Confess

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us-our-sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

1 John 1:5-10

Each day the Christian inscribes words and deeds on the record of his personal history. But as he reflects upon what he has said and done, he becomes aware that some of what is being written is not of the quality that will please the Savior. Christians remember attitudes and actions that should never be part of the life of a believer. Yet these sins are forgiven and fellowship with God restored through honest confession and repentance.

Walk uprightly and enjoy fellowship with Christ and with one another.

Confession is the soil

in which forgiveness flourishes.

Our Daily Bread – July 28, 2006