Haunted Because Of This?

Happy early Saturday! This morning the Lord is telling my heart to write about this subject I feel we fellow Christians, really deal with. Perhaps, you may be suffering from this right now. I'm here to advise you so you can break free from the bondage or barricade that is actually keeping you from feeling "free."

When I sin, which I know I do every day, I know that I should ask God to forgive me. Do I do that all the time? I mean do I do that every time I sin? Um, probably not. No I'm pretty sure I don't. So I'll make that a definitely not! Why not Sam? Um, well I may forget. Or, I know exactly what I have to do, but for some reason I am ignoring it? Maybe, because I want to forget about it. I feel kind of shameful? If I try to forget about it, it won't work. It will just keep haunting me and haunting me until I finally make things right.

I can remember holding in a pretty big sin. I was holding in the sin of unforgiveness. Did you all know that was a sin? At the time I didn't know. No, I think I did know. I think it's more I didn't want to know.

Anyway, harboring that sin went on for years +. And, it wasn't good. I mean I'm an actress yeah, so I was good at hiding what I truly felt when I was around this person. But, certain loved ones knew what was really going on. Most importantly, God knew exactly what was in my heart. I can imagine him just feeling so disappointed in me, shaking his head every time I was with this person totally using my acting abilities and staging how I really felt.

It took years like I said. And, then one day, my sister in Christ spoke with me. And, I'm so glad she did. She made me realize, that I had to stop what I was doing and really forgive this person. She said maybe it wasn't God's will yet to approach this person and literally show forgiveness. She told me it definitely was time for me to forgive this person in my heart.

So, I did that. I really did that. What a turnaround! It wasn't an immediate change. However I felt it. I felt the bad feelings I had for this person slowly going away. It wasn't or isn't an immediate fix. And I'm not going to say it will even be a permanent last. No no no, Satan will definitely pop that bad memory in your mind from time to tim. I guess we just have to repeatedly rebuke the evil one, because the Lord already forgive us of that sin. The Lord forgot about it, now we should!

That was more than 10 years ago. And now, I can easily use this as an example in one of my writings. Before, I had so much bitterness in my heart. It took years, but the end result was that I felt free!

There is a Bible character Daniel. He didn't want unconfessed sin to be a barrier in his relationship with God. Friends, that is exactly what's going to happen if we do not confess our unconfessed sins. 

Are you thinking about some unconfessed sin in your life right now? Do you have any unconfessed sins you need to give to God? I'm telling  you you're only creating a barricade for yourself between you and God. Don't you think it's time to confess that sin and make things right in your heart.

Mark 11:25 ESV

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

Psalm 66: 18

If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Psalm 69:5

“God, you know what I have done wrong; I cannot hide my guilt from you.”

Psalm 44:20-21 

...wouldn’t God find out since he knows the secrets of the heart?”

Jeremiah 16:17-18

“I see everything they do. They cannot hide from me the things they do; their sin is not hidden from my eyes.

Crowder: Forgiven