A Call to Sincere Repentance (Read Ezekiel 36: 16-37)
“Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions.” (Ezekiel 36:17)
"Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord." (Isaiah 55:6-8)
Ezek. 36:21 calls our attention to the holy name of God. God has chosen to lay His name upon His people. For this reason, sin has no place in the people upon whom God rests his name.
In Nehemiah 9 we read how the Israelites confessed their sin to God so that once again he might complete a work of renewal and new beginning for them.
Through the prophet Ezekiel God extends a call to repentance for He wishes to cleanse His people from all unrighteousness. He seeks to begin a new work among them for the sake of His holy name.
PRAYER
“Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions.” (Ezekiel 36:17)
"Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord." (Isaiah 55:6-8)
Ezek. 36:21 calls our attention to the holy name of God. God has chosen to lay His name upon His people. For this reason, sin has no place in the people upon whom God rests his name.
In Nehemiah 9 we read how the Israelites confessed their sin to God so that once again he might complete a work of renewal and new beginning for them.
Through the prophet Ezekiel God extends a call to repentance for He wishes to cleanse His people from all unrighteousness. He seeks to begin a new work among them for the sake of His holy name.
PRAYER
- Pray that God will stir among us so that we will confess our sins and repent.
- Ask the Spirit to search your heart and reveal any areas of unconfessed sin. Acknowledge these to the Lord and thank Him for His forgiveness.
- Ask the Spirit to search the heart of our congregation and reveal any areas of communal, unconfessed sin so that together we can acknowledge these to the Lord.
- Pray for God to give us a burden to magnify the holy name of the Lord in how we live out our daily lives
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