A Time Of Repentance

Good Morning, My Friend!! Repentance means forsaking sinful and rebellious ways in order to please our Creator God. But Jesus here takes it yet a step further. Repent,...and believe in the gospel. Jesus is warning that time is marching forward, to a definite and purposeful conclusion. He calls us to repent and to believe,...because repentance not only loosens our selfish hold on the things of this world,...it also embraces the good news of another world.

"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."—Mark 1:15 (NKJV)

The good news that Jesus brings is actually true, that the God of Heaven really has disdained to give His only Son on behalf of sinners. We are called to believe what might otherwise seem too good to be true. We are called to trust the God Who cannot lie,...to rest in the perfect work of a perfect Savior. What about you? Will you see repentance as some sort of straitjacket to keep you from the good things in life,...or have you begun to understand that repentance is embracing the source of Life itself?

Repentance involves a change of heart, that leads to a change in action.

Holy Spirit, help us today, as we stop running from God,...and begin to truly reveling in Him. Amen. 

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."