1 John 1.8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Testimony :
I bless the Lord for the teachings on deep repentance.
Our God is a God of intention. When he gives us an instruction, there’s always a blessing behind it.
I remember when we started the teachings on deep repentance, in myself I saw myself as too perfect.
I thought: “I don’t steal, I haven’t killed, I don’t fornicate…” So it wasn’t necessary for me to do these teachings.
But when we started this series, I began to grasp the depth of repentance according to God. And it upset me, to the point where I went into a moment of deep repentance about my life at the Lord’s feet.
So one Tuesday, while I was at home, I prayed, asking forgiveness at the Lord’s feet. I asked him to expose even what I don’t know about myself, what’s hidden. I then received in my heart that I had to ask forgiveness for past relationships, pacts and the like.
When I realized that there were pacts in my life, I got scared and called my pastor. He explained that whatever the Holy Spirit prompted me to ask forgiveness for, I simply had to obey, so I would continue to be enlightened by Him. And so I did.
Then, in the afternoon, while I was looking for a document, I started rummaging through my safe, and came across the bag with which I had left my country seven years earlier.
Driven to keep digging, I came across gifts I’d been given 7 years earlier, when I’d come abroad: jewelry, written messages, letters… I didn’t even remember these things, I didn’t know I still had them.
The Lord revealed to me that these objects were points of contact and attachment with the enemy. So I called my pastor back and we prayed.
I also remember that during the same period, the Lord reminded me of a scene that had occurred. As I watched a Christian friend, loving the Lord and full of zeal. I had said to God: “This is the kind of husband I want Lord”.
At the time, for me it was just talk, but the Lord exposed it one day in my prayer and explained that it is covetousness. I repented, it freed me and I felt good.
I had deep moments of prayer where the Lord even brought back certain memories, I had seen a member of my family who had taken objects belonging to me to use that against me. And as I prayed, I saw it all burning.
Brethren, throughout the restoration prayers, it was exceptional, the Lord revealed and showed me so many things.
Today, I see the benefits of deep repentance. I see a difference in my life.
There were certain areas of my life where I felt limited, but now I see changes. I see myself moving forward with the Lord.
I am very grateful to God for all these teachings on deep repentance, it has transformed me.
A.W.