Emphasis Preaching Journal

We don't like to be called sinners. We'd rather be accused of "making a mistake," or "an error in judgment," or "a little white lie," or some other politically correct term so that we do not have to take responsibility for our actions.

We don't like to be called sinners, but we are. To get release and forgiveness we need to be very specific with God in our prayers when asking for forgiveness. As children we might have prayed, "... and forgive me if I've done anything wrong today. Amen."