Darkened Glass Reflections

Tag: confession

The Sacrifice of a Broken Heart (Psalm 51:17)

“The sacrifices of God area broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise” (Psalm 51:17).

January 4, 2026
Prayer, Confession, and Repentance: 3. Practical Steps

This article provides practical advice for including confession in our personal prayer time.

May 18, 2025
Prayer, Confession, and Repentance: 2. Why We Need It

This article continues to examine the need for confession and repentance during our personal prayers.

May 11, 2025
Prayer, Confession, and Repentance: 1. A Necessary Habit

This article begins a three-part series, within a longer series about prayer. We will look at the role of confession and repentance in our prayers.

May 4, 2025
“Forgive Us Our Debts/Trespasses” (Matthew 6:12)

Confession, repentance, and forgiveness are essential components of prayer.

February 4, 2024
Mourning Personal Sin as a Path to Comfort (Matthew 5:4; James 4:7-10)

The path from mourning to comfort will force us to confront those areas of our lives that do not please God.

July 3, 2022
Ascension and Pentecost III. The Gospel of Forgiveness

One of the most important, and in many churches least emphasized, elements of Jesus’ post-resurrection teaching is the message of forgiveness. Yet, it is central to Jesus’ final instructions to His disciples, and it should be central to our message. As He prepared them for their forthcoming ministry, He said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If…

May 21, 2021
Omniscience: God Understands and Loves You

God knows all about you: the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly. He loves you all the same. His omniscience is a reason to trust Him and take comfort, knowing that He will never stop loving you no matter what.

May 19, 2020
First Sunday of Advent: One Year, One Thing

“If every year we would root out one vice, we would soon become perfect men.” In this post, I invite the reader to think of one sin that they want to overcome and commit it to the Lord in the coming year.

December 1, 2019
Rooting Out Pride and Cultivating Humility

As a follow-up to my recent post about pride, I share a few practical biblical suggestions for dealing with pride and developing humility.

July 17, 2019