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CONFESSING OUR SINS
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."-- 1Jo_1:8-9. TO SIN is to miss the mark! Such is the meaning of thee original word.
When the prodigal returned, his first words were; "Father, I have missed the mark." Are we not always missing the mark, coming short? Sin is negative as well as positive. In our lives, "We have done the things that we ought not; we have left undone the things that we ought to have done." Sin consists, not only in the positive transgression of the law of God, but in the want of conformity to His Will. It is needful to use this two-pronged fork. If a number of men are on their way to the recruiting-station and the standard is to be exactly six foot. They are all under that height, but the tallest of them glories in the fact that he is a clear two inches above the rest of his fellows. It may be so, but he will be as certainly rejected as the shortest, because even he comes below the standard. You may be better than scores of people in your circle, but you will need Christ's forgiveness and salvation equally with the worst!

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Mar 11:25 "And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
Mar 11:26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses."
Mar 16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
(We seem to have a problem when we read God's word. When we read Mark 16:16 we know and except it to mean that we have to be baptized and have no problem with that. Jesus spoke this to us so we know that it is true. Why then do we have such a problem when Jesus tells us when we stand praying, that if we have anything against someone we are to forgive them. Two things Jesus tells us to do and we want to pick and choose what we want to do. If God's word tells us what to do we must do it.
Mathew 18:15 tells us what and how we are to handle this brother, we have forgiving him and then we go to him and tell him his wrongs that he has done to us. then if he ask God for forgiveness God will forgive his sin. we are not to tell everyone around us and let our brother find out from some one else, it is to come from us that we have something against him. God is the one who forgives sin. We can forgive a brother for what he did to us and we are commanded to do this, but God is the one who forgives sin. )

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Col 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds,
Col 3:10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
When we know the truth and tell others that what is not true we become a liar. Just the opposite of what GOD's word tells us . What makes it so bad is when you tell a lie it will take another lie to be able to continue with the first. If we tell the truth from the first (even if it hurts) we will be better off and will be right in God's eye.

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Mar 11:24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Mar 11:25 "And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
Mar 11:26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses."
We need to hear what our Lord isr saying in these verses, and to follow what He is saying.

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I will be starting a study of the husband and wife, and how each one is to act toward one another. This will be what GOD'S word tells us not what the world wants us to believe. Some one ask me why we have so much trouble in this time and what we could do about it. If we trust GOD and will find out what his will is for us, then try our best to do what HE has laid out for us, we would have alot less trouble.
Eph. 5:23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
We will start with this verse and and let GOD'S word explain to us how we should act. I know this will help.

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Last night Wednesday May 20/2009 concluded our Gospel Meeting with Brother Larry Acuff. We had him from Sunday May 17/2009 till then. He spoke six times for everyone and did a ladies class on Wednesday morning. What energy he has and what a wonderful message he brings. I have heard alot of Gospel Preachers and He is one of the best that I have heard. It is my prayer that you will get a chance to hear him at some time in your life. What a great meeting. Check out web site www.chaffeeroadchurchofchrist.net

2Ti 4:2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

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The Lord's Day 5/17/2009 we at Chaffee Rd Church of Christ started our gospel meetng with Brother Larry Acuff. What a wonderful speaker. He has preached the gospel for over 47 years. One of the things he talked about and was so very good is when we go on vacation and we put God in the back ground by not going to church on Sunday night and Wednesday night. Some one might say if you are not home you are not under the elders of where you are, but we are still God's people and we should want to be at services to keep building our faith. When one goes on vacation he or she should always keep God first in our lives. Read article (When we miss Wednesday nights) on web site http://www.chaffeeroadchurchofchrist.net/ . We have three more nights with Brother Larry Acuff and I am looking foward to being there to hear him teach . This was only a small point that was covered but was so very good I had to comment on. I hope if you read this and you get a chance to hear Brother Larry you will take the time. It is worth it. Have a great Day.