The White Stone Zone

1 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. (Psalm 32) I have read this verse and would hesitate to consider myself thus blessed because of the last 7 words. I always thought that it was saying you are forgiven, your sins are covered, and the Lord does not count your sins against you if and only if I am never deceptive--if there is no deceit in me. In other words, forgiveness is conditional based on no sign of deceit in my life. I would become discouraged because when I am really honest, I have to admit that I am not always truthful; in fact, my natural tendency is to leave things out, cover things over and maybe even outright lie in order to save my own rear end. It is not my natural tendancy to always be truthful. However, I believe God revealed something awesomely wonderful to me today. Consider the words, "in whose spirit is no deceit." The

Well, it is a New Year, and after 25 years of bringing in the New Years as a believer in Christ, I am convinced that our walk with Christ is a day in and day out struggle between the flesh and the Spirit. Although this day in and day out experience can somtimes seem monotonous, it need not be. I have seen the church each year yearn for a ending of the monotony by God doing something new. We pray for revival and hold "revival" meetings that are charged with emotion and excitement; however, after the meeting, we go back to the day to day struggle waiting for the next meeting to break the monotony. The good news is that our daily struggle need not be monotonous. We look for God to do something new and either believe one of 3 big fat lies. Lie # 1 - Satan is winning. This is a lie bcause in the death, burial, resurrection and ascension of Christ Jesus, satan has been stripped of all power and authority. Jesus stripped satan of any power or authority and has given us full