The document discusses forgiving oneself through confession of sins to God (Psalms 32:5, 1 John 1:9). It emphasizes that guilt should not be ignored, and that prayer and confession of sins to God is the solution, resulting in forgiveness and cleansing from sin. It encourages having confidence in God's faithfulness to forgive through the blood of Jesus Christ, and to press on toward Christ by forgetting past sins and reaching toward spiritual growth.

1. Learning to
Forgive Yourself
Psalms 32

2. Psalms 32
▪V1 – Blessed is he whose
transgressions is forgiven
–V3,4 – Guilt should not be
ignored and can be constructive
–V5 – Is the solution!
–V11 Be Glad in the Lord!
Shout for all Joy!

3. 32:5 Pray, Pray, Pray
▪ 32:5 “I acknowledged my sin toYou, And my
iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess
my transgressions to the LORD,” AndYou
forgave the iniquity of my sin.”
–1st John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.”
▪ 32:6 - For this cause everyone who is godly shall
pray toYou, In a time whenYou may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters,They shall not
come near him.
–James 5:13-18

4. Do you understand the blood of Jesus?
▪ Hebrews 9:12-15
▪ 9:13 = Numbers 19:16whoever in the open field
touches one who is slain by a sword or who has
died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be
unclean seven days. 17 ‘And for an
unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of
the heifer burnt for purification from sin,
and running water shall be put on them in a vessel.
–cleanse your conscience
from dead works to serve the
living God?

5. Do you understand the blood of Jesus?
▪ Hebrews 9:12-15
▪ 9:13 = Numbers 19:16whoever in the open field
touches one who is slain by a sword or who has
died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be
unclean seven days. 17 ‘And for an
unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of
the heifer burnt for purification from sin,
and running water shall be put on them in a vessel.
–cleanse your conscience
from dead works to serve the
living God?

6. Do you have confidence in God?
▪1st John 3:18-23
– 21 Beloved, if our heart does
not condemn us, we have
confidence toward God.
▪ Confidence in God?
–He is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness. 1st John 1:9

7. Can you press on towards Christ?
Philippians 3:12-14
12 Not that I have already attained, or am
already perfected; but I press on, that I may
lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also
laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count
myself to haveapprehended; but one thing I
do, forgetting those things which are behind
and reaching forward to those things which
are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for
the prize of the upward call of God in Christ
Jesus.