A Song for All Seasons – When I’m Feeling Guilty – Psalm 51.
Bible Reading – Psalm 51
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.3 For I know my transgressions,
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and my sin is always before me……..
When I’m Feeling Guilty
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WHAT IS GUILT? "Guilt is an awareness of having done wrong or committed a crime accompanied by feelings of shame and regret" What do you do when your feeling guilty ? Psalm 51 must be read in the context of 2 Samuel chapters 11 & 12, where we read how bad King David’s sin was.
1. HIS ADMISSION OF SIN AND GUILT, verses 1-6 "David's greatest enemy was not the warring nations around him but the sin within him." 2. HIS BROKENNESS OVER HIS SIN, verse 17 3. HIS COMMITMENT TO CHANGE, verses 7-19 How long since you have sung a song like Psalm 51? What hidden sins of the heart have we been turning a blind eye to?