Tuesday, January 16, 2018

TIM Good morning, I’m Tim Wise, Sanctuary Choir Director at Central. Confession is an important part of our relationship with God and to ourselves. James 5:16 says: Confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. Confession is an important step for us because it is a part of getting ourselves right with God. We want God to see us as forgiven children, but how can we be forgiven if we don’t ask for it? At Central, each time we take part in the breaking of bread and taking of the cup through communion, we offer a prayer of confession. We confess many general things to God such as not loving Him with our whole heart, failing to be an obedient church, not fulfilling God’s will, breaking his law and some other things. While this seems very generic, it is a time that we become vulnerable and open to God about our sins. Although he already knows them, it is a time when we can accept the things we have done. Remember when you are working on your faith, confession is a necessary part of your spirituality. You are confessing to God what you have done and accepting it for yourself.