God's Prayer Promise: Guilt

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Good and upright is the Lord;

    therefore he instructs sinners in the way.

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He leads the humble in what is right,

    and teaches the humble his way.

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All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness,

    for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

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For your name's sake, O Lord,

    pardon my guilt, for it is great.

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Who is the man who fears the Lord?

    Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

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His soul shall abide in well-being,

    and his offspring shall inherit the land.

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The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him,

    and he makes known to them his covenant.

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My eyes are ever toward the Lord,

    for he will pluck my feet out of the net.

(Psalm 25)

Guilt is one of those tricky things. God uses it to make us know that things are not right - that something needs to be put in order in our relationship with Him in order for us to live life abundantly before Him.  But sometimes Satan plays on that and makes us "feel guilty" when we are not.  How do we know?  We ask God.  Like with all the promises of God and commands of God, it goes back to His character: God is good. He tells us the truth; He loves us: He is not trying to hide things from us.  He is not waiting for us to get into a mess so He can pull us out; He prefers to keep us from getting caught in the net in the first place.