Confess and Renounce

Proverbs 28:13 (New International Version)

¹³ He who conceals his sins does not prosper,
but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

I was going to share this verse at English Service yesterday. But it was sooo hectic that I couldn't find the verse when I was leading. If you were there yesterday, I just want to clarify that the Bible says confesses and renounces them.

Renounce (according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary) means:

1 : to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration
2 : to refuse to follow, obey, or recognize any further

At worship training yesterday, I was also reminded to build a habit of confessing sin to prevent it from accumulating and from desensitizing our hearts.

Leading ES this week was a bit interesting, started from last week when we started to do preparation.

As we prepare for English service last week one of the musician asked if he can join for practice on Sunday right before the service because it was kinda hard to find time to practice in weekdays. At the end we managed to squeeze in some practice time in the weekday, right before they have practice for pemuda.

On practice day, one of the musician who has the keyboard was running late because he had to commute to SF that day. Had he gone home first to get the keyboard, we would have started practice really late and would potentially disrupts the other practice too. Thank God for our sister Kathy who kindly let us borrow her keyboard (and who happen to live in the same complex with ko Roy, where we had our practice) so we can start practice on time!

On Sunday, we noticed that we missed bringing the projector. We thought we can borrow from Indonesian Service, but it turned out that no one brought that one either. Thank God for Ping2 and Leticia who kindly picked it up from storage so we can have projector for English Service. There are still other obstacles on that day....I am so amazed how God use them all to humble me.

Last week at our smallgroup I learned about owning our responsibility. Honestly, as these things happens I was very very tempted to point fingers to others and to put blame on circumstances. Yet God gently teaching me to be more prepared next time =)

Hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!