Confession
Some ideas to get you started
Level 1: Novice
- 🤔 Consider when you most often stretch the truth, and commit to only telling the truth in those situations
- 🔍 Ask God for guidance to find a friend you can be 100% honest with
- 📖 Read some stories of confession and forgiveness in scripture, like Luke 18:9-14 and John 8:2-11
- 📝 Begin a prayer journal to house your raw, unedited conversations with God
Level 2: Apprentice
- 🙏 Incorporate this traditional prayer of confession into your devotional time
- 📖 Slowly pray through Psalm 51
- ✍️ Identify any guilt or shame you carry. Take time to journal about these things, asking God to heal these wounds
- ☕️ Meet with your trusted friend to talk about the things you identified
Level 3: Master
- 💭 Learn Psalm 103:8-12 by heart, and recite it daily
- 🧘♀️ Abide in the parables of Luke 15, asking God to help you internalize his merciful character
- ✝️ Meet a pastor, priest, or spiritual director to ask for advice on overcoming any obstacles in your life with God
- ❓ Practice spiritual friendship with your trusted friend, asking each other, “What in you needs to be celebrated, forgiven, and healed?”
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