Tip: Repent and Confess as Often as Needed

Here’s another essential component of a deeper walk with your Lord, at the risk of stating the obvious: If/when you sin, trespass, fail or otherwise fall short, be quick to repent and confess to the Lord, plead the blood of Christ against any accusations from the enemy if you need to, and ask the Lord to create a clean heart inside you and renew a right spirit within you. Do this as quickly as possible (immediately is preferable) and as frequently as necessary. Do not succumb to any sort of “repentance fatigue.” 

Open communication between you and the Lord is absolutely critical to a close walk with Him, and the enemy loves to disrupt your communication with the Lord as much as possible by making you feel guilty, telling you you’re too needy, you’re not important enough to the Lord, the Lord’s too busy, it’s no use, you might as well wait until later, etc. 

Don’t fall for any of this. Repent and confess and seek renewal the instant you go astray. And if you need to do this 100, 1,000, 100,000, 1,000,000 times a day, do it, do it, do it. Wear your knees out, wear your handkerchief out, it doesn’t matter. Keeping the lines of communication open with the Lord is absolutely essential. Never forget that, and never take His grace for granted. Never.

Remember, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9 King James Version).

May the Lord be with your spirit.