Quiet Time Notes
Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God
Repentance - Its Time To Go Home (part 3)
November 21st, 2009Previous |
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There is no perfect repentance, but wholehearted repentance
David – search me (Psalms 139)
Spirit’s conviction
Good – overcome blinding pride
Bad – Satan will try to stop you
Sometimes easier to see our sin than think about loved ones salvation (passed away)
What would they want you to do?
Questions
- How can you make the same journey as David – from repulsive to repentant?
- How does repentance differ between the lost turning to God and the saved re-turning to Him? How is it the same?
- How do qualify for God’s love and grace (see page 201)?
- If you have not yet repented, why are you without excuse before God?
- What will specifically change in your life when you proclaim, “Jesus is Lord!”?
- If you have repented, have you also been forgiven of your sins – if not, what are you waiting for (see Acts 22:16)?
- What can make post-baptismal repentance more difficult than your initial repentance?
- What role does shame play in obstructing your repentance?
- What is fellowship in the light vs. fellowship in the darkness? Which have you most often experienced in your church?
- Finally, to the “confused”: take time to consider and answer the questions on pages 207 and 208. How can you thwart Satan’s attempts to undermine your path to true repentance?
- Who can you encourage today with the good news of your repentance?
- Who can you reach for Jesus by “telling how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you” (Mark 5: 19)?