Billy Graham.) Want a fresh start? Ask Christ to forgive your sins. (This column is based on the words and writings of the late Rev. Our part is repenting, God will do the converting, the transforming, and the forgiving.
God demands repentance and Jesus preached, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17). Repentance is mentioned over 70 times in the New Testament. Lord, forgive me of my sins so that I might emotionally heal. It is as though You have turned Your face from me. I lay here and cry out to You, but I cannot detect Your presence. No suffering that we can undergo will lead us to repentance but Christ will forgive us when we truly turn from our sinfulness and follow Him in obedience. A Prayer for Emotional Healing Through Forgiveness Lord, my soul is crushed and I am in deep pain. Our sins were atoned for by Christ on the cross. There is no torture that we can give the body, no trials that we can set for our mind that will be pleasing to Almighty God. To be sorry is not enough when it comes to repentance. Too many people today think that repentance is little more than shaking their heads over their sins and saying, “My, I’m sorry for what I’ve done,” and then continuing to live just as they have lived before. He sought out his father and humbled himself before his father-and his father forgave him and received him back as his son. He got up and left! He turned his feet in the other direction. He didn’t stay where he was, surrounded by the swine.
Jesus told the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15) to dramatize what He meant by the word “repent.” When the prodigal son realized that he had wronged his father by demanding his inheritance and then squandering it, he didn’t only repent, he didn’t just sit still and feel sorry for his sins.
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