What do you do when you sin?

What do you do when you sin? Sin is choosing to do, or say, or think something that is bad. Even as a Christian, once you have received Jesus Christ as your Savior, unfortunately you may still sin. It is sad; we wish we could be perfect; but sometimes you may do something that is wrong.

What do you do then? It is as simple as A B C.

A: Ask God to forgive you. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” You are still God’s child if you have truly accepted Christ as your Savior. Christ died to pay the penalty for your sins.

B: Believe God has forgiven you. We are saved by faith; we accept God’s promises by faith. Thank God that He has forgiven your sins because of Jesus.

C: Change your behavior. To repent means to change direction. If you have bad thoughts when you look at bad pictures, then stop looking at those pictures. You can ask God to help you; He does not ask us to live the Christian life on our own, but He gives us the power of the Holy Spirit to live in our lives to overcome sin.

Dr. Bill Bright, the late founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, described the process of spiritual breathing. If we sin, we breathe out the bad air — we confess our sins to God. Then we breathe in the good air — God’s love and forgiveness and the power of the Holy Spirit.

So, this week, let us pray and ask God to

• Help each of us to overcome sin in our lives
• Help each of us on Global Media staff to walk in God’s overcoming power in our lives
• Bring millions of people to know Jesus Christ as Savior

THANK YOU for your prayers. We are seeing many people come to Christ because of God’s moving — and much of this is in response to your prayers. Let us believe God together to see Him do great and mighty things in the world. Someday we will meet in heaven and rejoice to see all that God has done.

May God bless you,