Repentance and Forgiveness!

Week 3 of the DTS was Repentance and Forgiveness week. Will (who pioneered the work in China that Cliff and Cristine did) was our guest speaker. He talked about the sin in our life and how it separates us from the Lord and others. One quote from class that I thought was great is "the quality of your repentance is a factor that will determine the depth of your relationship with God." I was marked by that because I want to go deep with God which means I need to be transparent in front of Him! He also talked about the gift that forgiveness is when we extend forgiveness to those that have hurt us. God wants to heal us from those hurts but if we don't forgive it's like we are cutting off the grace of God for that healing. So good to be reminded of!

At the end of the week we had a time of application where we all were able to publicly come clean with the things in our lives that separate us from the Lord. It was a sweet time with our class. I definitely feel like we are closer as a group. God definitely spoke to me about certain things that have stood in the way of a closer walk with Him. I know He wants me to overcome those things to live in even more freedom and with His help I will! We were reminded to remember "who is calling us to repentance." We have a loving, merciful and forgiving God that calls us to repentance because he longs for a relationship with us and wants nothing to stand in the way! I encourage all of you to seek out the forgiveness of our loving Father! He is faithful to forgive us!!

I have also been stuggling with being sick this week. I woke up Monday morning of week 3 with a sore throat and very congested. I went to the doctor on Wednesday to get on antibiotics. The next day I woke up with my lungs very congested and have been having trouble breathing and coughing ever since. Please pray that I will be able to move past this sickness and that no one in my house (I live with 30 others) gets sick! Thanks for your prayers! Week 4 is Celebrations week! Should be a great week! Blessings everyone!!