Since 2012, She Reads Truth has maintained a singular mission: to be women in the Word of God every day. Ten years later, our community includes “Shes” from across the globe, but our mission hasn’t changed.
Reading Scripture together is the centerpiece of what we do at She Reads Truth. As we spend time as a community reading This Is The Church, we encourage you to start by reading the daily Scripture on your own. Then join us here to engage and encourage one another as we respond to what we’ve read. Each day for this series, we’ll include a brief summary of the reading along with a prompt for conversation.
As a people still being transformed into the likeness of Christ, the Church has fallen short and will continue to. Until Christ’s return, the Church is called to both individual and corporate repentance, knowing that Christ is faithful to forgive, sustain, and perfect His people.
Discussion Question: How is repentance demonstrated in today’s reading?
Take time to reflect on your Scripture reading and today’s question. Share what you are learning with others in the community in the comments.
Jill Ravensborg – the Daniel 9 passages are examples of corporate repentance. The Revelation passages are examples of Christ calling for corporate repentance.
There are other examples in Scripture, but I hope that these in today’s reading help to show when corporate repentance is needed.
I do not understand the part of the reflection about the Church being called to corporate repentance- I do understand individual repentance and the scriptures that directly call us to that, just not the corporate part. Does anyone have verses that say this for me to study?
We must acknowledge our sins, know that we have done wrong and do all that we can to correct ourselves from committing those sins again. Lord I ask for your forgiveness in not making you a priority in my life until recently. Please continue to show me down the path you’ve paved in front of me.
We must acknowledge our sins, know that we have done wrong and true
Repentance is demonstrated by humbling ourselves before God, confessing our sin, asking for His forgiveness and mercy, and turning away from the sin and back to Him.
I feel like you can see the repentance when it was explained that you can come back to God. You can repent and come back from your dark place of Sin like David. You can call out in prayer what you have done and ask for forgiveness. You can change.
God loves us through it all. But how sweet it is when we walking alongside him. His promises to draw nearer to us when we draw hearer to him warm my heart daily! Devil flee-Lord be with me
I am not only to gain information about my God from reading His Word. I am also to be transformed into His likeness. The change in me is evidence of the submission of my will to His. This change should be apparent to others. I should be different. Not perfect but definitely different. When I fail to act as Jesus would, I ask for His forgiveness and I choose to follow Him more closely, more thoughtfully, more deliberately. It is not a burden or a chore or an obligation. It is gratitude and joy and intimate relationship. Repentance draws me closer and strengthens our bond. The sin that separates is cast away and there is nothing left but love. I am never separated from His great love.