Facing our own sin 

 
2 Samuel 11:1-27

The cover-up grew more and more complicated as David tried to hide one sin with another. We, too, can be trapped in a web of deceit spun by our own sinful choices. Even when our sin is obvious to everyone else, we may still refuse to acknowledge it. In his love for David, God would not allow him to continue living as if all was well when in reality it wasn’t. Through his prophet Nathan he helped David see the painful consequences of his actions. Just as God pursued David to confront him with his sin, so God also pursues us. He wants us to be set free from the bondage and power of sin.

Breaking out of denial, facing the harm that has been done, and asking
God and others for forgiveness are our steps to freedom. God’s forgiveness is certain. The question is: Will we acknowledge that we need it? Will we, like David, respond in repentance when confronted by the truth?

How can you be sure you are not walking in denial by refusing to face your sin?

CHECK IT OUT: Romans 12:3; James 1:22-25; 1 John 1:8-10.

YWAM Comes to Hernhutt Pt. 2 
by Jeff Fountain, YWAM’s Regional Director for Central Europe

(Part 2) Zinzendorf sent word back to the kitchen at Herrnhut, ordering baskets of food to be prepared so that the members could continue in small group fellowship. And so began the Moravian tradition of love feasts.

"From this day on," wrote one historian,
"Herrnhut became a living congregation of Jesus Christ." A community lifestyle of servanthood emerged, emphasizing worship, celebration of love feasts, foot-washing ceremonies, and intercessory prayer. A 24-hour prayer chain began which continued unbroken for over a hundred years.

Five years later, this small community of a couple of hundred refugees began to send out missionaries to the Caribbean and Surinam, to Lapland and Greenland, to Morocco and South Africa, to Russia and Turkey, and to Georgia in America. They believed God's promises that all peoples one day would be reached, and that their task was to bring in the first fruits of the global harvest.

By 1760, when Zinzendorf died, the Moravians had done more in the space of three decades to reach the unreached than all the other Protestant churches combined. Yet their greatest influence was perhaps beyond their own movement. It was at a Moravian prayer meeting when John Wesley experienced his famous conversion, leading directly to the Evangelical Revival which brought widespread transformation to British society.

(to be continued).

For more info on YWAM Herrnhut or to join their staff, contact: www.ywam-sf.net or info@ywam-sf.net. This article is based on a Weekly Word from Jeff Fountain, director of YWAM Europe: subscribe-word@ywameurope.org