39 How to Give a Confession

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Special Thanks for This Episode:

Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, 1998

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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This Episode Show Notes

Episode 38

Giving a confession part 2

Gleaned from Celebration of Discipline p.151-154

• Give specific, concrete sins.


• Don’t be overly concerned with mentioning every small details


• Sorrow is necessary to a good confession. “Sorrow as it relates to confession is not primarily an emotion, though emotion may be involved. It is an abhorrence at having committed the sin, a deep regret at having offended the heart of the Father.”


• Ask God for a “yearning for holy living, a hatred for unholy living.”


• You don’t have to convince God to forgive, in fact He is working to help you desire His forgiveness.


• Have a clear end point on self-examination. (Don’t let it grow into a permanent habit of self-condemnation, “Confession begins in sorrow, but it ends in joy.”


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Who to go to.