Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.

Proverbs 2813 warns us,

He who conceals his transgression will not prosper.

But he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.

So we think about our lives and we realize, okay, we're prone to sin,

but then maybe even more dangerous than that, we're prone when we sin to try to cover it up,

to try to conceal it, to try to pretend that it's not there, to try to pretend that it didn't happen.

And this proverb is making clear to us in a warning, do not try to conceal your transgression.

You will not prosper when you do that.

But the converse, listen to this, he who confesses and forsakes transgression

will obtain mercy. I'll just to think about it. When we sin, we think, oh, the best thing I

can do is try to cover us up, pretend like it never happened. But the Bible is

encouraging us. Don't do that. That is not a way to prosper. That prosperity is actually found in

confessing your sin, in forsaking it, and turning from it, and finding mercy in the process. So think about sin in your life. Think about the tendency

you have, maybe even on a specific level to cover over sin, to try to conceal it, to try to

pretend like it's not there, and realize that will not lead to prosperity that confessing sin which you you think well

i don't want to bring this out in the open this goes counter to what we think would be wise we think

oh if we hide it that'll be better but not when jesus has paid the price for that sin when we

are coming before god who says in 1 John chapter 1, verse 9,

if you confess your sins,

he's faithful and just to forgive you of your sin

and cleanse you from all unrighteousness.

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