Repent and Take Courage

Sometimes we place ourselves in a dangerous environment of our own construction. When we sin, we separate ourselves from the LORD, and we begin to build a structure, a monument unto ourselves. Even as we acknowledge our sin, if we do not abandon it and repent, turning again to Christ, it is only lip-service, and righteousness is not in us. As we darken our hearts with our sin, we begin to justify it to ourselves, so that soon, we don't even pay lip-service to contrition and sorrow. Before...