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Jun 08, 2025

There is Joy in the Second Chances | Summer of Psalms

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There is Joy in the Second Chances

June 8, 2025

PRINCIPLE: One of the greatest blessings of being a Christian is that God gives us chances.

Deuteronomy 30:19–20

19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land.

Psalm 32:1 (ESV)

1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Psalm 32:1–4 (ESV)

1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

david's "get my joy back" process:

1. Realize not all and shame is bad.

Psalm 32:3–4

3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by
the heat of summer.

2. Know that before you can clean up what is torn up, you must come face to face with what is .

Psalm 32:5 (ESV)

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

3. Quit blaming others and your sin.

Psalm 32:5 (ESV)

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

4. Be and call out sin for what it is.

Psalm 32:5 (ESV)

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

5. Truly your sin and change course.

Psalm 32:5 (ESV)

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

6. Start in the presence of God and not the world.

Psalm 32:7

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah

Psalm 32:10–11

10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord. 11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

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