IT’S WISE TO REGULARLY EXAMINE OUR MOTIVES GENUINE REPENTANCE the response God wants from us TRUE REPENTANCE BRINGS RECONCILIATION WITH GOD AND HEALING OF WOUNDS Go and learn what this means: I DESIRE MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE I DESIRE GODLY CHARACTER, NOT VAIN RELIGION

"The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and (He) saves such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all. He (God) guards all his bones; not one of them is broken. (But) Evil shall slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous shall be condemned. The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, and none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned." Psalm 34:18–22 NKJV    https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/psa/34/18-22/s_512018 "Then GOD ordered me, “Start all over: Love your wife again, your wife who’s in bed with her latest boyfriend, your cheating wife. Love her the way I, GOD, love the Israelite people, even as they flirt and party with every god that takes their fancy.” Hosea 3:1 The Message    https://messagebible.com/scripture/?text=Hosea+3%3A1 SIN DESTROYS LIVES GOD WANTS TO SAVE US FROM THE DESTRUCTION SIN BRINGS "'Come now, and let us reason together,' says the LORD, 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land. But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword.' For the mouth of the LORD has spoken." Isaiah 1:18 NKJV     https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/isa/1/18/s_680018 God reveals what He will do with ISRAEL IN THE LAST DAYS Israel in the last days: 1) Will be scattered without a homeland or king 2) God will restore Israel to their homeland 3) They will seek Jesus as their final King "The LORD tells you (David) that He will make you a house. When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish His kingdom. He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of His kingdom forever." 2 Samuel 7:11–13 NKJV     https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/2sa/7/11-13/s_274011 "Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, 'Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord GOD. For You have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord GOD!'" 2 Samuel 7:18–19 ESV     https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/2sa/7/18-19/s_274018 "While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, 'What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?' They said to Him, 'The Son of David.' He said to them, 'How then does David in the Spirit call Him "Lord," saying: "The LORD said to my Lord, 'Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool' "? If David then calls Him "Lord," how is He his Son?' 46 And no one was able to answer Him a word." Matthew 22:41–46 NKJV     https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/mat/22/41-46/s_951041 "(Jesus speaking) 'Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.' '...I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.'” Revelation 22:12 & 16 NKJV     https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/rev/22/12/s_1189012     https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/rev/22/16/s_1189016 Ezekiel 37