Turning away from sin, the world, and your own ways TO God through Jesus Christ in sincerity — positions you to become all that God originally ordained for you to be and to have all that He originally had stored up for you.
The Lord is inviting you to change your mind, change your life, and start anew today! The best part is that it’s free and you don’t have to do it alone 🙌🏾
Watch today's video to learn more about what it means to repent and change your mind!
Love you bunches 💞
Scriptures Mentioned & Referenced
Romans 12:2
Ephesians 2:8-10
Ephesians 4:1-3
John 3:16
Romans 10:9-10
Romans 8:30-31
Video Notes
Repentance is a decision & a commitment, not a feeling.
The commitment of repentance happens in an instant. You confess your sins and confess belief in Jesus and the finished work of the Cross — that Jesus is God’s Son and that He died and rose again for your sins to be forgiven.
Overall, repentance includes a commitment to doing things God’s way, usually before you even know what God’s ways are, and trusting the Holy Spirit to guide your life to the good, the pleasing, and the perfect will of God.
Then, the transformation begins & the transformation takes time.
Repentance Puts You In Position
True repentance positions you to become all that God originally ordained for you to be and to have all that He originally had stored up for you
Our repentance must result from a true desire to follow and serve God through surrendering to Jesus being led by the Holy Spirit.
Once you have sincerely turned back to God by accepting and making a commitment to follow Jesus, you should know that you are in right standing with God and are in position to receive the promises of God, carry out the plans of God, and live out the calling He has on your life.
Note: the right standing happens immediately, but again, coming into the promises, plans, and calling will be a journey.
Repentance Opens the Door for Grace
The power of repentance is that once you turn to God through accepting His Son, Jesus, grace is made available to you.
Ephesians 2:8-10 says, “God saved you by His grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”
Our faith was the only qualifier.
If your good works couldn’t qualify you, then neither could your dead works disqualify you for this free gift made available to all.
Know that with assurance!
& now that you’ve received this free gift, walk in it. Don’t go on living like you’re still a slave to sin or the world. Don’t go on living as if you’re disqualified. Walk worthy of the call of God on your life, “for you have been called by God.”
A Call to Repentance
Humanity as a whole was in line to receive God’s judgment and wrath. Sin had separated us from Him, but God in His graciousness made a way for us to be reconciled back to Him by sending Jesus Christ to die on the Cross for us, taking on the curse for all of our sins, past, present, and future. Then, He rose again on the third day, taking victory over death, hell, and the grave.
He did all of that for us to be able to be made right with God again.
The only “price” we must pay to receive this free gift is our faith.
Romans 10:9-10 says that, “If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.”
The Prayer of Salvation (Read it aloud)
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins
And for rising again on the third day.
I confess that I am a sinner and that I need you in my life.
I repent today and make a commitment to follow you.
I accept you as my Savior.
And I declare today that You are Lord of my life
Take me over and make me over.
My life belongs to you.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen
As my spiritual leader would say, “Welcome or welcome back to the family of God” 💞
I am rejoicing for you and I’d like to believe that heaven is, too!
The Power of Repentance
Romans 8:30-21 👉🏾 “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.”
The power of repentance is that this is now your reality. Walk in it, sis 🙏🏾
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