"After I prayed he prayed a prayer of repentance. It was very touching."
Repentance has become a dirty word to some lately. What is sad is that many of those people are Christians who are being swayed with winds of doctrine blowing through the church.
Repentance is simple. It is simply changing your mind and turning from the way you were headed and going in God's direction. I do it daily. I am constantly renewing my mind with God's Word and adjusting my course to head the direction God has outlined for me.
Repentance is a beautiful part of the Christian life and should be celebrated both by the individual and the church. Why not? God celebrates repentance. In fact there are parties in Heaven amongst the angels and the father of the prodigal, who represents God in the parable, threw a party for the repentance of his lost son. So why should we be ashamed of repentance?
Maybe it is because repentance is evidence that we were wrong. In our society there is a move to say that no one is ever wrong, this is how we are and you are wrong if you judge anyone else. The contradiction there is foolish. It is most likely fueled by pride and an unyielding spirit that will not bend to God's ways.
God offers us the way of escape from temptation and sin but also, if and when we mess up, because we still live in this sinful flesh, Jesus is there as our advocate with the Father and His blood washes away our sins. 1 John chapter 1 is probably the most well known section of scripture that deals with repentance. If you haven't read it you should take some time to get a hold of the truths that it holds.
Don't be afraid to change your mind and your direction. God is calling us to Himself. The message of the Kingdom started with the word 'Repent'. Now that we are a part of the kingdom of God it is a part of our daily lives.
What other scriptures deal with repentance? How do you feel after you have repented and gone back God's direction?
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