Run to God - when you make a mistake, when you miss the mark, you have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous. Run to Him. Receive His forgiveness. Receive His cleansing. He knows what you are going through. You don't need to be afraid. He didn't tear you apart for the sins you committed before you made Him Lord of your life, did He? No matter how badly you've sinned, He's eager to forgive and to cleanse you of all unrighteousness

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" - (1 John 1:9).

It's wonderful to know you've been set free from the law of sin and death. 

It's glorious to know you never again have to submit to the slavery of sin. 

But what do you do when, in spite of those wonderful, glorious truths, you still miss the mark? 

What do you do when you stumble and fall into sin?

Run to your Father and repent!

That sounds simple. But oddly enough we often do just the opposite. 

Instead of running to God, we let fear and guilt drive us further and further from Him. 

We start thinking things like, Well, I've missed it now. I might as well forget the rest of it and live like the devil.

Don't make that mistake. 

Don't let Satan talk you into sinning in one area of your life just because you missed it in another. 

When you get off track with God, just confess it and get right back on.

"But, Brother Copeland, I feel so guilty when I tell God what I've done that it's hard for me to make myself do it."

I know. I used to feel that way too. 

Then one day, God said to me, Kenneth, when you confessed that sin wasn't when I found out about it. 

I knew about it all the time! 

When you confessed it is when you got rid of it, when you were cleansed of its effects in your life.

When you make a mistake, when you miss the mark, remember, you have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous (1 John 2:1). 

Run to Him! 

He knows what you are going through. 

You don't need to be afraid.

He didn't tear you apart for the sins you committed before you made Him Lord of your life, did He? 

Then how much more merciful and loving do you think He'll be now that you're His own? 

Now that you're reaching out for Him and have a heart for Him?

Don't run from God. Run to Him.

Receive His forgiveness. 

Receive His cleansing. 

No matter how badly you've sinned, He's eager to forgive and to cleanse you of all unrighteousness.

Scripture Reading: 2 Samuel 11:1-5, 12:1-13

by Kenneth Copeland                                                                           

Faith to Faith Devotional by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q6FTjogqE0&t=30s

I Will Run to You - Hillsong Worship

lyrics

Your eye is on the sparrow

And Your hand, it comforts me

From the ends of the earth to the depth of my heart

Let Your mercy and strength be seen

You call me to Your purpose

As angels understand

For Your glory, may You draw all men

As Your love and grace demands

And I will run to You

To Your words of truth

Not by might, not by power

But by the Spirit of God

Yes, I will run the race

'Til I see Your face

Oh, let me live in the glory of Your grace

You call me to Your purpose

As angels understand

For Your glory, may You draw all men

As Your love and grace demands

And I will run to You

To Your words of truth

Not by might, not by power

But by the Spirit of God

Yes, I will run the race

'Til I see Your face

Oh, let me live in the glory of Your grace

And I will run to You

To Your words of truth

Not by might, not by power

But by the Spirit of God

Yes, I will run the race

'Til I see Your face

Oh, let me live in the glory of Your grace

And I will run to You

To Your words of truth

Not by might, not by power

But by the Spirit of God

Yes, I will run the race

'Til I see Your face

Oh, let me live in the glory

Oh, let me live in the glory

Oh, let me live in the glory of Your grace

And I will run to You

To Your words of truth

Not by might, not by power

But by the Spirit of God

Yes, I will run the race

'Til I see Your face

Oh, let me live in the glory of Your grace

And I will run to You

To Your words of truth

Not by might, not by power

But by the Spirit of God

Yes, I will run the race

'Til I see Your face

Oh, let me live in the glory

Oh, let me live in the glory

Oh, let me live in the glory of Your grace

Songwriter: Darlene Joyce Zschech

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