"Real Repentance"

Day #71 - 'A Woman of Faith' Devotional
Verse: "Come back to the Lord and live!" Amos 5:6 NLT

Full repentance is turning away from the 'sin' that is trying to control us. It's not just repeated apologies over and over for the same sin, again and again. It's good to repent, yet why are we re-doing the sin in the first place. Our sin distances us from God, plain and simple. When we want to remain close to God, we need to remove the sin from our lives. God and sin cannot be in the same place. If we want the manifest presence of God in our lives, our homes, our churches, our cities then we need to get rid of the sin. One thing to remember is that we ALL have sinned, and we all fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)

We need to walk in obedience to God's Word, so that we can fully wrap ourselves in the protection and the blessings of the King. We need to allow the rain, the fire and the wind of God to cleanse, burn and blow over our spirits and bodies. Our natural man desires temporary fixes, which seem good at the moment. However, our spiritual man desires much more of the Father and His ways. We need to walk in repentance and forgiveness.

To REPENT directly means;
–verb (used without object)

1. to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often followed by of ): He repented after his thoughtless act.
2. to feel such sorrow for sin or fault as to be disposed to change one's life for the better; be penitent.
–verb (used with object)
3. to remember or regard with self-reproach or contrition: to repent one's injustice to another.
4. to feel sorry for; regret: to repent an imprudent act.

We need to walk in repentance to 'change one's life for the better'. God desires to change us inside and out, we just need to let Him have control instead of our natural man.

BE BLESSED & BE A BLESSING!