace; it is freely and abundantly given, for His mercies are not only new every day, but they also endure forever (Lam 3:22-23).
Are you struggling, and finding it difficult to forgive yourself for your recurring weaknesses? Are you afraid of sharing your failings or secrets with your spouse, mentor, or close confidant? I have good news for you! Do not be afraid; step out in faith and confess, and the Lord will begin the healing process for everyone involved.
The Lord wants to wipe our tears, and take us to greater heights, but we must first do the needful thing – confess, repent, and ask for His strength to embark on our new journey of faith, hope, and right living. As we do this, let us remind ourselves that the race is not to the fast or strong, but we stay in it because of God’s timing and enablement (Ecclesiastes 9:11).
Believe in your new beginning, and ask God for help to keep looking forward, and never backward!

Lesson of the Week

1. Confess, repent, and expect your restoration (2 Chronicles 7:14).
2. God does not condemn you; do not condemn yourself (Romans 8:1).
A new beginning starts with confession, repentance, and rejection of past failings/sins.
God has promised that if we diligently seek Him during this period, He will hear our cry, forgive our sins, and begin a sustained recovery and restoration process that no one can take away from us. Trust Him for this!!
Do not entertain any guilt trips due to your past; if God has forgiven you and wiped your slate clean, who else can condemn you? There should not be any self-condemnation!
We tend to look back to the things we did, and wonder how anyone could ever forgive us; the shame is sometimes too much to bear! However, He who gave His Son to die for us when we did not yet know Him (our Heavenly Father) has promised to make us white as snow (Isaiah 1:18).
Read the Bible, ask for God’s special joy, and revel in your new relationship with Him! Love others, share your good fortune freely, encourage and support others; be a vessel for your Master’s use!
May the Holy Spirit encompass you with His warmth and wisdom, and may you truly thrive in your new-found relationship with God, and His Christ.
God bless and empower you.

Weekly Nugget: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (2 Cor 5:17, KJV).
Dr. Kene D. Ewulu ministers from Columbia, South Carolina, The United States.
All scriptures were linked from www.biblegateway.com

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