“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new”

Have you ever wished for a “do over”? Maybe you were playing your favorite video game and things weren’t going right. Did you ever press the “reset’ button, to have another try? Or maybe you are on your computer and everything freezes up, and progress stops. The only way to fix it was to press “reset”. In real life those chances seldom come. Too often our mistakes are permanent and our failures plague us forever. Missed opportunities rarely come around the second time. Don’t you wish there was a “reset” button in life? To be able to back to the beginning and give that level, that problem in life a second try? If only there was a “reset” button for an opportunity to do some things over in our past.

“Come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16). The privilege of repentance allows us to experience a new start in life, the forgiveness of past transgressions, and the opportunity to begin anew. “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). This is a spiritual “reset button.” We can have a reboot from our old sinful lives when we turn to God and forsake the sins of our past. Repentance is the “reset button”. “Old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).

“We were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).

restart. Hit the reset button through repentance and receive the joy of forgiveness and experience new life!