Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for July 19, 2026

YOU SHOULD ASK FOR FORGIVENESS

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Psalm 51:1

“Have mercy upon me, O God. According to Your loving kindness; According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.”

Additional Verses

📖 Psalm 51:1-19; Matthew 6:5-15; Mark 2:1-12; John 5:1-14

Do you know what made David so special in the eyes of the LORD? It was his humble heart. Each time he realized that he had transgressed the Law of God, he always repented of his transgression by openly confessing with his mouth. In 2 Samuel Chapter 12, when the Prophet Nathan rebuked David when he had Uriah the Hittite killed at war and took Uriah’s wife to be his, he immediately repented. Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” He realized that sin separated him from God. David dreaded living a life that was empty of the Spirit of God. He was a man who very well understood the value of God’s anointing in his life and he also knew the emptiness of being cut off from God through sin. In Psalm 51:11, David sorrowfully pleads with God not to cast him away from His presence and further not to take the anointing of the Holy Spirit from his life. When you transgress God’s Law or commit sin, your anointing is reduced or completely removed from you. When Jesus Christ was cut off from the Father when He took the sin of the world upon Himself during that dark hour at the Cross, He cried to the Father in Matthew 27:46 saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani?” that is “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” God does not fellowship with sin or with anyone who lives in sin. This is why, even when His most beloved Son who was without sin had taken upon Himself our sinful nature to give us His own nature, God turned away from Him. Jesus Christ did not wait for tomorrow to call upon His Father. He called immediately to God and hence leaving us an example that once we fall into temptation we must ask for forgiveness immediately. Ephesians 4:26 says, “Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down your wrath; neither give place to the devil.” You find some children of God even after realizing that they have sinned against God, or brother, or wife, or husband, or neighbor, they do not bother to ask for forgiveness at all. Some will go for days, weeks, months and even years without bothering to ask God for forgiveness. Matthew 6:14-15 says, “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Many do not know that un-confessed sin is the cause of many sicknesses, diseases and demonic afflictions and even untimely deaths. In Romans 6:23 Paul reminds every child of God that the wages of sin is death. In Mark 2:5 Jesus Christ also reveals that the cause of sickness is sin. Before pronouncing the healing of the paralytic, He first of all said to him, “Son, your sins are forgiven you,” after which He then told him to arise and walk. Many children of God fail to receive healing from God just because they shun confessing their sins which they very well know. In such situations therefore, they short circuit God’s power to heal or bless them. You may have suffered for a long time and maybe you have been praying to God for a blessing in a certain area of your life, the question I would like to leave you with is that, have you confessed all your sins which you are conscious of, and some which you are not aware of? I tell you that if you confess that area of weakness just as David did in Psalm 51 with all humility and sincerity of heart and mind, the Father will forgive you immediately no matter how big that sin may be. You will begin to experience the manifestation of God’s glory in your life from today. Alleluia!

Prayer

Dear Mighty Father, I am sorry for all the time that I have done wrong and not asked for forgiveness. I thank You because You are a forgiving Father Who is always ready to forgive anyone who is sorry just like You did when David asked for forgiveness. I thank You LORD for forgiving me. In Jesus Christ’s mighty name. Amen.