Bible Usage: repent used 46 times. Repentance used 26 times. Repented used 32 times.
Meaning of Repent: feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin:
The season of repentance brought me to an uncomfortable place to study the word “repent”.
Repent, Repentance, sorrow, remorse, regret. Is there a shred of guilt that haunts the very fiber of our soul? If so, there will be a need to move from darkness to light. It’s that moment when you feel a daunting sorrow that engulfs your heart and mind. Leaving you with a sadness and a deep desire to look internally.
Searching deep within can truly be a very scary moment. It’s that second when you see the rawness of your own soul. Before we can begin to even ask God to forgive us, we must recognize what is the act, thought, or action that is hidden deep within our hearts. This type of action lives and grows in darkness.
They can cause scarring of the heart, fear, and anxiety. His light is the only way to recover from this heartfelt pain. Repentance goes much deeper than merely recognizing what is right or wrong. One must admit personal guilt for breaking God’s holy law. When we feel a heaviness in our hearts, and it will not flee.
It’s the Holy Spirit gently tugging at our hearts. He knows our value. He knows God's plan. He knows God is the only true escape from the chains that bind.
God’s sweet breath of life, is the only way we can truly be set free. He is a patient loving God. He offers an unexplainable unconditional love. However, we can only abide with Him in his light. If we take action before this darkness has the chance to manifest and take residents in our soul.
God’s sweet breath of life, is the only way we can truly be set free. He is a patient loving God. He offers an unexplainable unconditional love. However, we can only abide with Him in his light. If we take action before this darkness has the chance to manifest and take residents in our soul.
We must genuinely ask Him to search our hearts and to help us isolate and rid this blemish, mark or defect. Ask him to forgive us for any transgressions we may harbor against another. Ask Him to love us past this impending hurt or pain. Ask Him to mend our hearts and make them new. These steps of repentance will bring you closer to God’s Love and His LOVE is the most amazing remedy. His loving arms and Kingdom await.
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalms 139:23-24
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Romans 12:2
“The Lord is not being slow to do what he has promised to do. Some people may think that he is being slow to do it. But he is being patient with you. He does not want to destroy anyone. He wants all people to turn away from the wrong things that they do.”2 Peter 3:9 EASY
The most common term in the Old Testament for repentance is sub; the verbal forms appear well over 1,050 times, although translated "repent" only 13 times, and the substantive "repentance" occurs only once in the New International Version. More commonly the translation is "turn" or "return.
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