True repentance!

 Dearest Christ followers, I have it on my heart to write about true repentance and what it actually entails and means for us all.

In the verse above, believers are called upon to repent and turn again.

And that is exactly what true repentance must look like.  It is not asking the LORD to forgive our sins and then continuing in the same sins over and over again and asking for forgiveness each and every time.

That is not what true repentance is.  True repentance is where the HOLY SPIRIT has convicted us of the sins that we have committed.  And we are truly remorseful and do not wish to continue with our sinful ways.  

What that means is that we completely turn from those sins, show true remorse, humble ourselves before our FATHER and ask HIM to graciously forgive us of these sins.

It means that we are sorry for the people that we have harmed through our sins. It means that we are ashamed that we were so sinful.

If those emotions are not there, we are not remorseful and we fully intend to carry on sinning in the same manner again and again.

What we need to understand is that our FATHER reads our hearts.  HE knows our thoughts. And if we are truly remorseful and turn from our sins, HE not only forgives us, but HE blots our sins out completely.

However, if we return to the same sinful ways, were we ever truly remorseful?

The answer must be - not.

So today let us examine our lives and see where we have sinned.  Let us then resolve to ask GOD to forgive us and to turn away from those ways - forever.  

Does this mean that we will not sin?  No.  But it should mean that we do not commit those same sins again.  We are born sinful and our flesh wages war with our souls.  Sometimes the flesh wins, but it should not win in a war won already for us by JESUS who has paid for our sins in full, - when we are truly remorseful.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly thank YOU that YOU graciously sent Jesus Christ to die for our sins and to pay the price in full.  Today, FATHER, I humbly ask that YOU fill me anew with YOUR Holy Spirit and convict me where I have sinned and not shown true remorse.  I humbly ask this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, my REDEEMER.  Amen.

Stay graciously Jesus Blessed today!