Tag: Repentance

  • Learn God’s Lessons for Living Before It’s too Late

    Learn God’s Lessons for Living Before It’s too Late

    Pride tells us that we are right and God is wrong. If we decide to make our own choices, independent of God, then we must believe we know more than Him.

  • Real Faith Means Real Obedience

    Real Faith Means Real Obedience

    It’s not enough to start well; we must finish well too. No winners are declared at the start of a race; winners are decided only at the finish line. If the faith we profess does not lead us into obedience, then it’s no faith at all.

  • Four Steps for Spiritual Restoration

    Four Steps for Spiritual Restoration

    God intends to bring us from humility into prayer, from prayer into communion with God and finally communion gives birth to repentance: a change in mindset that allows us to turn from our “wicked ways”.

  • Two Thieves, Two Responses: A Reflection on Attitudes to Sin

    Two Thieves, Two Responses: A Reflection on Attitudes to Sin

    The second thief had his eyes on God. He wasn’t seeking to escape his punishment. Rather, he confessed his sin, he accepted that God’s judgment was right. He asked not for escape, but for reconciliation. His heart was in exactly the right place, submitted to God. Therefore, his eyes were primed and ready to see…