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OUR DAILY BREAD             Tues., July 18, 1995    
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READ:   Acts 5:1-11 
 
         
      NOBODY CAN KEEP A SECRET FROM GOD 
 
      "Cleanse me from secret faults." 
 
                        - Psalm 19:12  
 
Washington, D.C., is full of secrets.  Some  
say as many as 3 billion!  But not all of them  
are legitimate secrets that safeguard national 
security.  Many are documents concerning 
hazardous medical experiments made years ago 
on human subjects without their knowledge or 
consent.  Others are contracts and bills that 
civilian manufacturers, often guilty of 
excessive overcharges, labeled "confidential." 
But now, under a new policy inaugurated by 
the Department of Energy, "a pyramid-like 
tomb of classified documents" is being system- 
atically exposed to public scrutiny.  As a 
result, many people and companies are being 
sued. 
 
Life, like Washington, is full of secrets. 
Most secrets are trivial and unimportant. 
Some, however, are evil and tragic, as 
illustrated in today's Bible reading.  What  
about secret sins?  We may be able to hide 
them successfully from people, yet on God's 
timetable a day is scheduled when He who knows 
the secrets of the heart" (Ps. 44:21) "will 
bring every work into judgment, including 
every secret thing" (Eccl. 12:14). 
 
Bring those secrets out in the open.  Confess 
your sins now and claim the complete cleansing 
that is promised through the Savior's sacrifice 
(1 Jn. 1:9). 
                        -- Vernon C. Grounds 
 
        You cannot hide your sin from God, 
          He knows what's in your heart; 
          Confession is the quickest way 
            To make a brand-new start. 
 
                        -- Sper 
 
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             THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 
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               Our secret sins 
           are open scandal to God. 
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Proverbs 22-24

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