Click this link to hear an audio version of the below text narrated by SOTH member Jerry Rhinehart: Hebrews 10:19-25 (NIV)
A Call to Persevere in Faith
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Let today be about grace and forgiveness. Our reading invites us to “draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water”. (Heb 10:22) I invite you to take a moment this morning and confess your sins to God; consider things that you have done that are not in keeping with God’s teaching; consider things you have neglected doing. Take a moment and ask God to forgive you. Now, receive the forgiveness of God. Know that you are, indeed, washed clean of your sin, made perfect and right in his sight. As you walk through the world today, reflect on the reality that you are a forgiven child of God. http://sothrichfield.podbean.com
Hebrews 10:19-25 (NIV)
A Call to Persevere in Faith
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Let today be about grace and forgiveness. Our reading invites us to “draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water”. (Heb 10:22) I invite you to take a moment this morning and confess your sins to God; consider things that you have done that are not in keeping with God’s teaching; consider things you have neglected doing. Take a moment and ask God to forgive you. Now, receive the forgiveness of God. Know that you are, indeed, washed clean of your sin, made perfect and right in his sight. As you walk through the world today, reflect on the reality that you are a forgiven child of God.