Week Four Day Five Making it Personal
The following are questions that I have to refer to from time to time, especially when I feel that my relationship with God is drifting apart:
1. Have I ever experienced the repentance that characterizes true repentance?
2. Does sin in my life bother me?
3. Do I have an attitude that says,, "Lord, everything I know to be sin, and everything you show me in the future to be sin, I am willing to forsake?"
4. Am I willing to call my wrong actions "sin" rather than viewing them as merely weaknesses, struggles, or personality traits?'
5. Am I more concerned about grieving God than about the consequences of my sin?
6. Am I willing to accept personal responsibility for my actions without pointing the finger of blame at anyone else?
7. Am I willing to take whatever steps may be necessary to make restitution for my sin?
8. When is the last time I can remember experiencing genuine repentance, resulting in a change of attitude and/or behavior?
9. Has God convicted me of any specific sins that I have never truly repented of? If so, am I willing to repent of those sins here and now?
10. Am I willing to be accountable to another believer in those areas where I have experienced past failure and to get help in developing new patterns of victory?
"There must be a divorce between you and your sins. Not a mere separation for a season, but a clear divorce."-C. H. Spurgeon
"True repentance is to cease from sin." St. Ambrose.
1. Have I ever experienced the repentance that characterizes true repentance?
2. Does sin in my life bother me?
3. Do I have an attitude that says,, "Lord, everything I know to be sin, and everything you show me in the future to be sin, I am willing to forsake?"
4. Am I willing to call my wrong actions "sin" rather than viewing them as merely weaknesses, struggles, or personality traits?'
5. Am I more concerned about grieving God than about the consequences of my sin?
6. Am I willing to accept personal responsibility for my actions without pointing the finger of blame at anyone else?
7. Am I willing to take whatever steps may be necessary to make restitution for my sin?
8. When is the last time I can remember experiencing genuine repentance, resulting in a change of attitude and/or behavior?
9. Has God convicted me of any specific sins that I have never truly repented of? If so, am I willing to repent of those sins here and now?
10. Am I willing to be accountable to another believer in those areas where I have experienced past failure and to get help in developing new patterns of victory?
"There must be a divorce between you and your sins. Not a mere separation for a season, but a clear divorce."-C. H. Spurgeon
"True repentance is to cease from sin." St. Ambrose.
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