CONFESSING OUR SINS

'I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the Lord." And you forgive me.'

Psalm 32:5 NLT 

When you deliberately sin, you're rebelling  against God's rule in your life - and you'll feel bad about it. And feeling bad is evidence that you truly are a redeemed child of God; otherwise your sin won't bother you. Picture a teenager saying to his dad, 'I'm truly sorry, but I took your credit card and bought beer for my mates with it. Now, the chances are the father may never have discovered it, especially if he wasn't a good bookkeeper. But his son's troubled conscience brought it to the surface and he said, 'Dad I shouldn't have lied about my age, I shouldn't have used your credit card to do it. You trusted me and I let you down, l'm sorry, and I won't do it again. That's confession. That's what we must do in our prayers. The greek word translated as confession means, 'to agree with God.' When we confess our sins we are agreeing with God concerning the sins in our lives as revealed through His WORD and by the Holy Spirit. When we confess, we verbalise our sin and receive cleansing and forgiveness. Yes, confession is often painful, but it keeps our fellowship with our heavenly Father clear, open and close. It's not that God stop loving us,but that we no longer feel we can approach Him with confidence. DO YOU HAVE A SIN TO CONFESS?

'IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, He is FAITHFUL and JUST, to FORGIVE US OUR SINS and to CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 1 John 1:9 NKJV