Churches in Northampton

“The fact is more people suffer as a result of my sin than just me. And more people suffered as a result of Israel's sin than just those who are allowing these relationships to continue. The whole nation was being affected and so on behalf of the whole nation, these God fearing leaders would repent and go before the Lord as they did in repentance. In doing so, these verses verses five through the end of the chapter give to us a tremendous model of a prayer of repentance.”

“Let's not make excuses. If we're truly repentant before God, let's not make excuses. I love the wording of verse number 10 when he says, and now O our God, what shall we say after this? We don't have any rebuttal. We have nothing to say. We know we're guilty. We have nothing to say. Do we really have a rebuttal against the Lord? There's no denying wrongdoing.”

“God's warnings are a sign of his grace and his mercy. And Lord, you told us exactly what we would find and you told us also what would happen if we made those connections, we made those relationships with those people. So God shows his mercy by the messengers he sends to give us that warning, that instruction of a commandment. And God shows us mercy whenever he gives us a reason or an explanation why we shouldn't do something.”

“Lord, I'm in over my head. My sin has just it doesn't end with one. It's often a multiplicity of things that surround our disobedience to the Lord. It's a great offense. He said, we're in over our heads. It's reached to the heavens. It's a great offense. Look at verse number 13, and after all that is come up upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass.”