Sunday school teacher Ranai Carlton writes: \u2018I was trying to teach the children that we all need God\u2019s forgiveness. So, I asked one of the girls, \u201cLisa, when is a time you might need God\u2019s forgiveness?\u201d Her blank stare prompted a response from my son, \u201cIt\u2019s ok, Lisa. You don\u2019t have to tell her.\u201d Then he turned to me and said, \u201cWe don\u2019t have to tell you our problems. This isn\u2019t the Oprah Winfrey Show.<\/i>\u201d\u2019 It\u2019s true you don\u2019t have to tell others your sins, but you do have to tell God. David said, \u2018When I kept silent about my sin\u2026 Your hand was heavy upon me.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm\u00a032:3\u20134\u00a0NASB) Confession does four things: <\/p>\n
(1) Lets you experience God\u2019s forgiveness.<\/i> He already knows your sin, but He can\u2019t forgive you when you blame-shift and make excuses. \u2018If we confess\u2026 He will forgive our sins.\u2019<\/i> The first move is up to you. <\/p>\n
(2) It restores your emotional and physical energy.<\/i> Nothing\u2019s more draining than denial, and nothing\u2019s more invigorating than a clean slate. David said, \u2018My strength has failed because of my guilt.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm\u00a031:10\u00a0NASB) Reflecting on his affair with Bathsheba, he said, \u2018When I kept silent\u2026 my vitality failed\u2026 I acknowledged my sin\u2026 You forgave the guilt.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm\u00a032:3\u20135\u00a0NASB) <\/p>\n
(3) It lets you move on.<\/i> Confession lets you start again. It\u2019s important to draw a line between the past and the future in case you\u2019re tempted to regress. <\/p>\n
(4) It lets you grow.<\/i> Thomas Edison is said to have remarked failure taught him 10,000 ways not<\/i> to make a light bulb. Making failure work for<\/i> you instead of against<\/i> you starts with confession and accepting God\u2019s forgiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sunday school teacher Ranai Carlton writes: \u2018I was trying to teach the children that we all need God\u2019s forgiveness. So, I asked one of the girls, \u201cLisa, when is a time you might need God\u2019s forgiveness?\u201d Her blank stare prompted a response from my son, \u201cIt\u2019s ok, Lisa. You don\u2019t have to tell her.\u201d Then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}