Last Sunday morning’s sermon was on “Excuses.”  Try this: Write the following items in a column on the left-hand side of a sheet of paper.

Worship
Giving
Family ties
Encouraging others
Helping those in need
Evangelism
Bible study
Breaking sinful habits

Now, evaluate your performance in each of these areas.  If you are lacking in any or all of these areas, on the right-hand side of the paper write the excuses that you have made to avoid changing. Evaluate your excuses.  Will God accept these?  If not, decide to change!

Sunday night we continued our series on “My Prayers in the Psalms,” talking about “A Prayer for Friendship with God.”  Practice the prayer that we studied from Psalm 25, working in these four elements:

1. Stated trust (vv. 1-3)
2. A pledge of openness (vv. 4-5, 8-9, 12-14)
3. A plea for forgiveness (vv. 6-7, 11, 18)
4. A request for deliverance (vv. 16-19)