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1. Thanks for joining me today for “A Little Walk with God.” I’m your host Richard Agee.
2. It sure is easy to blame someone else for the trouble we face, isn’t it? And it’s really easy to blame God. He’s a good scapegoat, but it usually doesn’t work out when we do.
3. Scripture
   1. John 9:3-5
   2. Jesus:  Neither. His blindness cannot be explained or traced to any particular person’s sins. He is blind so the deeds of God may be put on display.  While it is daytime, we must do the works of the One who sent Me. But when the sun sets and night falls, this work is impossible.  Whenever I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.
4. Devotional
   1. God came into the garden in the cool of the day. He wanted to talk with Adam after his day’s work was done. A day filled with caring for the creation over which God had given him dominion. Adam tilled the soil, harvested crops, cared for the animals in the garden. Life was really good. Work was satisfying. His companionship with Eve and God and the rest of creation seemed perfect. At least until this day.
      1. Sin had entered in
      2. Adam broke the perfect relationship he had with God because of his disobedience
      3. He felt his guilt and shame
      4. God came into the garden and what did his sin cause him to do?
      5. Adam and Eve both hid
         1. Their bodies from God and each other
         2. Sewed fig leaves together
         3. Hid behind the vegetation when God came to the garden
   2. We all have a tendency to blame someone else for our sin
      1. Devil made me do it
      2. He tempted me
      3. He gave me the fruit
      4. Adam even blamed God as do we
      5. It’s God’s fault we fail to do what He asks
   3. Until we own our faults and failures we cannot find healing from our sins
      1. If we confess our sins, He is able
      2. Opposing message, if we do not confess our sins, He is not able to forgive us
      3. Why? We fail to take ownership of our wrongs
      4. We fail to recognize our need for Him
      5. We fail to understand just how depraved and hopeless we are without Him
   4. Jesus can work in and through us, but only when we are open and honest with Him and others. We must be vulnerable with Him. We must recognize just how much we need His grace, forgiveness, Him.
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