plunge in today and be made complete
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There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains:
Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains;
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Come to this fountain so rich and sweet;
Cast thy poor soul at the Savior’s feet;
Plunge in today, and be made complete;
Glory to His name
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Read:1 Timothy 1:12-17
My Heart Condemns Me
If our heart condemns us, God is
greater than our heart, and knows all things. (1 John 3:20)
Do you sometimes feel guilty and unworthy
because of something you did years ago? You have confessed it and asked God to
forgive you, but the memory of it still haunts you.
I empathize with you. Feelings of guilt still
sweep over me when I recall how I failed
an elderly, childless woman while I was
training for the ministry. She was a regular customer in a store where I worked
part-time. After a while, I became a friend
and spiritual counselor to her and her
husband. I even conducted his funeral.
When I moved to a nearby town to become a student pastor, I lost touch with her.
I intended to contact her but kept procra-
stinating. One day I saw her obituary
notice. I was overwhelmed with grief and
confessed my sin to God.
More than 30 years after Paul’s conver-
sion, he referred to the time when he had been “a blasphemer, a persecutor, and
an insolent man” (1 Tim. 1:13). He even
called himself the “chief” of sinners (v.15). Yet he repeatedly exulted in the certainty
that he was a forgiven sinner.
God, who is greater than our heart and
knows us thoroughly (1 John 3:20), has
forgiven us for the sins we’ve confessed (1:9). We can believe Him!
Come now to the fountain of cleansing,
Plunge deep in its lifegiving flow.
His mercy and grace are sufficient,
His pardon He longs to bestow.
Confession to God always
brings His cleansing.