repentance

We all have done things that didn't please God.
Some of us do it most of the time.
We sin.
We break the rules.
according to Romans 6:23 "For the wages of SIN is DEATH"
sin not sins. it means that a single sin can cause death. eternal death.
but through the grace and love of God, He has sent Jesus Christ to save us from sin.
that is why we are so thankful that Jesus came.
but wait. it doesn't end there.
in order for us to totally be save from death,
we must submit our whole selves to Christ and repent.

What is repentance?
according to wikipedia: it is the admission of guilt, and also includes at least one of: a solemn promise or resolve not to repeat the offense; an attempt to make restitution for the wrong.

Just being sorry isn't repentance. True repentance is brought about through "godly sorrow."

Comparison of Godly sorrow from worldly sorrow

☺Godly sorrow
►feeling of brokenness because we have offended Christ
►produces repentance
►produces spiritual life


☻worldly sorrow
►being sorry because of consequences
►produces excuses
►produces spiritual death
REPENTANCE BRINGS CHANGE

Change of heart
Ezekiel 36:26
"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh."

Change of mind
Romans 12:1-2
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."

Change of ways
Jonah 3:10
"When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened."

Change of actions
Acts 26: 20
"First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds."

Song of David after he Repented

Psalm 51:8-10

8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.

10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me

i hope we all pray and ask God to give us a new heart.
God is just a prayer away. =)