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by Repentance with Joy!
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Repentance is more than just what you do after you do something wrong. Repentance is a biblical practice—an activity that describes something you can do for great personal growth and change.

In biblical terms, repentance means to change your mind about sin and about God. The word repentance is used most of the time where we are to change our mind after sin.

"...If you return to the Lord with all your heart, remove the foreign gods...from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord...He will deliver you..." (1 Sam. 7:3).

To me, "directing our heart toward God," sounds like a repentance where we "change our mind" about sin and about God, BEFORE we do something wrong.

We are to repent so as to remove the obstacles that keep us from abiding in Christ. Doing this, involves getting our heart to hear the truth of the scriptures so that God can use His word to change us from the inside out.

Deep level change isn't going to happen just because you know something in your head. Being effective at "changing your mind" requires taking steps to train your heart that it is right, good, and safe to turn and draw near to God. You have to take steps to calm your fears and build your faith. You have to become a teacher and your own heart has to become your student. By this, you can change from the inside out.


The Benefits of Repentance

The benefits of repentance are many. The Bible says, "...repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord" (Acts 3:19).

The benefits of repentance are that you find freedom from unwanted and sinful behaviors, damaging pursuits, harmful reactions, long term addictions, co-dependence.

You even find freedom from subtle sins of the heart. But that isn't all. You also experience a "refreshing" from the "presence of the Lord." By repenting so as to experience God's presence, your single-hearted love and devotion toward God will increase greatly. Abiding in Christ becomes realistic. The deeper Christian life becomes practical.

Abiding in Christ

Repentance is toward abiding in Christ. By "abiding" I believe the Bible means we are to stay inside the presence of God. Christians have Christ inside them but we are also told to "abide in Him."

This means we are to stay inside the radiant presence of Christ -- 24 hours-a-day. By this we "...walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light..." (1John 1:7).

Abiding in the presence of God is the same thing as abiding in the presence of the kingdom of God.

We abide in Christ by repentance that removes obstacles so we can draw near to God, learn to stay there, and learn to let Him draw near and stay near to us.


Understanding your thirsty desires for God and how to repent makes abiding in Christ realistic for anyone.


Drinking From God


"Drinking from God" to also mean "feeding" on Him.

Drinking from God is the same thing as receiving His presence or letting God draw near to us.

Learning to drink from God is important because without learning to actually receive His presence we can't abide in Christ.


It is by learning to keep on drinking like a branch on a tree that we abide inside the presence of God all the time.