Repentance it's not just verbal, it's taking action. It involves spirit, soul, and body. And if I try to just keep it hidden between me and God it weakens me.

Prayer About Repentance

Lord don't let me just say I'm sorry to You.

Lord give me strength to go and tell the one I hurt too.

Lord don't let me just say I'm sorry to You.

Lord give me wisdom, strength, and power to live it too.

I don't ever want to be just giving lip service to You.

I want all I do and say to come from a heart that's sincere and true. 

Do Something

The simple words do something has done me a lot of good over the years. When I am invited to someone's house I usually look around for something I can do to help out. This has helped many a relationship to grow stronger. It seems to break done little barriers and open up opportunities for me and my host to really get to know each other. Do something has helped me many a time hold on to my sanity when things have been up in the air. You know when I keep busy doing housewife stuff  I don't have time to worry. Do something has kept me out of trouble. By being busy taking care of  my home I have avoided many gossip fest and have kept from idle running around getting in trouble. Don't get me wrong there is a wrong time and way of using the do something motto. It is wrong for me to do something with out consulting God first and even my husband about some things. It is wrong for me to do something if  it is not Christ like. It is wrong for me to do something with the wrong attitude. It is also wrong for me to do something if  the time and place indicates it is not proper or appropriate. The do something I most recently became aware of is when I have done something wrong. I mean it is easy to say I am sorry to God and ask His forgiveness and to tell Him I repent. I known I needed to do something more. I need to do all I just said plus act upon my repentance. You know get it from my head, to my heart, and make my flesh obey.  This  means I must go tell someone that I've wronged I am sorry and do something to make amends. It also means to watch for this situation to arise again and be ready to do what is right. This means to keep repenting and taking action until I am delivered or God takes me home. For a long time it was easy for me to just whisper to God I am sorry and to try real hard not to do the wrong thing again. But it wasn't until I put my repentance into action did I start to see sin die out more and more in my life. I mean repentance is not just something I do verbally. It is something that involves my whole being! I recognize I have done wrong (spirit), I decide to confess it to God, ask His forgiveness, make amends, and not do it again (soul), I then must make my flesh obey those decisions (body). My shame and embarrassment was making me just keep it between me and God. By not taking that next step of making amends or going and confessing it and saying I am sorry to the one I wronged I was making it easy to do wrong again. It was like "Oh God will forgive me and I can just tell Him and He and I can work this out." Wrong, It doesn't work that way. Life with God is active not just verbal. And it involves all of me not just parts.

If you bring your gift to the alter and remember your brother has something against you. Leave your gift and go your way. first be reconciled to your brother and then come offer your gift. Matthew 5:23-24, Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16

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