Stand Anew (A Call to Repentance)

“That is why the Lord says,“Turn to me now, while there is time.
Give me your hearts.
Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,
but tear your hearts instead.
"Return to the Lord your God,
for he is merciful and compassionate,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
He is eager to relent and not punish.” - Joel 2: 12-13 NLT

A message for today as much as it was a message for Joel’s Old Testament day and time.

Repent and stand anew with the Lord.

Repent and stand in the light (and with the Light) for such a time as this.

As Believers and Followers of Jesus, it’s time for us to stop hiding in the dark and to find our voice and find our heart.. Time for us to put down the past and allow it to be washed away. Washed anew. Washed white as snow.

Time for us to proclaim the glory and the power of the Lord.

It’s time for us to choose His ways while standing at the crossroads. Time for us to give Him our hearts again.

What is He calling us (you and me) to repent of, to turn from, to give to over to Him?
What is it that has a stronghold over us that only He can remove?

It’s time to be on our knees repenting, standing strong with the Lord… while there is time.

“The greatest need in the world is the transformation of human nature. We need a new heart that will not have lust and greed and hate in it. We need a heart filled with love and peace and joy, and that is why Jesus came into the world.” - Billy Graham

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