Wednesday 18 January 2023
Saturday 14 January 2023
What Do I Do When I Sin after I’m Saved?
Have you ever struggled with what you should do when you sin?, even after you’re saved?
When we first repented to God and received Jesus Christ as our Savior, we were forgiven of all our sins, and a peace we never knew flooded our hearts. But we know from personal experience that being saved doesn’t mean we’re immune to sin. Despite our best efforts, we still sin. So what should we do when we sin after we’re saved?
We need to confess our sins to the Lord
Since our salvation is eternal, we don’t need to be saved again to receive forgiveness for our sins. In fact, that’s impossible. But we also shouldn’t think it’s okay to sin just because we’re saved eternally. God is offended by and concerned about the sins we commit after we’re saved. The Bible gives us a clear answer to the question of what we should do when we sin. To experience being forgiven and washed of our sins, we must confess them to the Lord.
Confessing our sins to God is critical for a healthy Christian life. Now, let’s look at why we need to confess our sins, what it means to confess, how to confess, and the results of confessing.
Why we need to confess our sins
God wants to have a loving relationship with us, and we want to have the same with Him. But when we sin, a barrier arises between us and God. Our God is a God of love, but He’s also holy and righteous. He can’t tolerate or ignore sin. This is why our fellowship with Him is interrupted.
In our human relationships, we know that when we offend someone, a barrier goes up between us and that person. For example, let’s say you offend a friend by saying something hurtful, and you never apologize. You both feel there’s a rift between you, but until you clear the air by apologizing, you simply can’t be at ease in each other’s presence.
This is even more true when it comes to our relationship with the Lord. Before we sin, we have peace in Him. We enjoy free and open fellowship with Him. But when we sin, our conscience tells us we’ve offended the Lord. The ease and sweetness of our relationship is lost. We’ve trespassed against Him, and our sin is now a barrier between us and God. We can’t enjoy fellowship with Him as we did before.
Confessing our sins to the Lord is the only way our fellowship with Him can be restored.
What it means to confess our sins
To confess means that we admit and acknowledge our sin. We don’t cover it up or act as if we didn’t do anything wrong.
So how do we know when we’ve sinned?
The Bible tells us in 1 John 1:5 that “God is light.” When God shines on us, He exposes our sins and failures, and we become conscious of them. The resulting sense of guilt in our conscience is uncompromising and can’t be subdued by any reasoning or excuse on our side.
Instead of trying to justify ourselves, reason our sin away, or cover it up, we should acknowledge the sins God shines on by agreeing with His light. This is the meaning of confessing.
The writer of Psalm 32:5 gives us a clear word about this: “I acknowledged my sin to You, and I did not cover my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Jehovah. Then You forgave the iniquity of my sin.”
This verse shows us that to confess our sins to God means not to cover them but to acknowledge them and admit to the Lord that we’ve sinned. This means we agree with God’s light and judgment of our sin and say, “Yes, Lord, that is sin.”
How to confess our sins to the Lord
As soon as we realize we’ve sinned and offended the Lord, we need to confess. So how do we do this? We confess our sins in prayer directly to God. Whether it’s a small transgression or one that’s more serious, when the Lord makes us aware of it through our conscience, we must immediately admit our sin to Him and ask for His forgiveness.
We don’t need to go to a certain place, tell a special person, or wait for a particular time to confess our sins. No matter where we are, as soon as we’re made conscious of our sins, we can confess them to the Lord by praying to Him. Since He’s living in our spirit, we can confess our sins anywhere and at any time.
A practical example
Let’s say your workplace has a stock of notepads and pens. Since they’re just the kind you like, you help yourself to a few for personal use at home. Later on, as you open your heart to the Lord to spend time with Him, He shines on you and convicts your conscience that you’ve taken something that doesn’t belong to you.
At this point, you could reason, “The office has plenty of those things; they’ll never be missed.” Or you can go along with the feeling of conviction and guilt in your conscience and agree with the Lord that what you did was wrong. When you decide to go along with the Lord, you can immediately pray to Him, “Yes, Lord, You’re right; I’ve sinned. I confess that I took those things. I’m sorry. Forgive me, Lord. Thank You for shedding Your precious blood to take away my sin.”
Notice that this simple prayer doesn’t include a promise to do better. That isn’t required. What is required is acknowledging your sin to the Lord and declaring your faith in His blood shed for your forgiveness. After we confess our sins, we should also resolve our wrongdoing if necessary. In this example, you should return the items to your workplace. The sin in this example might seem small, even insignificant. But in principle, all sins—big or small—must be confessed, since any sin interrupts our fellowship with God.
The result of confession: forgiveness and cleansing
In 1 John 1:9, a verse written by the apostle John to believers, we see the result of confessing our sins:
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
If we confess, the result is that we are forgiven and cleansed.
Note 2 on this verse in the New Testament Recovery Version explains what it means for God to be faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins: “God is faithful in His word (v. 10) and righteous in the blood of Jesus His Son (v. 7). His word is the word of the truth of His gospel (Eph. 1:13), which tells us that He will forgive us our sins because of Christ (Acts 10:43); and the blood of Christ has fulfilled His righteous requirements that He might forgive us our sins (Matt. 26:28).
If we confess our sins, He, according to His word and based on the redemption through the blood of Jesus, forgives us because He must be faithful in His word and righteous in the blood of Jesus; otherwise, He would be unfaithful and unrighteous. Our confession is needed for His forgiveness. Such forgiveness of God, which is for the restoration of our fellowship with Him, is conditional; it depends on our confession.”
Our forgiveness depends on our confession. By confessing our sins, we receive forgiveness—a forgiveness that’s solidly based on God’s faithfulness and righteousness. Note 3 on the same verse explains what it means for Him to “cleanse us from all unrighteousness”:
“To forgive us is to release us from the offense of our sins, whereas to cleanse us is to wash us from the stain of our unrighteousness.”
We gain so much by confessing our sins: we’re released and washed, and our fellowship with the Lord is fully restored.
SOURCE/biblesforamerica.org
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Thursday 12 January 2023
WASIZWE AYAHE MAVUTA UMAZE KWIZERA YESU(GUKIRANUKA)
Abaheburayo 1:9
[9]Kuko wakunze gukiranuka ukanga ubugome,Ni cyo cyatumye Imana, ari yo Mana yawe,Igusīga amavuta yo kwishima,Ikakurutisha bagenzi bawe.”
Inyungu yo gukiranuka ntimenywa n'abo muturanye Imenywa n'Umutima Wuzuye amahoro n'Ibyishimo! Gukunda Gukiranuka bihesha Ubikunda Amavuta y'Uburyo bwinshi ariko Reka mvuge Ubu bubiri dusanga muri iri Jambo.
AMAVUTA YO KWISHIMA.
Umuririmbyi Umwe yarahishuriwe, Ati: nawe nibakubaza NGO Kuki Ufite amahoro, bakakubaza bati Kuki Ufite Ibyishimo Ujye ubabwira UTI Ni Yesu wangiriye neza.
Kwishima ni Amavuta(anointing) Ntibiterwa n'Ubutunzi cyangwa Nuko Abantu baramutse, Amavuta yo Kwishima ahabwa Ukunda Gukiranuka mbere yo Kumurutisha bagenzi be. Hari Igihe Umuntu aba Ari Muto abakuze bakaza Kumugisha Inama Yuko bakwishima, Hari Igihe Uba Udatunze abatunzi bakaza kugushaho Umuti, Kuko Yesu wakunze, Ugakunda Gukiranuka biguhesha Amavuta yo Kwishima.
Kwishima Utarabyara, Kwishima Utaratunga Amafranga menshi, Kwishima Utarakira Indwara, Kwishima bitaratungana Yewe nibyo Usaba Imana itarabisubiza, Ni Amavuta Imana iguha.Muri iki gihe dukeneye Ayo mavuta niyo mpamvu Dukwiye Gukunda Gukiranuka.
AMAVUTA YO KUKURUTISHA BAGENZI BAWE.
Ntushobora Kuba Uwumumaro udafite icyo Urusha abandi,Kuko Umuntu Afashisha abandi Icyo afite Kandi bo babuze. Iyo Yesu aduhaye amahoro niyo Duha Isi, Iyo Aduhaye Ubwenge nibwo dufashisha abandi, Iyo Aduhaye Umwuka Wera niwe Udufasha Gufasha abandi.
Uyu munsi Gukiranuka birakuzanira Ubwenge Uhinduke Uwifuzwa, Uhinduke Uwizerwa muri benshi, Uhinduke Uwumumaro mugihe Gisa Niki. Umuntu wese Wahindukiye ndetse agahinduka asigarana indangagaciro zitakiboneka muri benshi, akagira amahoro, Akagira ibyishimo, Akagira Urukundo, N'Ibindi byose Isi idafitiye igisubizo.
Nukunda Gukiranuka Bizatuma Imana Igusiga Amavuta y'Ibyishimo, Ndetse Ikurutishe bagenzi BAWE. Mu Kazi Uzabaruta Kuko Uzabarusha Imico myiza, Uzagira Urugo rwiza, Uzagira amahoro, n'Ubutunzi buyaherekeza. Uzahinduka Uwo Kwifuzwa.
Imana Igusige Amavuta y'Ibyishimo Ndetse Ikurutishe bagenzi BAWE.
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Wednesday 11 January 2023
Tuesday 10 January 2023
IBINTU 3 BITUMA UMUNTU AVUGWA NEZA ndetse AGAKUNDWA!
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| Pastor Gaudin MUTAGOMA |
Imigani 22:1
[1]Kuvugwa neza biruta ubutunzi bwinshi,No gukundwa kuruta ifeza n'izahabu.
1. Kubaha Abantu.
Kubaha ni Ikintu gikomeye kizana Umugisha, Haba Umwana wubaha Umubyeyi, Haba Umukozi wubaha Umukoresha, Cyangwa Umugore Wubaha Umugabo... Igihe Cyose Ubayeho mu buzima butubaha Abantu, Ubuzima busuzugura Umuhisi n'Umugenzi ntago Uzaba Ushaka kuvugwa neza.
Kubaha Si Ikintu Umuntu akora Yigura Kubantu, Ahubwo ni Umutima wemera ko Umuntu wese akwiye guhabwa agaciro Yaba muto cyangwa mukuru. Sibyiza kubahira Abantu Inyungu ubashakamo, Jya wubaha nuwo Utazi bizagufasha mugihe gikwiriye.
Kugira Ubumenyi:
Nibyo Koko Kubaha Uwiteka nibwo bwenge Kandi kuva mubyaha Niko kujijuka, Ukwiye Kuba Ufite Ubumenyi Runaka Haba mu Mwuka, mu bisanzwe, Burya Abantu ntibadukunda Cyane ariko bakunda Umumaro Tubafitiye Kurushaho. niyo mpamvu Ukwiye Kuba Uri Umuntu ufitiye abandi akamaro.
Burya Nubwo abafana bakunda ba Rutahizamu, Ntibabakundira Ikindi Uretse Gutsinda Ibitego, Ushaka Gukundwa akirengagiza Icyo Akundirwa aba abuze ubwenge. Ukundirwa iki? Kuko Abantu bashobora kugukunda ariko bakagusimbuza Ufite icyo bagukundiraga, Yesu Wenyine niwe Udukunda naho Icyo yadukundiraga Cyashira ariko Abantu Si Uko. Niba bagukundira Gukina Umupira, Kuririmba, Kubwiriza, Ingeso nziza N'Ibindi...nubireka Urukundo rw'abantu uzarubura.
Igikundiro cy'Imana.
Hari Ibintu bimwe Ushobora Kuba Ukora neza, Warize, urubaha, Uri mwiza, ariko Ukabona Ufite Icyangiro, muzabyumva Hari Indirimbo igira iti Ndahinga bikaribwa ninyoni. Kuvugwa neza Nubwo wubaha, Gukundwa Nubwo ugirira neza benshi, ntibyizana. Hagomba Imbaraga z'Imana zituma Ukundwa, Ijambo ry'Imana riduhamiriza ko iyo Umuntu Abanye neza n'Imana iguha no Kwiyunga n'abanzi Bawe.
Ntakintu cyatuma Umwanzi wawe mwiyunga cyangwa akugirire neza Keretse Ukuboko kw'Imana. Nubwo Hari Ibyo Ukora Uyu munsi wowe Usoma ibi Umenye ko Imana Izaguha kuvugwa neza, naho WAKORA Uruhare rwawe, Ntuzibagirwe Uruhare rw'Imana Kubuzima bwawe.
Inyungu yo Kuvugwa neza no Gukundwa Nuko Aho hahishemo Ubutunzi ndetse n'Icyubahiro, Ifeza na Zahabu byose bihishe muri Ibyo bintu aribyo Kuvugwa neza no Gukundwa.
Imana iguhe Umugisha Wo Kuvugwa neza ndetse no Gukundwa.
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Monday 9 January 2023
IBINTU 5 BYEREKA IMPINDUKA NYAYO IZANA NO KWAKIRA YESU.
IBINTU 5 BYEREKA IMPINDUKA NYAYO IZANA NO KWAKIRA YESU.
Abaroma 12:2
[2]Kandi ntimwishushanye n'ab'iki gihe, ahubwo muhinduke rwose mugize imitima mishya, kugira ngo mumenye neza ibyo Imana ishaka, ari byo byiza bishimwa kandi bitunganye rwose.
1. KWISHUSHANYA BIRASHIRA
Idini ritoza KWISHUSHANYA, Kwiyerekana Uko Utari,Kutemera intege nke zawe bizatuma Ugumana ingeso. Ariko Umuntu WAKIRIYE Yesu nk'Umwami n'Umukiza Arekeraho KWISHUSHANYA akemera Guhindura Imibereho, Ahari Icyaha akacyihana kugira NGO Ubuzima bwe bugire Umunezero. KWISHUSHANYA bitera amahoro Macye mu mutima w'Uwishushanya.
1.GUHINDUKA RWOSE.
Iyo Yesu wamwakiriye neza, ntibigusaba gusobanurira Abantu ko wahindutse Kuko Impinduka ubwazo zirivugira. Ingeso zirahinduka, Igihe cyose Umuntu Utazi Yesu yigereranya nawe mu Mico no mu myifatire Uba utarahinduka rwose. Abantu Beshi barahinduka ariko Umurokore wa nyawe niwe Uhinduka Rwose. Uwari Umusinzi akitwa Umunyamasengesho, Uwari Umusambanyi, Umutukanyi, Agahinduka Isi Ikabimenya.
3.KUGIRA UMUTIMA MUSHYA
Umutima mushya ni Umutima Ubabarira, Umutima Utabika Inzika n'Inzigo, Umutima Utangana, Umutima Utabika Inabi, Umutima Wuzuye Imbabazi n'Ubuntu, Uyu ni Umutima ahabwa Akababarira abamubabaje, Akomora abamukomerekeje, Akagaburira Umwanzi we, Hari Umutima Utiganwa utungwa n'Umuntu Yesu amaze Kugeramo. niwa mutima wa Sitefano waterwaga amabuye akavuga ATI Mana Ubabarire Kuko Batazi icyo Bakora.
4. KUMENYA IBYO IMANA ISHAKA
Umuntu wese WAKIRIYE Yesu Kristo nk'Umwami n'Umukiza, nawe atangira Kumenya Ubushake bw'Imana,Kubantu bayo, Ku murimo wayo, Kurugo rwawe, Mubana Bawe, Igihe cyose Uhindukiye ntugire Ubushake bwo Kumenya Ibyo Imana Ishaka Ukomeza Kuba Ahantu hashya Ufite Imitekerereze ya KERA.
Bisa no Kwimukana Ibishaje munzu Shya, Ibintu bibura Isura. Kumenya Ubushake Bw'Imana, Kumenya Ibyemewe mu Mana, Kumenya ibihabwa agaciro mu Mana, Kumenya Ibishimwa, Ibyo byose bizanwa Nuko Umuntu Yemeye Guhindukira Ariko Cyane Cyane akanemera Guhinduka.
5.KUGENDERA MU BUTWARE.
Umuntu wahindukiye agahinduka, Biroroha Kuvuga Ubutumwa, Biroroha guhamya, Biragoye Gusaba Umuntu ukinywa Inzoga kubwiriza Abantu Kuzireka, biragoye Gusaba Umuntu Kuburira Abantu Kureka Ubusambanyi, Akibikora, Ikintu cyose Utaranesha Ntushobora Kugihangara. Uyu munsi Nuhinduka Uragira N'Imbaraga zo Guhindura abandi.
mu muryango wawe, Mu baturanyi, abo mwiganye, Iyo Utarahinduka ntubasha kugira Ububasha bwo kubahindura. iyo Ukishushanya n'Isi ntibishoboka ko Isi yashaka KWISHUSHANYA nawe. Ikintu cyose Ushaka kwisanisha nacyo Nuko Uba ucyemera. Ibaze Isi iramutse Ishaka Kwisanisha n'Abizera, Aho kugira NGO Abizera bashake kwisanisha n'Isi.
IMANA IDUHE IMBARAGA ZO GUHINDUKA KUGIRA NGO TUBONE GUHINDURA ABANDI.
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Saturday 7 January 2023
UBWIZA BW'IMBUTO WABIBYE UBUMENYERA MW'ISARURA
Abagalatiya 6:7
[7]Ntimuyobe: Imana ntinegurizwa izuru, kuko ibyo umuntu abiba ari byo azasarura.
Uko Umwaka Uje Undi ugataha, Ni Igihe Cyo GUSARURA Cyangwa Kubiba Kuba kigeze. Hasarura Uwabibye, Kandi Icyo Umuntu yabibye nicyo asarura.
Imana Ntinegurizwa Izuru, Umuntu asarura Icyo yabibye, muri iki gihe ubona Urimo GUSARURA iki kijyanye nibyo wagiye Ubiba mubihe butandukanye? ahubwo se Urabona urimo Kubibira Ibihe bizaza mu bihe buryo?
Ukwiye kwisuzuma, Kuko Nubwo wakwishimira ko Abantu basaruye, Umenya ko Igihe cyisarura Ari cyiza iyo nawe Urimo GUSARURA. wabibye iki mu mwaka 2022? wabibye iki mu bana Bawe? wabibye iki mu muryango wawe? wabibye iki mu mufasha wawe? wabibye iki mw'itorero ryawe? wabibye iki Mugihugu cyawe?
ibi byose rero Niba twemera ko Imana itanegurizwa Izuru Dukwiye gusuzuma Umusaruro wacu, tukawugereranya nibyo twabibye, tukareba Niba Turi mu nyungu cyangwa mu gihombo!
Ushobora Kuba warabibye ariko Utarasarura, Bitewe Nuko Imbuto wabibye zitinda Kwera! nawe ntukwiye gucibwa intege n'abasaruye kare, Ariko Kimwe Nuko Niba warabibye Imbuto Nziza ntuzaeubya Kuko Imana niyo Ibasha gukuza Imbuto zawe.
Uyu mwaka Twongere tubibe, Kugira NGO dukomeze GUSARURA, Dukomeze tubibe muri Mwuka, Mu mubiri, mu bifatika, Tubibe Kwizera, Tubibe Urukundo, tubibe gushyigikira abandi, tubibe Ineza, Ibyo byose Bizatuma Dukomeza kwiahimira Umusaruro.
Suzuma ko Ufite ibyishimo by'Isarura muri Wowe? Suzuma Niba Wishimiye Ibyo urimo GUSARURA, Kandi bisanga Utishimye Isarura Uhindure Imbuto Ubiba Kuko Imana Ntinegurizwa Izuru, Igihe Cyo GUSARURA cyawe Uzasarura Icyo wabibye.
"Niba udashimishijwe nibyo Isarura muri iki gihe, Ukwiye Guhindura Imbuto Ubiba"
Ndakwifuriza Umugisha w'Imana muri Uyu mwaka wa 2023!
Pastor M.Gaudin
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