{"id":3813,"date":"2015-03-20T04:32:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T09:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=3813"},"modified":"2015-03-20T04:32:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T09:32:54","slug":"blotting-out-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2015\/03\/20\/blotting-out-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Blotting out sin"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Psalm 51:1-6<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\nQuestion:<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>The words, \u2018steadfast love\u2019 and \u2018abundant mercy\u2019 give us a glimpse into the depth of compassion and healing grace of God’s nature. What words do we offer to those who are hopeless and desperate? Do we offer confirmation of their worthlessness dwelling on the consequences of their sin?<\/div>\n
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\n Prayer<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\nGod of compassionate love, we do ultimately come to you just as we are, bearing transgression and sin.\u00a0 We return, however, not as we were, but as recreated and liberated people called to sing aloud and declare God\u2019s deliverance and unfailing love. Amen.<\/p>\n

~ Stan Dueck<\/span>, Director, Transforming Practices<\/p>\n

Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year’s\u00a0Lent<\/span> Devotional<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>written by\u00a0Craig H. Smith<\/em>, district executive for the Atlantic Northeast District of the Church of the Brethren and ordained minister. (Available from\u00a0Brethren Press<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>in<\/span> <\/span>print and E-Book formats). Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Craig’s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em>his\u00a0<\/em>blog.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Psalm 51:1-6 Question: The words, \u2018steadfast love\u2019 and \u2018abundant mercy\u2019 give us a glimpse into the depth of compassion and healing grace of God’s nature. What words do we offer to those who are hopeless and desperate? Do we offer confirmation of their worthlessness dwelling on the consequences of their sin? Prayer: God of compassionate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[687],"class_list":["post-3813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-lent"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}