Proverbs 23:26
"26 Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes [a]delight in my ways."
Hosea 6:6 6 "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings."
God does not want us to add our own rituals in worship to Him. He wants us to seek the Holy Spirit and determine to walk as Christ walked.
Those who must have their human rituals to feel spiritual have replaced dedication to Christ with dedication to their rituals that make them feel and appear spiritual. Still, in actuality, they detract from the Holy Spirit, depending on themselves and their actions instead of on Christ.
When our eyes are fixed on Christ, we will do His will and not our own. We will want to consult with Him for everything before acting on our own desires.
Sometimes I wonder how many things we missed that would have been blessings because we did our own thing instead of consulting the Holy Spirit.
1 John 2:27 "But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him."
Ephesians 4:30 "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."
1 Corinthians 2:14 "The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned."
1 Corinthians 2:4 "And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,"
There is no greater counselor than the Holy Spirit!!!!
Monday, May 11, 2026
True Confession always results in True Transformation
It is not true confession and forgiveness if it does not result in reconciliation.
Often, someone will say they are sorry, but their behavior does not change. We are not required to forgive them when they lie and are not sorry for their own actions.
Many people are sorry for the trouble that comes from their actions, but not that they did the offense. This is not repentance; when someone is truly sorry, they forsake their sinful ways, not just say they are sorry. Their behavior changes because their hearts have changed.
There is only spiritual and emotional growth when someone admits their flaw or sin, desiring to be cleansed from it. Without this, the behavior remains the same, and what was said is only words to manipulate others to pretend all was made right, and everything will return to the old status.
James 5:16 "16 Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail."Matthew 5:23-24
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
Proverbs 28:13 "He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy."
1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Saying words never mend anything, pretending something is over without confession, never mends anything. The only thing that happens when there is manipulation using words to disarm and pretending something never happened only fosters and escalates distrust.
This is why God required that we confess what we did that offended someone else and desire to be changed so that we do not practice the offense again.
Remember too that confession of sin requires naming specifically what was done and that there was regret for doing it, not for the consequences but for the harm that was done to others.
Regretting consequences does not cleanse, only regretting the harm one does and passionately hating having offended others. Without that regret of harming others, there is only pretense and self-preservation.
Those who never confess offenses never grow emotionally or spiritually; they remain immature until they learn to care whether or not they harm others.
1 Peter 3:12 "For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Often, someone will say they are sorry, but their behavior does not change. We are not required to forgive them when they lie and are not sorry for their own actions.
Many people are sorry for the trouble that comes from their actions, but not that they did the offense. This is not repentance; when someone is truly sorry, they forsake their sinful ways, not just say they are sorry. Their behavior changes because their hearts have changed.
There is only spiritual and emotional growth when someone admits their flaw or sin, desiring to be cleansed from it. Without this, the behavior remains the same, and what was said is only words to manipulate others to pretend all was made right, and everything will return to the old status.
James 5:16 "16 Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail."Matthew 5:23-24
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
Proverbs 28:13 "He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy."
1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Saying words never mend anything, pretending something is over without confession, never mends anything. The only thing that happens when there is manipulation using words to disarm and pretending something never happened only fosters and escalates distrust.
This is why God required that we confess what we did that offended someone else and desire to be changed so that we do not practice the offense again.
Remember too that confession of sin requires naming specifically what was done and that there was regret for doing it, not for the consequences but for the harm that was done to others.
Regretting consequences does not cleanse, only regretting the harm one does and passionately hating having offended others. Without that regret of harming others, there is only pretense and self-preservation.
Those who never confess offenses never grow emotionally or spiritually; they remain immature until they learn to care whether or not they harm others.
1 Peter 3:12 "For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
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