spiritual discipline - confession (5)

Two things happen when we practice confession:
1). we’ll liberate from guilt.
2). Less likely to sin the same sin in the future.
Six steps:
1). Preparation: placing ourselves in the spirit for care and asking for help.
Psalm 19:12 
But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults.

2). self-examination: prayer, take time to reflect on our thoughts and deeds.

3). perception: new way to look at your sins.
How’s it in culture’s eyes? How’s through God’s eyes?
Confession should be concrete and particular
a). why did I do it?  b). what’s the consequence?
4). getting a new feeling: entering the God’s feeling, other’s pain.
James 4:8-9
8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.

5). New promise: for the future, acknowledge the past real repenting or else. How will you change in the future?
6). Healing Grace: not justify, release us from burden.

Living as if grace is reality/real matter/powerful way, move on and live free, not a vocal one, real move.

Some sins may not against the law or not even visible in some point. But think through it through God’s eyes, so should I be able to do it without anyone notice or harm others? Is that ok to do so?
Ten Commandments (Exodus 20), Short Form
You shall have no other gods before Me.
You shall not make idols.
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor your father and your mother.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet.
There are seven daily sins: lust, laziness, gluttony, greed, wrath, envy, pride

Don’t ever let sins or shame to distort our ability.

Guilt is different from shame. Guilt, a feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined, while Shame, the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another.

Confession your sins before God and let God heals your shame.

For me often time I confess to God but not people. I do sometimes write them down but hardly vocally.