"The act of changing one's mind." This is what the scripture says about repentance. True biblical repentance goes beyond remorse, regret, or feeling bad about one's sin. It means turning away, walking away and prayerfully the sin is never repeated.
When we seek God with a true heart and seek forgiveness through prayer, it means a change of attitude and action in our walk of life.
To repent means to make an about-face, heart-directed turn away from self to God, from the past to a future ruled by God’s commands, acknowledging that the Lord reigns supreme over one’s existence.
Now, once God accepts our sincere heart, those past things are washed away, gone, forgotten. I was told those sins are cast into the lake of forgetfulness. Once Jesus canceled the record of those past charges against us, they are done. Only man loves to go fishing.
God can cancel your past!
Blessings,
Elder Barbara Hayes
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