I read from the Life application Bible and each day I open to a page and read the scripture, in the very back is the Index,Maos anc Concordance, but unknown to me is a Christian Wokers Resource and I can across this and would like to share it with all of you.Please excuse spelling errors..I hope there are none.

What is Sin?

James 4;17 Remember it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.

1 John 3;4 Everyone who sins is breathing Gods law, for all who sin is contrary to the law of God.

God is holy and perfect: people are sinful. You probably know that for yourself- if you tried to be perfect for a day, you'd quickly discover that you could'nt do it. Sin means not understanding or even caring about what "is right" and refuse to do it.


Who has sinned?

Romans 3;23 For everyone has sinned,we all fall short of Gods glorious standard

Romans 5;17 For the sin of this one man Adam,caused death to rule over many

The Bible says "everyone has sinned". We simply cannot help it- we're human. When Adam sinned, sin entered the human race and sinfulness is a part of our nature. You might be asking "So What?"

Whats so bad about sin?

Romans 6;2-3 For the wages of sin is death.

Isaiah 59'2 Its your sins that cut you off from God.

Sin leads to death. Thats a big problem! Because God is perfect, he cannot have anything to do with us because we are sinners. He wnats to have a personal relationship with us but he can't because of sin! So what did God do?

I am reminded of this saying; "If you can't sweat the small stuff"

I am looking at my day to day life right now, and asking myself "How many times has God given me the small stuff?" and I have screwed it up...

I really have to spend time today deep in thought about all of this..look at my image in the mirror...

I had always thought of sin as stealing,lying,cheating, thou shalt not murder, be nice to your neighbour all those types of things...but reading this, this morning has shed a whole new light upon my sinful nature and especially the small stuff.

My testimonty to my sin...

When I won the money on the scratch ticket, I was reading the word of God and watching some awesome dvd,s...I was volunteering and working part-time at the animal shelter....My heart was right with God, I was not looking for anything special, other then to learn more about Him and Jesus...

I had visions of winning, of me coming out of the bathroom( cause thats where I did my smoking when we lived in the 2 bedroom apt) and yelling to the kids I had won...the winning did not happen as my vision saw it,but close enough, it was done in God's awesome way

So my sin is that I want more....I bought the house and without even thinking threw me and the children into debt...we had what we needed for the house, but I wanted bigger and better ( I did donate alot of what we had that was extra) and now the income I have coming in just covers the household expenses and the credit card debts with a bit left over for groceries and gas in the car...

I keep buying more scratch tickets and lottery tickets hoping for the next big win and to pay off the debts I have....and lately I have been going over board with them..I have been having yard sales and selling stuff. Don't get me wrong I do, do some good with the money buy food and pay bills, but I always mange to spend more on the tickets then I do on the other things I am suppose to...

So today I humbly bow my head in prayer and ask God for forgivness of the gambling sin and testimony in front of all of you..and to over come this sin...It was not until I read the above Christian Resource section of my Bible( with the Grace of Gods help) that I realized what I was doing was a sin...

I was not doing what was right in my heart, oh yes my heart was telling me to take the sale money and pay off the debts, but the sin nature in me would take over and say its ok its only 20 bucks, then 20 would lead to 40 and so on...or its ok you bought some groceries, paid a small bill, now go have fun with the rest...well I don't want to that anymore ...

How can a loving father God trust me with bigger things in life, if I can't handle the small stuff properly..

I am thankful that my spending to much on these tickets has never lead me to steal from anyone or anything...

Today I want to change, cleanse my heart of this wrong doing...

and I have to admit, since I have seen the light, I am over the top in happiness

I am also a greatful recovering alcoholic, and that I have been sober since October 19th 2006 and if I can beat an affliction of alcholism then with the Glory of God and his Blessings, then I can overcome this..

Today this is my testimony to all of you...

Of all the greatest blessings I have in this world, it is my online forum friends..all of you thank you so ever much for being in my life and being a part of this prepping forum...