James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
When anthony Johnson started barber school part-time, he cut the hair of several of his christian brothers that attended Zion Chapel. Deacon Jones, a church member, persuaded several church members to go check him out. "Anthony, you are doing a good job"Deacon Jones would say and then add the best part is the price: FREE!
Anthony appreciated Deacon Jones helping him through school, but once Anthony finished school and started working in the barbershop, things got tight financially. The other brothers started paying Anthony but Deacon Jones didn't.
Anthony begin not wanting to see Deacon Jones comming or couldn't stand looking at him in church.When he mentioned it to his wife she simply said ,"next time just ask him to pay for his hair cut."
The next time anthony seen Deacon come in he said jokingly"sorry deacon, the hair cuts aren't free anymore" "you should have said something earlier" Deacon Jones
said,I ain't got a problem paying you, you always do a good job.He pulled out $100.00 bill and said keep the change for all the free ones.
Like Anthony we too sometimes hold things in against God and others, but we need to speak up and confess our wrong doings to God.Our anger, resentment, jealousy, and other sins need to be confessed to him first, then we need to attempt to straighten things out with the person. Let us practice being open with God that we might begin to deal honestly with one another.
let us just say it, honest confession is good for the soul.
ReplyDeleteconfession is good for the soul, so mwhen someone confesses a fault, regardless how the confession is made, we are to prAy for them, and not prEy on them, cause sometimes a confession can come wrapped up in a boastful type sentence, If I brag and say "man I got drunk as heck last night", regardless how it was said, I just confessed that I have a drinking problem, mso prAy for me!
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