Most people want to be happy and carefree. There is a time for that, but it can only come after there has been a time of mourning. Learn to mourn for the sin you have committed. When you have a heart of mourning over your sin, you will experience
My comfort and blessings. I am the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort. Too many people try to provide their own comfort and compassion rather than relying on Me. The temptation is to deny your sin rather than admit and repent of your sin. When there is no admission and repentance, there is no mourning. Without mourning, you miss My promise of comfort, which includes forgiveness and refreshing. When you come to Me with a heart of mourning, you gain comfort, joy, and peace. Psalm 85:8
I will listen to what God the Lord will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints— but let them not return to folly.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
2 Corinthians 1:4
[God] comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
As I bow before You today, I do so mourning my sin and shortcomings. I know that my sin and the sin of my family and the sin of our church family has sickened You and prevented all of us from living in victory. Forgive us, O God, and comfort us through Your forgiveness and refreshing.
In Jesus’ name,
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