We have limitless capacity to fool ourselves. That practice is making us sad and sick. We are mucking about through guilt and trying to fight a torrent of shame, when all the while our good Father stands ready to hear, forgive, and heal, but that requires us to confess our sin. Confession has become convoluted in our era and, consequently, it’s also become rare. However, confession offers us multifaceted beauty. It is not groveling before an angry God. It is sharing our heart with a faithful Father. Confession keeps us honest with ourselves and with God and, if we’ll let it, with others. Confession keeps us connected to humility, as we’ll learn during this message.

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