Your heavenly Father is not looking for ways to punish you. Yes, God is just, but He is also a loving Father searching for the lost coin or the one lost sheep — willing to leave 99 in the safe pasture to find the one that has gone astray.
One of the most powerful portraits of God’s love can be seen in the parable of the prodigal son. After the son changed his mind and headed home, the Bible says, “while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, and ran and embraced him, and kissed him” (Luke 15:20). This is God’s heart toward you when you come to Him in repentance.
As You Pray
God is patiently waiting with open arms, for His sons and daughters to come home. All it takes is humility on our part and faith to believe that a loving Father will hear our honest pleas and cleanse us of our sin.
Take a moment right now to repent — to change your mind and turn from whatever is separating you from God and those around you. “Father, I believe You love me. Your Word says that it is your patience and kindness that leads me to repentance. So I come to You humbly, and confess my sin. I thank You that You forgive me by the blood of Jesus, and ask for a fresh cleansing of my body, soul and spirit. Teach me how to walk honestly before You in repentance every day. In Jesus name. Amen.”
We must trust Jesus Christ to forgive our sins and determine to obey Him for the rest of our lives. That way we can know God and find peace again.
The Bible says:So you will be saved, if you honestly say, Jesus is Lord, and if you believe with all your heart that God raised Him from death. God will accept you and save you, if you truly believe this. (Romans 10:9-10)
Is there any good reason why you cannot turn your life over to Jesus Christ right now?
Scriptures For Study
Romans 3:23
Who has sinned?
Luke 13:3, Acts 17:30, 31
Who needs to repent?
2 Peter 3:9
Repentance and God’s patience
1 John 1:8-10
God’s promise if we repent
Luke 15:7
How repentance brings joy
Psalm 51
David’s example of true repentance
