trecho de "Hope for each day" - Billy Graham.
Hoje, agora pouco...Deus disse:
An altered attitude
-"Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful" - Joel 2:13
From time to time I have had people pour out their heart to me because their sins had been discovered and they were serious trouble. They wept bitterly because they had devastated their marriage or ruined their reputation.
But later someone would tell me they were back in the same situation. They had not learned from their experience, and seemed determined to bring even more chaos into their lives.
What was the problem? The problem was lack of repentance. Their tears were tears of self-pity - but not of repentance. True repentance is a turning from sin- a conscious turning to God, with a commitment to follow His will.
Repentance is only one part of our response to Christ(and even the strenght to repent comes from God). But it is an essential part for without it we cannot claim Christ is our Lord. The Bible says, "Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret"(2Cor.7:10 NIV)
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