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Start Today's Journey with Prayer
“Father, please give me the grace to fully let go of my sins and leave them behind! I believe not only that Jesus died to pay the debt for these sins, but that He rose again so that my new life in Him by faith can be free from the power of sin. Please speak to me from Your Word.”
Read God's Word
(Click the reference to expand the passage. All Scripture passages are from the English Standard Version.)
Ezekiel 18:30-32
“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord GOD; so turn, and live.”
Psalm 139:23-24
"Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!"
Acts 26:20
". . . but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance."
Repentance
Repentance is a profound change of mind that leads to a change in action. It is the recognition that God’s ways are better than sin — that He can run our lives better than we can. It is a glad willingness to turn from the idols we’ve been pursuing in order to follow Him.
Repentance is not limited to the unsaved. In the book of Revelation, five of the seven churches were commanded to repent of one thing or another! As Christians, we are called to live lives of repentance.
As you seek God more and more through His Spirit, through His Word, and in fellowship with other believers, His ways become more and more valuable to you. Living a life of repentance also involves full surrender to Jesus Christ as the Lord of your thoughts, decisions, behaviors, and priorities. Repentance requires that you make a clean break with sin and pursue loving God with your entire being.
Respond to What God Has Said
Are you ready to pursue Jesus with all your heart, repenting of every sin you know to be in your life?
Based on what God has been revealing to you over the past few days, what sinful or doubtful habits do you need to lay down so you can follow Jesus fully? We would encourage you to identify those and write them down.
The purpose of examining your ways honestly and bringing sin out into the open is so God’s power can change you. This is where FAITH comes into play again. Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17). In faith, you BELIEVE that the Spirit of Christ lives in you (Romans 8:10, Galatians 2:20), communicates with you (John 16:14), and empowers you to live righteously (Galatians 5:22-23).
Walking in the Spirit means believing these truths and adjusting your life to reflect this reality. This happens through renewing our minds (Romans 12:2).
We renew our minds by filling them with God’s Word and walking in the Spirit by faith.
Consider committing one of the passages below to memory to help you overcome sin daily. When you are tempted, call out these verses as a weapon against sin.
Psalm 119:11 ~ “I have stored up Your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.”
1 Corinthians 10:13 ~ “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation He will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.”
Romans 6:6 ~ “We know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.”
2 Corinthians 7:1 ~ “Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.”
End Today's Journey with Prayer
“Father, flood my heart and mind with a fresh love for You! Help me to see Your beauty so fully that the things of this world are uninteresting to me. Continually renew my mind through Your Word, with fresh understanding, so that I will not be conformed to this world but will be increasingly transformed by You.”
Maybe you’ve made it this far along the Personal Revival Journey and have come to the realization that you don’t actually have a relationship with God. God can’t revive what was never there. Watch this video to learn how to have real life in Jesus!
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