1. A Lifestyle of Confession Selected Scriptures

2. Why Confess?
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed (James 5:16)
-- for healing; restoration

3. Psalm 32:3-5 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. ay to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

4. Psalm 38:3-8 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness, I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all day long I go about mourning. For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart (v18) I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. ay to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

5. Proverbs 28:13 Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations.

6. 2. What is Needed for Confession?
-- Humility (James 4:6, 10)
-- Honesty (Psalm 51)
-- Hack away our fear of man

7. 3. How to Confess - Make it a lifestyle choice
- Foster relationships where this is the norm
- Know that your not the only one who struggles
- Don’t wait for others to go first

8. 4. How to Respond to a Confession
- Point them to the Gospel for future hope and show them the Gospel in the now
- Galatians 6:1-2 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14 encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all