4 Principles of Repentance

Yesterday i posted about repentance. We all fall short the glory of God and have need to repent. No one accountable is excused from this needed act.

Many of us know the steps of repentance and have repeatedly walk its path. For most of us we will walk this path every single day of our lives. True lasting repentance is not done of one act, but it the sum of a life time of righteous living. As like babies learning to walk we will stumble, fall, and fail and at times. This don't mean we are worthless and should just give up. It means quit the opposite. We are all Children of a loving God who is full of grace and mercy for the repent. Repenting is hard, takes work,  and take time. Thou we should put off repentance, so be surprised if you struggle with.  Their is war inside our heart and soul. The great battle between the spiritual and the carnal. Repent is yeiding to the spirit and putting off the natural  man.


On that note here are for principles of repentance that i have found to bless my life.

1. Humble, To repent is sense is to be humble. To look the lord and say "you are right lord I do need to do better". To be humble is to accept the need of repentance. We must put off all pride, and give our whole heart to God holding nothing back.
2. sincerely. To truly repent require something inside yourself. It requires our heart and mind having a desire to repent. Question yourself why do you repent is to please the lord or man. God now the desire and sincerely of our heart for that is where he looks. If you aren't scenery the lord will hold back the divine forgiveness
3. practice. repentance take time. We must to our best to avoid the sins that we easily do. To change is hard and requires us to work on it every day. To repent and receiving divine forgiveness is one the great gifts we can receive in this life. Some times we suffer with the memory and remorse of our sins long after we have commented them.In the the church we us the phase "repentance process", This is true. It is process some times takes long then we wish. The important factor is  we desire to change and improve. The change of heart are to have in the repentance process is show by a desire to sin no more. Yes will be tempted and some times we give into temptation. If you want and are tyring to avoid sin. You are in the process of repentance.
4. love. Very thing about the gospel is fueled and motivated my love. In John 3:15 we read   For ^aGod so ^bloved the ^cworld, that he ^dgave his ^eonly begotten ^fSon, that whosoever ^gbelieveth in him should not perish, but have ^heverlasting ⁱlife.  God and Jesus loved us some much that They paid the ultimate sacrifice. The forgiveness that we seek is given to us by the love and grace of Jesus Christ. If love is so important for them should it not lead our repentance process. If we truly love Jesus would we not follow the commandments he set forth and follow his example.True and deep love for God is what will lead us to to true lasting repentance and in turn Feeling the love of the savior more in our life. Also Christ taught the need of o loving one other. Said it would be the sign of the disciple. Love those around us and accept them for who they are. The people around us may make mistakes that hurt us. But at the same time we are also are making mistakes. We must love all for we all are in need of forgiveness. Love like repentance means their are greater things ahead.