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Good evening Trinity Tribe,

I hope you have had a restful night! Kenna and I are spending the night in the Sleep Center at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center so that she can have a sleep study done. She has a terrible time staying asleep. So, the doctor wanted to know what is going on with her sleep patterns. She is hooked up to several machines with electrodes coming off all parts of her body and head. She looks somewhat like a science fair project gone bad. However, this will let the doctor know how deeply she is sleeping and if she suffers from sleep apnea or another medical condition.

Don't you wish we could do a spiritual study and could know exactly how our soul is at this very moment? Hymn number 377 in our hymnal says this:
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

How can we know how our soul is doing? John Wesley took copious notes in his diary about when he sinned. He constantly assessed the state of his soul. As much as I respect and revere Mr. Wesley, I wonder if he spent too much time beating himself up. Because of God's abundant and never-ending grace, we can always turn back to God and repent of our sins. If we confess our sins, claim Jesus Christ as our Savior and turn towards God, we can be confident that it is well with our souls. We don't need to list our sins. We don't need to be hooked up to a sin monitor.
In 1 John 1:7, we find these words, "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin." We must walk in the life, have fellowship with one another, and share in the blood of Jesus Christ.

Let's begin the day by confessing our sins and turning back towards God. In that way we can be confident in the state of our souls.