When you dwell disproportionately on your sin and its consequences, however, you are neglecting God’s grace. There is a time and a place to be broken over your sin and to soberly consider its consequences (the next chapter is devoted to this topic). After you have confessed your sin, however, you must fight to affirm what God says about you. For all who confess their sin, God pronounces the verdict “forgiven” and “clean.”
