LIFE CHANGING PRAYER compiled by Debra Maffett

transgression — by occupying his time and thoughts with the affairs
of this world.
But this is folly. To add sin to sin — the sin of omission to the sin of
commission — gives the enemy of souls a powerful advantage over
him. It invariably . . .
increases his guilt,
benumbs his conscience,
strengthens his inbred corruptions, and
renders his return to spiritual duties increasingly difficult.
However painful it may be to draw near to God in secret, with a
solemn consciousness of guilt on the soul — it should not be
shunned. It is vastly better, while the conscience is feelingly alive to
the wound it has received — to hasten to the throne of grace, and
sincerely to confess the sin, looking to the cross of Christ, and
imploring the pardon of it for his sake, and grace to be more
watchful in future. It must be done, or the consequences will be most
awful; and the sooner it is done the better, "For with the Lord there is
mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption, and he shall redeem Israel
from all his iniquities." (Psalm 130.7,8.)
If the neglect is partial — then spiritual declension is probably the
cause. While the believer, with deep humiliation, reviews the evils of
his past life — reflects upon the awful consequences of sin, and
contemplates, with adoring gratitude, the astonishing love of God
the Father, the amazing condescension of God the Son, and the
stupendous work of God the Holy Spirit, as exhibited in the economy
of redemption, and feels "the love of God shed abroad in his
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