I forgive ____ for ____, and whatever my feelings don't yet allow for the blood of Jesus will surely cover.

Honesty isn't trying to hurt me. It's trying to heal me.

Confession breaks the cycle of chaos inside of me. Forgiveness breaks the cycle of chaos between us.

Sin didn't, and doesn't, have a chance in competition with the aggressive forgiveness we call grace. When it's sin versus grace, grace wins hands down. (MSG)

Sip the shame so you won't have to guzzle the regret." In other words, taste a little bit of the shame of letting it all rip before you find yourself drowning in gallons of unwanted regret.

Have you ever had a "worst mom ever" day? Take heart, so have we all. Take my friend's advice. Apologize to your children. Ask God for forgiveness. Get over it and stop letting Satan drag you down. Spend time with the Lord getting a new attitude, and He'll help you leave the dams to the beavers!

Then love is sin, and let me sinful be.

Of course our prayers are limited by our sin. If you want powerful prayers, get the sin out of your life.

Confusing the weight of sins actually hurts our ability to resist temptation.

This is every man's deepest fear: to be exposed, to be found out, to be discovered as an impostor, and not really a man.

I often tell my congregation and our national television audience that church membership will not save you, denominations will not save you, ritual will not save you, and singing "Amazing Grace" at the top of your lungs will not save you. And by all means, sitting in church will not guarantee immunity from satanic attack. Salvation only comes through faith in Christ. When you confess and forsake your sins, you are cleansed by the shed blood of Jesus.

Yet only when we come to understand, in the light of the Cross, the evil we are capable of, and have even been a part of, can we experience true remorse and true repentance.