3-minute devotions 7

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00:00Permission to turn your back. It doesn't take much skill to sin, and it only gets easier.

00:12Doing the wrong thing can seem empowering. Wearing the wardrobe of a rebel can appear

00:17to offer independence, but it never does. The choice to sin is actually inviting our

00:24enemy to influence future decisions. God knows the end result of sin is death, which is why he

00:30gives us access to life. We're restored in our relationship with God when we turn from the easy

00:36choice to sin to the life-affirming choice to obey. Repentance requires turning away from the choice

00:43to sin. Sometimes we want to be forgiven but don't want to stop making the same sinful choice.

00:49We ask God to forgive but keep looking at and entertaining the same sinful choices.

00:56The choice to turn away can seem hard. You have an emotional attachment to sin.

01:02God wants to change your mind. Repentance is your positive response to his desire to restore you to

01:08life. Prayer. Dear God, sometimes I don't want to do the right thing. This is a bad place for me to be,

01:16and you've always offered a way out. You offer forgiveness, but you want me to turn my back

01:22on the easy choice and follow you. Help me listen for your voice, read your words, and follow your plan.

01:29Amen.