B2B Series Part 5: Prayer of Repentance

<p><strong>B2B Series Part 5: Prayer of Repentance</strong></p><p>(Clear all the dirt and take out the trash)</p><p><br></p><p>📖<em><strong> II Chronicles 7:14-15 NKJV</strong></em></p><p><em>“if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. </em><em><strong>Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.”</strong></em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Introduction: Natural man default setting</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key truth:</strong></p><p>Repentance is not our natural default setting but self justification is.</p><p><br></p><ul><li>When I have done something wrong I want to explain why I did it </li><li>It’s never about me or <strong>my choices</strong> in the situation but it’s always about what the <strong>next person did</strong> to <strong>make me</strong> do what I did</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em><strong>You see what you made me do?</strong></em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Fact:</strong> People don’t take full responsibility for their actions </p><p><br></p><p>📖<em><strong> Genesis 3:12-13 NKJV</strong></em></p><p><em>“Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” And the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.””</em></p><p><br></p><p>This is the first response of the first man and his family:</p><ul><li>Blame God</li><li>Blame others</li><li>Blame satan </li></ul><p><br></p><p>Nothing has changed; we still follow the <strong>same pattern</strong> the only difference is that the <strong>scope</strong> of things to blame have <strong>expanded</strong> to:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Blame the weather </li><li>Blame the government </li><li>Blame the workers</li><li>Blame the management </li><li>Blame my background </li><li>Blame my parents </li><li>Blame my children </li><li>Blame the teacher</li><li>Blame the police </li><li>Even blame yourself </li></ul><p><br></p><p>When we did wrong do introspection and list the facts that lead to what happened. Ask for forgiveness and repent. </p><p><br></p><p>Repentance is like <strong>cleaning </strong>🧹<strong> your house</strong> and <strong>taking out trash.</strong> </p><p><br></p><p>When we approach God in prayer we need to be repentant. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>II Chronicles 7:14</strong> precedes the building