Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for August 29, 2026

REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 Matthew 3:2

And saying, “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”

Additional Verses

📖 Matthew 3:1-12; Philippians 3:12-21 ; 1 John 1:5-10

To repent means to change your attitude, your way of thinking and your behavior, turning away from sin and turning towards God. When you repent, you leave behind all the old things which you used to do which are contrary to the Word of God. When you are born again you become a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old is gone, the new has come!” This new creation man should grow into the likeness of God. Repentance is not only done once and for all, but each day you have to repent of some of the things that you do that cause you to sin. In the life of a child of God, you should not be satisfied with one level, but each day, you should move up to another level. You should not be satisfied with one stage, but you should be a better person each day. You can only be a better person each day when you confess your weaknesses to the LORD so that He will strengthen you and you will never backslide. For instance, if you spend the whole day without meditating upon God’s Word, this is a serious weakness and you should confess and ask for forgiveness from the LORD. When you miss meditating upon God’s Word and prayer, it is like going without a meal and you know what this does to your health, if you will not be in fasting under the guidance and check of the Holy Spirit. In the same way, the Word of God is food to your spirit just as the LORD Jesus Christ reminds in Matthew 4:4, “It is written; ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” The kingdom of God is brought into your being as you take in more and more of God’s Word. Once you become full of the Word and you declare it to your situation, you begin to enjoy the fruit of the Word which is God’s blessings, God’s great blessings, God’s greater blessings and even God’s greatest blessings. When you miss your prayers especially during the hours of prayer, you must also repent once you have the realization and immediately put things right. Failing to pray to the Father weakens your relationship with Him. Once you repent through confession, the Father will immediately restore you and blessings will be released into your life. So you see that there is no one who is exempt when it comes to repenting daily because no one is perfect. This is why even the Apostle Paul in Philippians 3:12-14 also says, “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have been made perfect; but I press on, to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brethren, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing l do; Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead. I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus.” Alleluia!

Prayer

Dear LORD Jesus Christ, I thank You for Your Word which transforms me into a better person each day. Help me to always strive for the best and to grow more in Your Word. I repent from the wrong thoughts or deeds I have done previously. Thank You for giving me this chance to change my way of thinking and attitude so that I am molded into a good child. In Jesus Christ’s mighty name Amen.