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Abstain From Sin

(Isaiah 59:1-8)

¹ Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear.

² But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.

³ For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perversity.

⁴ No one calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; they conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.

⁵They hatch vipers' eggs and weave the spider's web; he who eats of their eggs dies, and from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.

⁶ Their webs will not become garments, nor will they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

⁷Their feet run to evil and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, wasting and destruction are in their paths. ⁸The way of peace they have not known and there is no justice in their ways; they have made themselves crooked paths; whoever takes that way shall not know peace.

Abstain From Sin

Sin separates us from God, but we should be motivated by the fact that Jesus died for the remission of our sins. Sin is not okay. Sin separates us and kills our motivation and momentum. Don’t let sin steal your peace, joy and motivation or momentum today. You have been created for greatness, and no sin can keep you from that greatness unless you allow it to. Abstain from sin this day and make today the best day of your life.

Sin acts as a cancer when you are saved. It causes you to become sluggish and incapable of performing at optimum godly levels. Sin robs the mind, body and soul of things that are important to leading a prosperous life, such as peace. Refuse to let sin rob you anymore. Don’t focus on never sinning again, just focus on not sinning today! Don’t set the bar so high that you don’t even try to reach it. Set the bar high enough to challenge you, but low enough to reach it.

No matter how much you have sinned or what sin you have committed, God’s arm is not too short to save you. Be motivated and encouraged today because you realize that God can still save you from whatever is going on in your life. Simply focus this day on abstaining from sin.

Daily Declaration

Today will be the best day of my life. I will abstain from sin and I will not allow sin to steal my peace or rob me of my joy. Guilt will not stop me. Sin will not stop me. Nothing will stop me. Today will be the best day of my life because I will Abstain From Sin in Jesus’ name.