Tag: repentance
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Bitter Whispers
confession: I received a text this morning that prayed over me—which would have been WONDERFUL, except the prayer was 39 years too late. I immediately felt triggered; the thought came to my mind, “If you had been here to pray this prayer over me when I was little, maybe I’d not have suffered so in…
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Repentance
We all slip up and hurt folks. It’s just the way of humanity. BUT. Too many “mature Christians” use the Holy Spirit to justify not going to their brother/sister and making things right, talmbout they got to “pray and ask God if they should apologize.” Whatchu MEAN “if”? Jesus said to LEAVE YOUR GIFT AT…
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True Repentance
Many people have been deceived into thinking that “repentance” means saying to God “I’m sorry. I acknowledge that I have done wrong. Thanks for being so forgiving.” Nope. Nope. Nope. Repentance: To repent and to convert involved obedience to God’s revealed will, placing trust in him, turning away from all evil and ungodliness. Each person…
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Kindness, Clarity, and Encouragement – #21
And if you are: May your heart be convicted. May you apologize. May you become a better human. May you heal the parts of you that cause you to hurt others. May you learn to love yourself. May you love yourself so much that you can be fully present and encouraging to others without feeling…
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Repentance precedes Reconciliation
Forgiveness frees you of the offense; however: Repentance precedes Reconciliation. Many of us conflate forgiveness with reconciliation because we desire greatly to forgo the process of repentance. But see let me put you up on game: Forgiveness is for the offend-ED, while repentance? Well. Repentance is for the offend—ER. See the word of God says…