Below is a prayer reflection and focus for day 5 in the season of Lent.  If you are interested in a daily prayer focus in the coming days please visit http://www.wpcsnellville.org and go to my pastor blog.

Lent – Day 5

Scripture   I John 1:5-10

Reflection

If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.  However true the statement is, it doesn’t keep us from repeating the deception.  After all we have a lot invested in being right.  When was the last time we received the award, promotion, or pat on the back for being wrong?

Off course we are all wrong, plenty of times.  It’s a truth we discover more by weight than by logic.  Sin – falling short of what God intends for our lives – becomes a burden we bear.  We’d like to unburden ourselves, but it is so hard to face the reality of needing to.

The good news is that the season of Lent is not only a call to honesty.  It is an opportunity to lose the weight, to experience a burden lifted.

If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Perhaps it’s time to let it go, with God’s help.

Prayer Focus

What are you carrying around that you need to let go of?  Ask God for the courage to confess it.