Repentance is not a bad word. IT is actually a liberating one that will bring you into a place of true freedom. Although it may be unpopular to do in this day that we live in, it is a necessity of life. In our churches we have often limited the altar and the call to repentance to those who do not know Christ and have never had a personal relationship with Him. However as the bible beseeches us to die daily and to crucify the flesh, we must acknowledge the fact that we fail and come short of God's glory daily. Now this repentance is not an act of redoing what was already done at the time we accepted the Lord into our lives, but it is one that keeps our heart in check. The altar as my Pastor would say "is our friend." It gives us the opportunity to come before the Lord and burn up the ugly, stinking, filthy flesh and it's ungodly motives and ways. When we sin, it is time to confess to the Father in order to maintain our ability to access His throne. God is not impressed by our talents and gifts seeing that He gave them to us, neither our chiseled chests, and bodacious bods, seeing that he shaped and formed us in His likeness. Whatever we are and will be, He put the potential in us. So because he knows us anyway, despite the humility required to do it, repentance is needed to keep us near Him. Yeah, you have been around the church for a while, and yes, the worship team has included your vocal talents for the last 5 years, and you have studied your word and know the names of God, but now it's time to get real and get it right. If you've been living life, and operating in ministry with unrepented sin, it's time you began walking in the true liberty of salvation. Iniquity and unrepentance will block your prayers and cause God's ears to be shut to YOU. Truth is it's really on you. He CAN hear, but the refusal to repent violates the relationship. It's not a secret, or hidden remedy....just do it and watch your life change TODAY!
-SoulWorshiper
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