Exodus 20:15 -- Do Not Steal

Well, it has been nearly 2 months since I have made a post on here.  I must admit I have not been doing my daily reading as I should.  Not to make excuses, because there were no good reasons why I have not been, but I did find out I was pregnant, had bad morning sickness, and then 2 weeks later found out that we lost the baby. We spent the next two weeks dealing with the miscarriage.  When that was over,all three of us got sick!  I guess when it rains it pours...  Also during this same time, my daughter gave up her morning nap, which is when I normally typed the blog and did my reading.  I am still trying to find a new normal.

Anywho, on with the bible study.

Exodus 20:15  Do not steal.

This seems pretty self explanatory.  Do not take something that does not belong to you.

Exodus 22:1 “When a man steals an ox or a sheep and butchers it or sells it, he must repay five cattle for the ox or four sheep for the sheep. 2 If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed. 3 But if this happens after sunrise, there is guilt of bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution. If he is unable, he is to be sold because of his theft. 4 If what was stolen—whether ox, donkey, or sheep—is actually found alive in his possession, he must repay double.

Exodus is clear about the punishment for a thief.  He must repay MORE than he took to repay the person he stole from.  If the thief cannot repay, he must be sold to cover the costs to the owner.

Proverbs 30:8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.
9 Otherwise, I might have too much
and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord?”
or I might have nothing and steal,
profaning the name of my God.

Here we see that stealing is the same as profaning the name of God.  When we steal, we are looking at God and saying, "I do not trust that you will provide my needs."  or we are saying, "God, I am not satisfied with what you gave me."

Let us look at one thief in the Bible

John 12:1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for Him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. 3 Then Mary took a pound of fragrant oil—pure and expensive nard—anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
4 Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was about to betray Him), said, 5 “Why wasn’t this fragrant oil sold for 300 denarii and given to the poor?” 6 He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.
7 Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of My burial. 8 For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

 Judas, who the Bible calls a thief, was put in charge of the money bags.  He was so greedy for worldly wealth  that he betrayed Jesus, the one whose eternal reward is FAR more than any earthly money, for just 30 pieces of silver.  Judas's punishment was a death on a tree, hung and left to rot.

There is another thief in the Bible who repented of his thievery and is now rejoicing with Christ.

Luke 19:2 There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man. 4 So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since He was about to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down because today I must stay at your house.”
6 So he quickly came down and welcomed Him joyfully. 7 All who saw it began to complain,“He’s gone to lodge with a sinful man!”
8 But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, I’ll give half of my possessions to the poor, Lord! And if I have extorted anything from anyone, I’ll pay back four times as much!”
9 “Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus told him, “because he too is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost.”

As a tax collector, Zacchaeus took more than he should have from the people to make himself rich.  When we met Christ, he turned from that lifestyle and all those he cheated, he was willing to repay 4 times what he took.  As a result, we know that Zacchaeus will be one in heaven rejoicing with all the saints.

Judas and Zacchaeus both stole for earthly gain.  Judas saw earthly wealth as greater than the eternal whereas Zacchaeus recognized the far greater wealth of what Christ offers those who repent from their sinful ways.

Exodus 20:14 -- Adultery

Exodus 20:14 Do not commit adultery.

This is very cut and dry.  Do not commit adultery.  Do not forsake your spouse by being with someone else, whether in thought or deed.

Leviticus 20:10 If a man commits adultery with a married woman—if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

Again, breaking this commandment leads to death.  The ones who committed the acts must die.

Proverbs 6:27 Can a man embrace fire
and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can a man walk on burning coals
without scorching his feet?
29 So it is with the one who sleeps with
another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.

This is what Solomon had to say about adultery.  Sleeping with another man's wife is like embracing fire and getting burned.  It is dangerous.  You will get punished.  Proverbs goes on to say:

Proverbs 6:32 The one who commits adultery lacks sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.
33 He will get a beating and dishonor,
and his disgrace will never be removed.

You have no sense and you will be disgraced.  You destroy yourself when you commit adultery.

Matthew 5:28 But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew is saying here that just looking at a women with the desire to sleep with her is just the same as actually committing the act itself.  You have had her in your mind, so how is that different than actually do it?  God knows your heart and your intentions when you think them.  Many people praise the fact that they did not commit some particular sin, but fail to mention that they thought about wanting to do it all day long.  Like our pastor said concerning adultery in one of his sermons: "A man came home and told his wife, 'you would be proud of me today, honey.  I did not commit adultery, but man I really wanted to!'"

Matthew 5:32 But I tell you, everyone who divorces his wife, except in a case of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

and

Matthew 19:9 And I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Here is states that if a divorced person remarries, then they are committing adultery.  I wonder how many Christians read this today?  There are many people who claimed to be Christian when they divorced and then later remarried, for reasons that were not considered sexual immorality.  Do those Christians know they are committing adultery?

Adultery is rampant in our culture.  A lot of times it is swept under the rug, or whispered about behind ones back instead of confronted and dealt with.  Divorce is out of control, especially within the church.  If we truly loved God and our fellow man like the Bible says we ought, then I think the divorce rate among Christians would drop drastically.  We, as a society, had a hard time understanding sacrificial love, that is necessary to keep a long term relationship going.  You can't be in a healthy marriage if all you worry about is yourself and how you can be happy.  There must be concern for the other person involved.  You must love them so much that you are willing to sacrifice some of your wants and desires to make them happy or feel loved or satisfied.  Marriage is not a one way street.

The Bible also talks of adultery in a much deeper sense when referring to Israel's relationship with God.

Jeremiah 3:6 In the days of King Josiah the Lord asked me, “Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there. 7 I thought: After she has done all these things, she will return to Me. But she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8 I observed that it was because unfaithful Israel had committed adultery that I had sent her away and had given her a certificate of divorce. Nevertheless, her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid but also went and prostituted herself. 9 Indifferent to her prostitution, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. 10 Yet in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah didn’t return to Me with all her heart—only in pretense.”

Both Israel and Judah have given themselves to foreign gods and worshiped them.  They have made their idols out of stone and wood and worshiped them instead of the on true God.  They have betrayed God and followed after other gods.  As we know from the New Testament, Christ is our groom and us, as the church is his bride.  We must remember the bride of Christ is both Christ and the chosen Jews.  For any of us to follow after other gods or idols is like us committing adultery against God.

Exodus 20:13 -- Do Not Murder

Exodus 20:13 Do not murder.

This command is simple.  Do not murder.  Do not kill another person.

Exodus 21:12 “Whoever strikes a person so that he dies must be put to death. 13 But if he didn’t intend any harm, and yet God caused it to happen by his hand, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee. 14 If a person schemes and willfully acts against his neighbor to murder him, you must take him from My altar to be put to death.

The one who murders unintentionally will be sent to a place to flee.  If the person comments the crime knowingly and intentionally, he must also die.

Luke 23:24 So Pilate decided to grant their demand 25 and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.   

I am wondering here if the Jews had forgotten their command of putting murders to death.  Here, the people chose to release a murderer.  He was able to go free, and not suffer the punishment the Lord had deemed for ALL murderers.

Acts 5:29 But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had murdered by hanging Him on a tree.

Since the Jews had cried out for the murderer to be released and called for the death of an innocent, Christ, they themselves are murderers.  Even though they did not drive the nails, even though they did not use their hands to shed His blood, they were still guilty of the murder.  All they had to do was cry "Release Him" and Jesus would have been freed and the murderer receiving his just consequence.

1 John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

If you just hate another person, you are a murderer.  Just thinking about someone in a hateful way is the same as murdering that person in the eyes of God.  We must strive to think no ill thoughts towards anyone, not even those who hate us.  

What Happens When Women Say "Yes" to God by Lysa TerKeurst

My First Impressions:
Well, I was not too thrilled with this book when the ladies chose it.  I know we as Christians should obey God.  Many of us do not all the time, and I knew that is where this book would take it.  After receiving the book, the study questions seem very shallow and easily answered without even reading the book.  I do not see much scripture just flipping through.  To mean a book for a Bible study needs to cover scripture, not just someone's opinions on a topic.  Many of the verses I did see, especially in the first section come from "The Message" which I do not believe is a real version of the Bible.  (Being that it was not written as a translation but as a study to accompany the Bible).

Chapter 1: A Soul that Longs for More
So today, June 3, 2013, I started reading this book.  The stories the author tells are inspiring and I can see her vision of how to tell others of Christ.  I love the idea she had of giving away her Bible to a stranger who in turn gave it to someone else.  She has since started passing out many Bibles and one day hopes to see one of her Bibles return to her.  I feel this is a great idea.  If you share who Christ is and what he has done for us all, isn't is appropriate to give them the Word so they can learn more.  You cannot expect them to know anyone else who can answer questions, or even go and try to find more, but if you give them the Word, then they have all they need.  Yes, they may still have questions that need answering, but they have what they need to learn more until they find someone else or even a church to join.

There is one point in this chapter where she asks, "How many times have I told you no, God?"  I wonder this too.  There is not telling how many times we, as Christians, look to God and say, "No, I won't or can't do that."  Just think of how many times we have said, "no" and not even realize it!  Though the passage that sticks out the most to me is this:

"Yes. Lord. I want Your patience to invade my desire to fly off the handle." "Yes. Lord. I want Your perspective to keep my emotions in check." "Yes. Lord. I want Your provision so things do not seem overwhelming." "Yes. Lord. I want Your courage to do what I feel you calling me to do." "Yes. Lord. I want and need more of You in every moment."

I think this should be everyone's prayer, man or women.

Chapter 2:  Hearing God's Voice
In this chapter, the author tells of five questions she asks herself when she believes she hears God's voice.  If she can answer "yes" to all five questions, then she can be sure she is hearing from God and not reacting to her own thoughts and feelings.  I really did not find anything in this chapter that stood out to me or gave me any "ah ha!" moments, but I was also distracted with a little one running around!  Perhaps I'll have to reread this later to see if it speaks to me more.

Chapter 3:  When Obedience Becomes Radical
The chapter begins with the author talking about a time when she made a radical decision to be obedient to what God wanted her to do.  She also describes the manner in which one should be obedient to God.  "God is not interested in half of our hearts.  He wants is all, and He wants to remove the things that stand in the way of  that."  She also mentions about her husband's Bible study a little earlier that mentions, "sometimes we work so hard to make a heaven here on earth that our hearts are pulled away from our real home with God."

Chapter 4: You Never Know How God Will Use You Until You Let Him
This chapter begins with a letter from someone who described what radical obedience looked like in her life and how her life has changed.  This chapter posses a question that isn't clearly answered, where did this change in heart come from?  The answer is God.  God changed her heart to allow her to become radically obedient to the faith and God is the only one who can put that change in someone's heart.  We may long for and desire that kind of change in us, but only God can actually cause us to change that way.  The chapter implies the answer with the verses used, but never outright says it.

Chapter 5:  What Keeps Us From Saying Yes to God?
I can answer that... ourselves.  We don't want to for whatever reason or something else seems more appealing.  She begins the chapter by telling of people who discourage us from obeying God and to ignore them and continue to follow Christ.  She portrays the struggle between godly obedience and fleshly desires as a battle she fights daily, as it should be for all of us.  We should strive for the godly obedience and subdue and conquer the fleshly desires.  One point she makes that sticks with me, though obvious, is something I never really thought about before: "Whatever we worship, we will obey."  What we worship is what we care about the most and our life will revolve around that.  All of our actions. All of our decisions.  All of our thoughts.  Who do we worship?  If we want to follow and obey God they way we should, it better be him!

Chapter 6:  If It Were Easy, It Wouldn't Be Worth Doing
She begins the chapter with an important message, when we say "yes" to God, we must do it out of love instead of duty.  We must love God enough to want to do what he commands of us and not feel obligated because we made a promise.  She also talks about removing the "I can'ts" from your life.  Never tell your self I can't do something God has called me to do because of whatever.  God would not tell you to do something you couldn't do.  He gives you the proper equipment and skills for whatever task he assigns you.

Chapter 7:  Keeping Our Vision Clear
This chapter focuses on how to keep our focus on God., how to keep him centered in our life and how that will affect our lives.  Once quote that stood out to me in this chapter was:

"Women who say yes to God are as unique in their approach to the sold-out life for Christ as pebbles found in the creekside. We've all been tumbled and smoothed in different ways, but we know we rest in the mighty hand of God. Right now we may simply be an unsuspecting rock, but at anytime God could use us to slay the mightiest of giants."

We must always be ready for what God has in store for us.  Always keep him centered and focused so that when he needs us to be hurled at a giant, we can take the challenge head on and be fully confident that it is God who sends us on this mission.

Chapter 8:  Giving Up What Was Never Ours
This chapter serves as a  reminder to us that everything we have is from God.  He owns everything and we take care of it.  We use it for His glory and not for our own.  This chapter focuses on sacrificial giving and the blessings that could come from that.  Sacrificial giving is more than giving your tithe every Sunday.  It is a giving of yourself, your whole self and all you have.  If you realize that everything you have actually belongs to God, you will find it easier to give back to God the things/money he has graciously given to you.

Chapter 9:  Radically Blessed
This chapter shares that those who are radically obedient are also radically blessed.  Our blessings may not be material in nature, but may come in the form of spiritual peace and a surety of our place in heaven.  The author also challenges each reader to take a stance.  Say yes to God fully, or say no, not now.  Whatever you choose, you must choose it fully.  You can't half obey God.  You must fully obey Him.  I did like the Bible study part of this chapter the best.  It made you think of how each of the verses tied into the book and specifically on how one is radically blesses by being radically obedient.

Final Conclusions:
Overall, the book was better than I expected it to be.  It points out a lot of common biblical understandings in a new way and makes you rethink about notions that seem common and self explanatory in scripture.  Though I wish the author had included more scripture in the body of the book, she does being out many scriptures in the study guide at the end.  Most of the questions are simple, look at this passage and write what it says.  There are a few critical thinking questions that have you expound on your own beliefs and how well they line with scripture, but overall the study questions do not go very deep into scripture or make you think very critically.

Exodus 20:12 -- Honor Your Father and Mother

Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Honor your father and your mother.  Do not disrespect them.  Hold them high in your mind.  Obey the commands they give you, so long as they do not go against the words of God.

Matthew 15:3 He answered them, “And why do you break God’s commandment because of your tradition? 4 For God said:
Honor your father and your mother; and,
The one who speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death.

Those who break this commandment are to be put to death.  I see a theme here.  If you are and idolater, you will be put to death.  If you take the Lord's name in vain, you will be put to death.  If you break the Sabbath, you should be put to death.  God is very serious about His people obeying His commandments.

Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents as you would the Lord, because this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, 3 so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.

We should obey our parents simply because it is right and it is what they Lord commands of us.  The promise of God to us if we keep this commandment is that we may live long and prosper (Ha!) in the land the Lord has given us.

Exodus 20:8-11 -- Rest on the Sabbath

Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy: 9 You are to labor six days and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the foreigner who is within your gates. 11 For the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days; then He rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and declared it holy.

This commandment is telling us to rest on the Sabbath day.  We have 6 days in which to do our work and the seventh day should be made holy and set aside for rest.  The Lord set this example when he created the earth in 6 days and rested on the seventh day.

We know for the Jew, the Sabbath rest was taken very seriously.  Anyone who worked on the Sabbath was punished.  Christ, himself worked on the Sabbath in healing those from illnesses.

Luke 13:10 As He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath, 11 a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for over 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, He called out to her, “Woman, you are free of your disability.” 13 Then He laid His hands on her, and instantly she was restored and began to glorify God.
14 But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, responded by telling the crowd, “There are six days when work should be done; therefore come on those days and be healed and not on the Sabbath day.”
15 But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you untie his ox or donkey from the feeding trough on the Sabbath and lead it to water? 16 Satan has bound this woman, a daughter of Abraham, for 18 years—shouldn’t she be untied from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
17 When He had said these things, all His adversaries were humiliated, but the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things He was doing.

Here, the leaders of the synagogue, accused Jesus of breaking the Sabbath.  He responded that the what he did was not a breaking of the Sabbath but a releasing from the bonds of Satan for this woman.

Matthew 12:9 Moving on from there, He entered their synagogue. 10 There He saw a man who had a paralyzed hand. And in order to accuse Him they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
11 But He said to them, “What man among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out? 12 A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.”

Here is another passage telling of how Jesus healed on the Sabbath.  Again the leaders of the synagogue were trying to trap Jesus so they could get rid of him.  Jesus put them in their place again and said it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.

John 5:9 Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.
Now that day was the Sabbath, 10 so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It’s illegal for you to pick up your mat.”
11 He replied, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

Jesus again healed on the Sabbath.  The man who was healed did work on the Sabbath and was attacked by the other Jews for doing so.  He replied he did what Jesus had instructed him to do, with out question.  Jesus did not care it was the Sabbath and one should not pick up a mat.  Jesus was concerned more for the glory of His and His Father's name than for being legalistic about the Sabbath.

It seems for the Jews, the Sabbath rules were being followed so very strictly, they failed to see the true reason for the Sabbath.  A day for the Lord.  They may have visited the synagogue, said a prayer, rested the whole day, but failed to recognize the reason for why they had a Sabbath rest.  This is no different than the countless number of "Christians" who go  to church on Sunday, go through the right motions, then go about their daily lives without even realizing the significance of why they should be at church or singing praises to God in the first place.  It is what they have always known.  It is what their parents taught them, but there is no real conviction.  Just a habit they go through each week.  I pray that all professing Christians could understand the significance of the Sabbath and why we celebrate the Lord and rest from our toils.

I have written on the Sabbath Rest once before.  You can read that post here: A Sabbath Rest.

Exodus 20:7 -- Do Not Misuse the Name of the Lord

Exodus 20:7 Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

We should not use the name of the Lord in a way that would bring dishonor to him.  We should not use his name unless we are addressing Him or telling someone about Him.  Passages in the Old Testament tells us to take our oaths in Him name.  

The Bible is filled with references telling the people to not misuse God's name, here are a few.

Leviticus 18:21 “You are not to make any of your children pass through the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh."

Leviticus 19:12 You must not swear falsely by My name, profaning the name of your God; I am Yahweh.

These two verses are straight forward.  Do not profane the name of God.

Deuteronomy 18:19 I will hold accountable whoever does not listen to My words that he speaks in My name.20 But the prophet who dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet must die.’

Here, a punishment is given for those who profane or misuse the name of God, he must die.

Psalm 74:10 God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult Your name forever?
11 Why do You hold back Your hand?
Stretch out Your right hand and destroy them!

The Psalmist is pleading with God to destroy those who insult the name of the Lord.

Proverbs 30:8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.
9 Otherwise, I might have too much
and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord?”
or I might have nothing and steal,
profaning the name of my God.

Here in Proverbs it suggest that having plenty or too little could cause someone to profane the name of God.  Having just what one needs can help keep one from doing so.

Ezekiel 20:39 “As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Lord God says: Go and serve your idols, each of you. But afterward you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.

Ezekiel is telling Israel that they are defiling the name of God by serving idols.  By rejecting God and raising our lives to another god profanes God's name because we are not seeing Him for being the Holy God he truly is.

Ezekiel 36:21 Then I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.
22 “Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: It is not for your sake that I will act, house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went. 23 I will honor the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am Yahweh”—the declaration of the Lord God—“when I demonstrate My holiness through you in their sight. 

Romans 2:23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.

These two verses show that the name of God is defiled when those who proclaim His name do not act as though they follow God.  They confess with their lips but their actions are completely different.  Thus, those who see them out in the world get the wrong view of God, this His name is profaned.

1 Timothy 6:1 All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and His teaching will not be blasphemed.

If you are subjected to following the rules or under the authority of another individual, no matter who they are, or how they act, you must show them respect so that your witness in Christ may be protected and that you will blaspheme the name of God.

Revelation 16:8 The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun. He was given the power to burn people with fire, 9 and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.

The people here experienced something horrible.  Instead of turning to God and repenting or even acknowledging the power of God to remove these horrible plagues, the people grumbled and complained that they were being burned.  Grumbling and complaining against God is another way to blaspheme His name.

There are many ways we can defile the name of our God.  It is more than spewing out a profanity.  It is a way of life.  If we have idols, if we grumble and complain against Him, if our actions do not match our speech concerning Him, if we deliberately sin, we are guilty of profaning the name of God.  God is all about His glory.  His name must be praised and exalted.  We must strive to do this every day by praising him and turning from our sins.