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[1150.68 --> 1152.26] to each other |
[1152.26 --> 1154.34] and pray for each other. |
[1154.44 --> 1154.74] Why? |
[1156.30 --> 1158.06] So that you may be healed. |
[1159.74 --> 1160.88] Don't you want healing? |
[1161.78 --> 1163.24] Don't you want a sense of renewal |
[1163.24 --> 1164.06] and transformation? |
[1164.24 --> 1164.88] Well, James says |
[1164.88 --> 1165.40] that comes through |
[1165.40 --> 1166.24] confessing your sins |
[1166.24 --> 1166.84] to one another |
[1166.84 --> 1168.44] and praying for each other |
[1168.44 --> 1170.66] as brothers and sisters in faith. |
[1170.72 --> 1172.98] And let me just push you into this. |
[1173.52 --> 1174.78] Find a trusted friend. |
[1175.70 --> 1176.38] Find a mentor, |
[1176.56 --> 1177.34] a youth pastor, |
[1177.80 --> 1178.70] someone in your small group |
[1178.70 --> 1179.90] or perhaps your whole small group |
[1179.90 --> 1182.36] and begin to practice confession. |
[1183.18 --> 1184.26] You don't have to tell everyone |
[1184.26 --> 1184.86] your stuff, |
[1185.18 --> 1186.80] but you do need to tell someone |
[1186.80 --> 1188.10] about your stuff. |
[1189.70 --> 1190.94] And you probably know |
[1190.94 --> 1191.80] if you've done this |
[1191.80 --> 1193.00] that there's something |
[1193.00 --> 1194.34] very powerful, |
[1195.08 --> 1195.50] mysterious, |
[1195.76 --> 1196.30] and beautiful, |
[1196.42 --> 1196.92] I would say, |
[1197.00 --> 1198.62] about speaking out loud |
[1198.62 --> 1199.56] words of confession. |
[1200.32 --> 1200.50] In fact, |
[1200.56 --> 1201.16] John Mark Homer |
[1201.16 --> 1201.80] in his book, |
[1201.88 --> 1202.44] Live No Lies, |
[1202.52 --> 1203.88] he writes this about confession. |
[1204.02 --> 1204.30] I just, |
[1204.42 --> 1205.48] I resonate with this |
[1205.48 --> 1206.24] in my own experience. |
[1206.24 --> 1206.70] He writes, |
[1207.24 --> 1208.64] there is a raw power |
[1208.64 --> 1210.62] and genuine freedom |
[1210.62 --> 1211.20] that comes |
[1211.20 --> 1213.08] when you name your sin |
[1213.08 --> 1214.34] in the presence |
[1214.34 --> 1216.38] of loving Christian community. |
[1217.34 --> 1218.24] Just the act |
[1218.24 --> 1219.02] of naming your sin |
[1219.02 --> 1219.38] out loud |
[1219.38 --> 1220.28] to people you know |
[1220.28 --> 1220.94] and trust |
[1220.94 --> 1222.08] has the power |
[1222.08 --> 1223.06] to break chains. |
[1223.14 --> 1223.86] Do you believe that? |
[1225.24 --> 1225.94] Are you willing |
[1225.94 --> 1226.96] to practice that? |
[1228.48 --> 1228.96] And you know, |
[1229.10 --> 1229.64] the people who have |
[1229.64 --> 1230.40] a front row seat, |
[1230.46 --> 1230.74] by the way, |
[1230.78 --> 1231.68] to the power of confession |
[1231.68 --> 1233.14] are counselors |
[1233.14 --> 1234.32] and therapists. |
[1234.32 --> 1235.24] You know, |
[1235.28 --> 1236.30] my brother is a counselor |
[1236.30 --> 1237.96] and he shared with me |
[1237.96 --> 1238.56] just the way |
[1238.56 --> 1239.36] in which he's seen |
[1239.36 --> 1240.72] just years perhaps, |
[1240.80 --> 1241.44] you can just imagine |
[1241.44 --> 1241.90] a couple. |
[1242.60 --> 1243.80] There's been unfaithfulness perhaps, |
[1243.88 --> 1244.82] there's been destructive habits |
[1244.82 --> 1245.42] that have been hidden |
[1245.42 --> 1246.38] and concealed for years |
[1246.38 --> 1247.62] and then comes that moment |
[1247.62 --> 1248.48] after some therapy |
[1248.48 --> 1249.62] of just being willing |
[1249.62 --> 1250.16] to talk about |
[1250.16 --> 1251.10] where someone finally |
[1251.10 --> 1252.66] speaks out loud |
[1252.66 --> 1254.26] infidelity, |
[1255.54 --> 1255.98] greed, |
[1256.34 --> 1256.94] destructive habits, |
[1256.98 --> 1257.78] when they finally just say, |
[1257.98 --> 1259.52] this is what I've been up to |
[1259.52 --> 1260.16] or this is what |
[1260.16 --> 1260.86] I've been struggling with |
[1260.86 --> 1262.14] and you probably know |
[1262.14 --> 1262.94] when that happens, |
[1263.20 --> 1264.20] it often feels like |
[1264.20 --> 1265.48] thousands of pounds |
[1265.48 --> 1266.20] of weight |
[1266.20 --> 1267.66] shed from your shoulders. |
[1269.30 --> 1271.36] Confession is a powerful thing. |
[1272.38 --> 1273.12] There's a reason |
[1273.12 --> 1274.46] we are instructed, |
[1274.98 --> 1276.16] commanded to do this |
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