2009-10-02T09:57:45-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/repent/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%202:38&version=NIV 2009-10-02T09:57:45-05:00 How do we gain eternal life? By repenting and receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Peter and the other disciples carried this simple message of hope throughout the entire ancient world. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/life-saving-pain-5921 2009-09-21T09:15:53-05:00 The longer you refuse to repent of your sin, the more God is going to turn up the pain, and the higher price you're going to pay. Not because He doesn't love you, but because He does; too much to let you keep going down a road that's destroying you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/a-brand-new-you-5710 2009-09-09T12:41:46-05:00 It may be that you've missed the imperative Jesus gave us to "repent" when we come to Him. It would be easy to miss; nobody talks much about repenting these days. But it still matters just as much to Jesus. And your failure to really repent may explain your constant spiritual roller coaster, your recurring doubts about whether or not you really belong to Jesus. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%203:19-20&version=NIV 2009-09-09T12:01:51-05:00 In Acts, we are told to repent so that the Lord's refreshing might come upon us. The writer also adds that this time of refreshing might lead to the coming of Christ. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Chronicles%207:14&version=NIV 2009-08-25T09:30:14-05:00 Sometimes rescue is just a word away. In this passage, God laments that His people refuse to acknowledge their sin and return to Him. That's all they need to do to be lifted out of spiritual and physical danger. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%203:19&version=31 2009-07-13T16:11:44-05:00 One of the greatest promises in the Bible is God's assurance that when we repent of our sins, He casts them away and replaces them with His peace and forgiveness. Repentance isn't just about wiping our slate clean--it's about finding renewed purposes and receiving a "refreshing" from God. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/hebrew/Jonah%20and%20the%20Big%20Fish%20Hebrew.pdf 2009-04-27T11:22:55-05:00 Hebrew: God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh & warn the people to repent. Jonah sails the other way. God sends a huge storm & Jonah is thrown into the sea. A big fish swallows him & spits him up back where he started. Jonah goes to Nineveh and they repent. Jonah is not happy and is angry with God. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/russian/The%20Prodigal%20Son%20Russian.pdf 2009-03-04T12:21:37-05:00 Russian: Jesus tells about a shepherd who left his 99 sheep & found the missing one. He tells about a woman who lost 1 of her 10 coins & looked for it. He tells about a prodigal son who leaves home and spends all he has. When he comes home his father welcomes him. This is how God loves sinners. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/french/Jonah%20and%20the%20Big%20Fish%20French.pdf 2009-02-27T13:51:00-05:00 French: God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh & warn the people to repent. Jonah sails the other way. God sends a huge storm & Jonah is thrown into the sea. A big fish swallows him & spits him up back where he started. Jonah goes to Nineveh and they repent. Jonah is not happy and is angry with God. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/hebrew/The%20Prodigal%20Son%20Hebrew.pdf 2009-02-27T13:49:08-05:00 Hebrew: Jesus tells about a shepherd who left his 99 sheep & found the missing one. He tells about a woman who lost 1 of her 10 coins & looked for it. He tells about a prodigal son who leaves home and spends all he has. When he comes home his father welcomes him. This is how God loves sinners.