Comments on: confess what?

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:32:36 +0000

just read James 5, “confess your sins to one another and pray for one another.”
that just answered my question. I like the accountability partner. someone that won’t sugarcoat your sinning, but keep you accountable. I don’t think you need to confess something to someone if it’s only to make you feel better, but will hurt them more than help them. I’m going to start stepping out and trying to confess more to others and also offer myself as a prayer partner. This has got me thinking….and praying! Thanks!

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:41:05 +0000

any further thoughts Morgan? what have you found? Have you read James 5? One very serious consideration regarding confession is not “if” we confess to others, but “to whom?” Only the one we’ve wronged? An accountability partner? Your pastor? What about a confession that has the potential to “ruin” an innocent bystanders life (so to speak)?

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:37:18 +0000

Morgan, good question! And what if the person doesn’t know we sinned against him/her? I’m thinking about in the case of gossip.

By: Morgan

Morgan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:58:24 +0000

my question is do we need to confess to others our sin? I know we need to confess to God, but should we also be speaking our sin out loud to someone?

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:10:28 +0000

Love this.

I actually find this freeing. When I look back at the years when I was not actively walking with Him, I realize that I was immersed in satan’s lies. I was swimming in a cesspool of warped and twisted beliefs that came from satan. And because I wasn’t seeking God’s Truth, I failed to realize all the lies that surrounded me. In fact, I believed all the lies as if they were truth.

Now, as I seek God’s Truth and as I turn to Him daily in prayer, I am constantly realizing, “wait, that’s a lie,” and, “that’s another lie,” and “yep, that’s a lie, too.” And because I was living according to the lies, I was a sinful mess (I still am, but gosh, it is such a beautiful thing to be in an active relationship with a REDEEMER.) Now I can feel the Holy Spirit saying, “that was a sin and if you wouldn’t believe that lie from satan you might not have acted that way.”

This realization has given me the freedom to check myself, check my motivations and intentions, and seek God’s Truth and forgiveness as I sort through the mess that I thought was life.