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Genuine Repentance Is The Only Way To Heaven.

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What Does The Word Repentance Mean?

In the Bible, the word repent means “to change one’s mind.” The term repent or repentance is used eleven times in Acts. To repent means to rearrange your entire way of thinking, feeling, and being in order to forsake that which is wrong. Repentance is the way provided for us to become free from our sins and receive forgiveness for them.

Before saying a REPENTANCE Prayer you should read the passage below:

David uses three different words to describe his confession(Repentance) (Psalms 32:5). He “accepts” his sin; he did not to “cover” his sin; and he was willing to “confess” his sins. David did not held back or cut corners or have moral compromise not even did he makes excuses, offers rationalizations, and he did not shift blame.

2 Samuel 12:20 David’s repentance

David’s Loss and Repentance

13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die. 14Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD,b the son born to you will surely die.”15After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill. We see David repentance in action

16David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackclothc on the ground. 17The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

18On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”

19When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.

20Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.

21“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.” 22David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’ 23But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

Repentance is painful, but it is a sweet pain. It demands brokenness of heart (Ps. 51:17; Isa. 57:15) but always with a view to healing and restoration and a renewed vision of the beauty of Christ and forgiving grace. Repentance is more than a feeling

Why We Find It Difficult To Repent

Satan and the world system have led us to believe the lie that our value or worth as human beings is dependent on something other than what Christ has done for us and who we are in Christ by faith alone. If a person believes that other people hold the power to determine one’s value or worth, we will always be reluctant to reveal anything about our inner life that may cause their estimation of us to diminish.

Refusal to repent is to elevate our own souls above God’s glory. My safety and standing in the community is of greater value than God’s name and fame. I don’t repent because I cherish my own image more than God’s.

REPENTANCE PRAYER

I am sorry for all my sins, and I repent of them all. I give you my life today, and I confess my faith in your Son Jesus Christ that he is Lord. I believe that Jesus died and resurrected to give me eternal life; I confess my faith in him, and I accept him as my personal Lord and Savior. I promise to faithfully serve Jesus Christ throughout the days of my life. Amen.

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Pastor Nathaniel

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