All too often, we simply want to be pardoned from our sin. The thought of repenting is almost foreign to us. In today’s devotional, Dr. Michael Youssef reveals what true repentance looks like.
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[00:00:08] [SPEAKER_01]: Champions Know How to Repent by Dr. Michael Youssef
[00:00:14] [SPEAKER_01]: God hates sin.
[00:00:16] [SPEAKER_01]: He has made this clear to His children in His Word.
[00:00:20] [SPEAKER_01]: And He's equipped us with Scripture and His Spirit so that we could recognize sin
[00:00:25] [SPEAKER_01]: in our lives and wage war against it.
[00:00:28] [SPEAKER_01]: Yet despite all of this we can still fall into Satan's traps,
[00:00:32] [SPEAKER_01]: leading us to stumble in our pursuit of righteousness.
[00:00:36] [SPEAKER_01]: When this happens, how should we respond to our failure so that God is honored
[00:00:40] [SPEAKER_01]: and that we're able to break free of sin's grasp?
[00:00:44] [SPEAKER_01]: All too often we simply want to be pardoned from our sin.
[00:00:47] [SPEAKER_01]: The thought of repenting is almost foreign to us.
[00:00:50] [SPEAKER_01]: To repent means to stop what we're doing and to go in the opposite direction.
[00:00:55] [SPEAKER_01]: However, most of the time we want a simple dismissal of our actions and a warning not to
[00:01:01] [SPEAKER_01]: commit them again.
[00:01:02] [SPEAKER_01]: But true repentance means that we recognize that we have sinned and that we've offended
[00:01:08] [SPEAKER_01]: the heart of God, and true repentance causes us to come clean and desire wholeness again.
[00:01:15] [SPEAKER_01]: David discovered that grieving God's heart was painful, therefore simply saying,
[00:01:21] [SPEAKER_01]: I am sorry, would not do.
[00:01:24] [SPEAKER_01]: He approached God with true humility and brokenness that showed his heart was in the right place.
[00:01:30] [SPEAKER_01]: Later, David wrote in Psalm 51,
[00:01:33] [SPEAKER_01]: My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, you God, will not despise.
[00:01:43] [SPEAKER_01]: Whenever we come before God with a heart that is contrite,
[00:01:46] [SPEAKER_01]: sincerely sorry for what we did wrong and longing to change our ways,
[00:01:51] [SPEAKER_01]: God is moved.
[00:01:53] [SPEAKER_01]: He sees that we recognize what we did was wrong and that we want to be pure again.
[00:01:59] [SPEAKER_01]: True repentance means we love God more than we love our sin.
[00:02:03] [SPEAKER_01]: When we run back to Him as prodigal children, He opens His arms and He welcomes us with His
[00:02:10] [SPEAKER_01]: unending grace.
[00:02:12] [SPEAKER_01]: Let's pray together.
[00:02:14] [SPEAKER_01]: Lord instill in us a heart of repentance that returns to you when we realize that we've
[00:02:20] [SPEAKER_01]: sinned.
[00:02:21] [SPEAKER_01]: We pray this in the name of Jesus.
[00:02:23] [SPEAKER_01]: Amen.
[00:02:24] [SPEAKER_01]: Do you know where to turn in brokenness?
[00:02:27] [SPEAKER_01]: Have you exchanged self-reliance for absolute trust in the living God?
[00:02:33] [SPEAKER_01]: In a heart for God, lessons from the life of David.
[00:02:37] [SPEAKER_01]: Dr. Michael Yusef takes you on a journey through the highs and the lows of David's life.
[00:02:43] [SPEAKER_01]: As you explore his greatest victories and deepest failures in First and Second Samuel,
[00:02:48] [SPEAKER_01]: you'll see God's faithfulness to use willing vessels for his glory.
[00:02:52] [SPEAKER_01]: To learn more about this inspiring new book and to secure your copy, visit LTW.org today.
[00:03:18] [SPEAKER_00]: The Way With Dr. Michael Yusef.
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