Repentance – Turning Back to Life (365/35)
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We often associate repentance with heaviness—something uncomfortable, even shameful. But Scripture presents repentance as a doorway, not a dungeon. It is God’s merciful invitation to turn back to life in all its fullness when our hearts have drifted.
Peter’s words in Acts 3:19 are both tender and urgent: “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord” (NKJV). Peter calls his listeners not just to feel sorry, but to turn back to God in willful mind and action.
Repentance is our response to His grace. We do not clean ourselves first and then come—we come just as we are, and He cleanses. Many of us keep functioning outwardly while inwardly growing dull, restless, or burdened by unconfessed habits, quiet pride, or cooled love for Christ. Repentance is the invitation for sinners to flee to Christ and return to life in its fullness (John 10:10). As we turn away from the patterns of the world and return to wholehearted devotion to Jesus, His presence brings life and restoration to our lives.
Pause and Ponder
What does Acts 3:19 reveal about God’s heart toward seekers who need the gospel?
Where might the Lord be inviting me to turn more fully to Christ—in habits, attitudes, or hidden resistance?
Who around me needs to hear that repentance leads not to shame, but to forgiveness and refreshing in Jesus?
God does not merely cover sin—He blots it out, wiping the record clean through the finished work of Christ on the cross.
Lord Jesus, expose what needs surrender and cleanse me by Your grace. Lead me in true repentance so that I may be renewed in You. Amen.
Extended reading: Acts 3:11-26
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