Faye's daily words of encouragement"# 96 Todays word is : Confession"

Definition of the  word confession: To acknowledge or disclose one;s misdeed, or fault or sin, to declare.

Daniel chapter 9 -4 :  aI prayed unto the lord Goo ,and made confession, and I said  O Lord , the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments.

Romans chapter 10 -10 : For mwith the heart man believeth  unto the righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

1 Timothy chapter 6 -13: I give charge in thought of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilat witnessed a good confession.

I've been told that confession is good for the soul, and I believe that to be a true statement, especially if we're confessing our sins to God.    I don't believe in confessions to a priest, because he's a mere man; just like you and I, and I don't think he has the power to forgive  us our sins, So, why should we confess our sins to a priest ; what's the purpose, if he can' t forgive us our sins.   Our true confession ; are suppose to be unto God our father, that Can cleanse us of our sin and iniquities, man can't do that for us, only God can. King David was a man of man y true confessions, and when he confessed anything it was always to God, not the priest.

There was nowhere in the bible that he confessed his sins to men.  I think we should we be like King David and confess our sins to God; whehting re we will always get a returned dividend on our confessions; and  the priest want be able to do but listen.   If we want forgiveness of our sins, the n we should go to and confess a 0ur sins and short comings to him , and God will make us whole.

Benny Faye Douglass