The discipline of confession is an integral part of our healing as we live on a broken planet as broken people. There are two directions of our confessing – vertical to God and horizontal to our brothers and sisters in Christ. Both forms of confession are freeing for us. God promises to forgive us and cleanse us of our sin in response to our vertical confession to Him. In our horizontal confession to others, we find the freedom to walk in light with accountability, encouragement, and reconciliation.
As apprentices or followers of Jesus, we follow His patterns as modeled in His life, death, and teachings for us. These practices are sometimes called “spiritual disciplines” or “habits of grace,” and their aim is to assist us in abiding in Christ to the glory of God. These Habits of Grace are the habits and fruits of the Grace worked inside of us. We do not work to earn our salvation, but our salvation by Grace alone produces a charged heart and renewed mind that will then produce good works and habits in Christ.
See our list of Christian Disciplines / Habits of Grace on our website: https://www.belovedchurch.com/disciplines/
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