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Repentance And Forgiveness

Tuesday December 11, 2018

One of the greatest obstacles to receiving and living in God’s absolute forgiveness is that we haven’t truly repented.  We have not changed our mind and our heart attitude about God and do not acknowledge that living in sin is wrong. 


For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation.  There's no regret for that kind of sorrow.  But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death. (2 Corinthians 7:10 NLT)

When we struggled in the chaos of our addiction we acknowledged that some of our actions were harmful.  However, we generally used negative events in our past to justify our selfish behaviour.  Other people or circumstances were to blame.  We became greedy, self-indulgent and self-centered individuals and decided to shape our lives around what we thought we needed, deserved, or what we deemed needed fixing.  The building block for living well with God in recovery is, changing our mind about who is responsible for our brokenness and how we got to where we are.

Our chance of having a real life comes when we accept responsibility for our sinful responses to life events, are sincerely sorry for messing things up by trying to sort things out on our own, and humbly turn our will and life over to God’s care. 

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.  (Acts 3:19 NIV)

When we begin our journey to new life in Christ there will be times when we will fail to live in love.  Genuine sadness over our behaviour, and a willingness to change our ways and seek God for cleansing and healing, is true repentance that honours God and restores our relationship with Him.


Prayer:  Gracious God, Forgive me for ignoring You and not taking responsibility for my past behaviour.  Cleanse and heal my heart and renew a right spirit within me.  I desire to honour You in all my ways. I am grateful for Your unfailing love and care for me.  Amen


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