Confession Requires Repentance

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Confession Requires Repentance

July 28, 2024 • Steve Marshall • Ezra 10

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How many times do you confess your sins and yet continue to do the same sin over and over? You read or hear God’s Word and are repulsed by your sin; your friend brings a sin to your attention and are convicted; your spouse asks you to stop speaking that way and you are condemned; the Holy Spirit once again produces within you a heart-wrenching conviction because you continue to do that thing again and again. You confess the sin once again and yet no lasting change occurs toward Christ-likeness in this battle. It is all such a discouraging cycle.

God is not just interested in us feeling bad and confessing sinful actions. He wants our confession to lead to a commitment of Christ-like change, sanctification. True confession creates a commitment to a life reformed through repentance. Our language will be life-giving. Habits will be habituated. Devotion to God and others will be renewed. Relationships will be repaired. The purpose of confession is to lead to repentance, a commitment to Christ-likeness. Confession requires repentance.

God’s Promises Demand a Response

November 10, 2024 • Steve Marshall • Nehemiah 10

`God has promised to give you a flourishing, thriving life by loving and obeying His Law (Ps. 1). God’s Law was given to us a loving guide to lead us away from destruction and into maximum blessing from God. God did not give His Law to make us miserable prisoners of gloom. He gave us His Law so that we would live thriving lives in this sinful world.

Nehemiah 9: How to pray when you know you are a sinner.

November 3, 2024 • Steve Marshall • Nehemiah 9, Romans 3:10–12

How To Pray When You Know You Are A Sinner

November 3, 2024 • Steve Marshall • Nehemiah 9

God's power is yours through prayer. God's encouragement is yours through prayer. God's wisdom is yours through prayer. God's purpose is yours through prayer. God's joy is yours through prayer. God's forgiveness is yours through prayer. God's reconciliation is yours through prayer. The list goes on and on. What is the greatest thing that you can do for your spouse, children, neighbor or yourself? Pray for them. Where will your greatest accomplishments come from? Prayer. Your prayers can accomplish anything that God can do. As Nehemiah shows us, when you pray - God works.