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Repentance is simply a change of heart/mind that leads to a change in action. Basically, you just make up your mind to quit doing whatever it is that you need to stop, and then don't do it any more.

2006-06-17 11:54:37 · answer #1 · answered by TexasMom 3 · 0 0

Pray and ask God to forgive you for all the wrong you have done, then try not to do it again, if you have really done wrong to another person its not required but a good thing to go apologize. We are all to repent every day, as no one is perfect , if we were we'd already be in heaven. Acts Chapter 2 is a good place to start to help you understand.

2006-06-18 00:17:32 · answer #2 · answered by mspossible05 1 · 0 0

repentance includes godly sorrow, confession, the request for forgiveness, restitution, the forsaking of sin, and then finally, the receiving of forgiveness. One must completely forsake a sin and make restitution before the repentance itself is complete and the sin can be, in absolution, forgiven. One's complete forgiveness depends on the absolute purity of the repentance. If the sin is repeated--even so much as favorably thought of in the mind--the "process of repentance" is not over, and the sin is not finally forgiven.

2006-06-17 20:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by juanes addicion 6 · 0 0

repentance is just as simple as a sincere apology. Imagine doing wrong to a loved one that you know really hurt them. Once you've made a heartfelt apology that you know you meant, you never do whatever it is that you did again, and you do what you can to make it up to them. Treat God like that also. Make a heartfelt apology to God for whatever you did, and purpose to never do it again. There's no need for a ceremony or anything like that... Oh yeah and do it all in the name of Jesus. God Bless.

2006-06-17 19:02:00 · answer #4 · answered by Assigned2Help 2 · 0 0

1- Stop the sin.
2- Regretting deeply and truly for the sin you committed.
3- Return to Allah (god) for forgiveness.
4- Strong intention never to return to that same sin again.

remember
1. The grave consequence of sins.
2. The painful punishment for sins and
3. How week a person is when committing such sins.

Do not despair of God's mercy; He will forgive you of all your sins".Qur'an (39:53).

"And He wishes to forgive you" Qur'an (4:146).

2006-06-17 18:55:19 · answer #5 · answered by qwertyu 4 · 0 0

Repenting is more than confessing your sins to Christ, it's turning away from them completely and not repeating them.

2006-06-17 19:32:41 · answer #6 · answered by princezelph 4 · 0 0

Hey bad boy...what did you do? Well firstly...you must recognize that you did something wrong. Second...apologize to the person you have wronged and pray for forgiveness...Thirdly...forsake the sin. If it is a real biggy....you should be chatting with your clergy for advice.

2006-06-17 18:57:26 · answer #7 · answered by lisalisa 3 · 0 0

When you sin, even though you are drawn to it...you are disgusted with the very thought of the thing that you want to do. When you cease to love your offenses against God and feel shame, remorse and repugnance then that is the Holy Spirit indwelling. Fight like mad, pray, stay in the word of God and go to God and confess it all. This is what Adam and Eve both failed to do in the beginning. They hid from God in their shame and tried in vane to cover themselves but it was no use. When called out and questioned in spite of Gods presence they did not trust and proceeded to lay blame elsewhere...Eve with the serpent and Adam blamed Eve and even God Himself..."the woman YOU made me.." Then it was left to God to leave them in their choice as they did not ask for forgiveness...they desired to continue to "know" one another and of sin. We are asking not to know of it or to commit it. We loathe the temptation. In effect just as God sacrificed an animal to make skins as coverings for Adam and Eve (I'm thinking a lamb) in His grace He has provided a Lamb to cover our sins. As it was in the beginning so it is in the end. Think on that..meditate on that..every time you are tempted..turn to God in prayer and get into scripture. Stay there and you will do well. His grace is sufficient for you. Love in Christ, ~J~ <><

2006-06-17 19:04:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

repenting comes from the heart, if your heart seeks forgiveness then u know how, just confess it to Jesus in a prayer and ask him to forgive u and he will.

2006-06-17 18:55:07 · answer #9 · answered by Ken M 2 · 0 0

WHAT REPENTANCE MEANS

In the apostle Peter’s day, Jewish people spoke both Hebrew and Greek. In both languages the words conveying the idea of “repentance” refer to a change, a change in one’s mind, attitude or purpose.

For example, the Greek term me·ta·no·e´o is formed of two words: me·ta´, meaning “after,” and no·e´o, related to nous, which means the mind, disposition or moral consciousness. So me·ta·no·e´o literally means afterthought (in contrast to forethought). It is somewhat like our expression ‘to have second thoughts’ about a matter, those later thoughts bringing a change in our attitude. Often that change is accompanied by, or impelled by, a feeling of regret, remorse, dissatisfaction or even disgust over the matter about which we have ‘second thoughts.’

But this was no ordinary change of attitude that Peter was talking about. He previously had showed his audience that they shared guilt for the death of Jesus Christ, whom God had made “the Chief Agent of life.” Though they had acted in ignorance, as did their rulers, they still bore guilt because they supported and went along with those who resisted the truth, including the prophecies of the Hebrew Scriptures that foretold the coming of the Messiah.

So what kind of “change” was Peter calling on them to make? Simply to feel remorse over the death of an innocent man and resolve never to share again in responsibility for such crime? Was that all? By no means! The change was to be so penetrating that it would make them “turn around,” not just from one particular wrong act, but from a whole life course that was running contrary to God’s declared purpose. Repentance should make them turn from that course and take a different life course. Their course was leading them away from God. But now they were to turn to God through his “Chief Agent of life.” Peter further made clear that to fail to listen to that Sent One of God would mean destruction, whereas obedience to his message would bring blessings. Yes, by faith in him as God’s Chief Agent of life they could begin to enjoy “seasons of refreshing” because God would now forgive their wrong course, “blot out” their sins, and they would be freed from the burden of a guilty conscience. They would come into God’s favor, his face would turn toward them in approval and he would bless them and lead them to life everlasting.—Acts 3:19-26.

Clearly, the real purpose of repentance is to enter into a right relationship with God—not just temporarily but on a permanent basis.
Pray about it, meditate on it, act on it......

2006-06-17 18:59:47 · answer #10 · answered by WannaKnowMore? 2 · 0 0

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