{"id":9770,"date":"2022-04-21T19:10:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T19:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9770"},"modified":"2022-04-21T19:10:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T19:10:41","slug":"gain-and-retain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9770","title":{"rendered":"GAIN AND RETAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong>\u00a0Repent your sin to gain and retain the presence of God.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Samuel 11, 12:1-25<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obedience to the word of God does not despise God but takes a position to find God.\u00a0
Despising the word of God will set one for self-destruction.\u00a0(Proverbs 13:13)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0
In life, despising the word of God is a destination to become sink into sin.\u00a0
With sin, one is not seeking God to find God.\u00a0
The Case of the sin of David and Hezekiah is a testimony of what sin adds or takes away while alive:
King David saw and sent for Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah.\u00a0
The Bible records,\u00a0\u201c\u2026and she came to him, and he lay with her, for she was cleansed from her impurity; and she returned to her house. And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, \u201cI am with child.\u201d (2 Samuel 11:4-5)<\/em><\/strong>
David was a man after the heart of God but did wrong in his attempt to cover up his sin with Bathsheba, sending Uriah (husband of Bathsheba) to the front of war to get him killed.\u00a0(1 Samuel 13:14)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0
God will not overlook the sin of anyone regardless of the past good act before God.\u00a0
Before God, the only way to come out of sin is to repent.\u00a0
The sin of King David before God called for Prophet Nathan to rebuke David as he responded with repentance.\u00a0
2 Samuel 12:13\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>records the repentance of David, \u201cI have sinned against the LORD.\u201d And Nathan said to David, \u201cThe LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0
Repentance will bring forth redemption.
The repentance of David before God granted Him the mercy of God.\u00a0
God did not withdraw His spirit from David and not cut off His word from him.\u00a0
The word of God speaks to all,\u00a0\u201cTurn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.\u201d (Proverbs 1:23)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0All need to learn from turning away from sin to God to gain the presence of God.\u00a0
David was rebuked, turned to repent and retain the hand of God over his life.\u00a0
Hezekiah was sick with the mark to die when the word of God rebuked him through Prophet Isaiah, stating\u00a0\u201c\u2026thus says the Lord: \u2018Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.\u2019\u201d (Isaiah 38:1)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0
The bible records the repentance of Hezekiah,\u00a0\u201cThen Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD.\u201d (Isaiah 1:2)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
David, Hezekiah repented at the rebuke of Isaiah, the prophet of God, and the word of God gave life to Hezekiah in the place of death.
What stops you from turning away from sin to God.?
With sin, no one will gain the presence of God.\u00a0
Come out of sin, and live life by the word of God to gain and retain the presence of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayer for today:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Ask to be enabled to live a sin-free life.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0Repent your sin to gain and retain the presence of God.\u00a0 2 Samuel 11, 12:1-25 Obedience to the word of God does not despise God but takes a position to find God.\u00a0Despising the word of God will set one for self-destruction.\u00a0(Proverbs 13:13)\u00a0In life, despising the word of God is a destination to become sink … Continue reading GAIN AND RETAIN<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9771,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9770\/revisions\/9771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}