Psalm 32

Learning to be honest with God about the sin in my life allows me to experience the gracious benefits of God's forgiveness.

1). Learn to Celebrate because of what God has done in forgiving your sins. vs.1-2
A). Recognize your sins
1). Trangressions
2). Sins
3). Iniquities
B). Recognize what God has done with your sins
1). Forgiven
2). Covered
3). Not Counted

2) Learn to Confess your sins to God. vss. 3-5
A). Becasue unconfessed Sin has physical consequences
B). Because unconfessed Sin brings guilt
C). Because God stands willing and ready to forgive.


3) Learn to Come near to God after you confess your sins. vss.6-10
A). God will hear you through prayer.
B). God will protect you.
C). God will prepare you.
D). God can place you in circumstances that make you come to him

4). Learn to Celebrat God. vs. 11



"God does not permitt His children to sin successfully" Spurgeon

"Intelligentia Prima Est Eut Te Noris Peccatorem" (The beginning of knowledge is to know oneself to be a sinner." Augustine

"God's kiss of forgiveness sucks to poision from the wound." McLaren