{"id":704,"date":"2007-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2007\/12\/tuesday-day-16.html"},"modified":"2007-12-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-13T00:00:00","slug":"tuesday-day-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2007\/12\/tuesday-day-16.html","title":{"rendered":"Something Better Day 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Nancy Guthrie’s guided journal “Hoping for Something Better,” which she based on her book of the same title<\/a> (Tyndale 2007).
\nNew journal entries will appear in your profile Monday-Saturday for 6 weeks. If you missed any so far, stay subscribed to this feed and you can begin when it starts over. Be sure to start your own journal within your Beliefnet profile or in a notebook to respond to Nancy’s prompts. <\/i>
\nDay 17<\/strong>
\nThere is something better than living under a burden of guilt and shame. It is having your conscience cleansed and your sins forgiven.<\/i>
\nRead Hebrews 8:1- 10:18.
\nIs there anything more painful than regret? Most of us who have lived very long at all have plenty of it\u2014relationship blunders we\u2019re sorry for, attitudes we\u2019re ashamed of, hurts we\u2019ve inflicted on others, anguish we\u2019ve brought upon ourselves through self-centered, impulsive choices. We all have those things we\u2019ve done that we are relieved no one can see on the surface, things we\u2019ve tried to hide, hoping no one will notice.
\nAnd yet they eat away at us on the inside. Many of us carry around a heavy load of guilt and shame.
\nSo what are we going to do? Are we destined to live forever trying to cover up the mistakes we\u2019ve made, the messes we keep making? How are we going to get rid of our guilt? In Hebrews 8\u201310 we see that God has provided a way for us to get rid of our very real guilt so that we might draw near to him and know him.
\nIn what specific ways, according to Jeremiah\u2019s prophecy quoted in verses 8-12, does the new covenant differ from the old?
\nWhich aspects of the way God relates to us under the New Covenant (8:10-12) are most meaningful to you personally?
\nWhat is it like to live with a guilty conscience? How have you experienced the freedom of a clear and cleansed conscience?
\nAccording to verses 9:11-14, what does the blood of Christ do that animals\u2019 blood could not do?
\nWhat does the quotation from Psalm 40 in 10:5-10 reveal about King David\u2019s understanding of the sacrificial system?
\n–Nancy Guthrie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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