PEPTALK: Sinners to Ambassadors
dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and
Psalm 51:1-13 (READ)
Why are we sinners? Because that is our nature. We
cannot deny it. We also commit sins unconsciously.
Aminin. The reasons are many to mention but there
are also reasons not to be acquainted with sins.
God is still looking for “amateurs”, those who will
serve the Lord for the sheer love of it.
Defining amateur: English word comes from the
Latin word amore, which means to love. A amateur
is someone who does something simply for the love
of it.
Sinners are amateurs. In what way? We still fail. The
enemy is just wandering around us. But we have a
purpose why we are existing. For all those people na
iniisip na feeling unworthy sila, this is the Lord’s
message for you.
2 Corinthians 5:19-20
[God] has committed us the word of reconciliation.
Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ.
Pero mahirap itong panindigan. Kahit na nasa
presence na tayo ni Lord, we are still prone to being
lost.
So here are the things that we must do to keep us
#SpirituallySane
1. Confess
Own up to your sin and experience the joy of
confession.
God uses our difficulties to develop his Son’s
likeness in us.
2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in
weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in
persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak,
I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9
My grace is sufficient for you, for my power
is made perfect in your weakness.
2. Repent
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a
steadfast spirit within me.
2 Corinthians 12:8
I pleaded with the Lord three times that it may
depart from me. (That’s what Paul did to the thorn in
his flesh)
3. Recognize Him as our Savior
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one
and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have an eternal life.
Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be
help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right
hand.
4. Receive the spiritual cure for sin.
Romans 5:9
Much more the, having now been justified by His
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
The price of our freedom from sin was paid by
Jesus’ blood.
Psalm 51:1-2
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your
unfailing love; according to your great compassion,
blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from
my sin.
2 Corinthians 5:14
The love of Christ compels us.
For God, character > comfort
God uses the very elements that cause us the most
discomfort as his tools in fashioning our character.
Trusting him to lead us through failures towards
renewal and growth.
Always remember, we are the salt and light of this
world.
Matthew 5:13-14
A word of encouragement can make the difference
between giving up and going on.
All of us are infected with the fatal disease of sin.
But, there is no time or place we cannot pray.
Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by
prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your
requests be made known to God.
We should know where to go--- God of abundant
mercy.
he invites you to bring your anxious thoughts directly
to Him.
To be anxious about nothing, pray about everything.
KEEP GUARDED AND BE GUIDED.
Pray.
End.