Thursday, 8 December 2016

Devotional Friday 9/12/16 – John 18:27 Dealing with regret Part 1

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The first step in dealing with failure and regret is to see that Jesus wants you restored to Him and He has paid a huge price to redeem you.
To meditate/pray upon
John 18:27Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.’
Mark 14:72 Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows you will disown me three times.” And he broke down and wept.’
Peter could have been haunted by his failure forever. He had openly contested Jesus’ warning about falling away saying, “I will lay down my life for you.” (13:37) and “Even if all fall away…I never will.” (Matt. 26:33) His pride would have been destroyed; He would have felt ashamed of himself before man and God.
How will we handle things when we let God, others and ourselves down?
The wrong way to handle mistakes is to believe that there is no way back; that God has closed the door on you forever. People may cite scriptures like the ‘unforgiveable sin’ (Matt. 12:31) as grounds for their never being restored. 
Let me test if you are beyond God’s grace with a question: Do you want to serve and love Jesus? If your answer is “yes” then the Holy Spirit is still active in your life. 
Clay Jones has written,
‘It can be easy for Christians struggling with rampant but unfocused insecurities to blame their anxieties on something tangible such as, “Maybe I’ve committed the unpardonable sin!” But we must subdue such anxieties by taking every thought captive (2 Cor. 10:5) and rooting our lives in the knowledge of the clear teaching of Scripture. For no one who has fixedly refused the work of the Holy Spirit would be worried that he or she might have offended the Holy Spirit. The very fact that a person would be concerned about his or her relationship with Jesus is evidence that he or she isn’t hardened against the Holy Spirit!’
The first step in dealing with failure and regret is to see that Jesus wants you restored to Him and He has paid a huge price to redeem you.
You can catch up on all the messages in the John series at:
http://www.communitychurchputney.com/community-church-putney--audio---resources.html

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