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JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE PT6

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) **JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE PT6* *In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it*.  *John.1.4-5*. We have seen that the "of" in our opening scripture speaks of being from and being part of the Word which fortunately also is the light of men and we said that the bad news is that upon all that God did for man through the Word those who are supposed to accept and celebrate Him are the very ones that rejected Him what an irony. The bible went further to tell us why his very own rejected Him, we were told that it was because their deeds where evil, the reason here is that people run away from the Word(Jesus) for a reason which is supposed to be the very reason why they should come to Him(Jesus) who has come to redeem them from sin. Taking us back for a while to the book of Genesis you will see that Adam ran away from God because he disobeyed God and here we ha...

JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE PT5

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) **JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE PT5* *In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it*. *John.1.4-5*. Bro John has told us that this light is the light "of" men, this "of" used here indicates many things, first of all it means that we are "of" the word meaning that we belong to the word, we have seen that we are from the word so this "of" emphasiaes that the more. Apart from the fact that we are "of" God which we have seen as in coming from God the "of" is also an indication of the fact that we are inseparable from the Word but many of us have decided to separate ourselves from the Word due to one or two things. Let me say this very quickly before i proceed, this "of" here means that we are from God, we are for God and we are supposed to return to Him. I deliberately choose the word supposed because ma...

JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE PT3

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) **JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE PT3* *In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it*. *John.1.4-5*. We will start today by going back a little to Genesis 1:2 when after creation darkness came to disrupt what God was doing and God had to call forth light to dispel the darkness also here we see that all things were created through Him and also from Him comes the light of men. He was and still is the light and not just the light but this light was the light of men what does that tell you. He didn't say the light for men or the light with men but the light of men which simply means that He is a "can't do without" kind of light. This light does not speak of just illumination but of some kind of light that impacts positively in the life of men, it is a kind of light that deeply impacts the human spirit and condition. It speaks of the impact of the coming of...

JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE PT3

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE PT3* *In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it*. *John.1.4-5*. The first life that was given to man at creation was corrupted by man when the devil tempted him through Eve and the life that was supposed to be eternal lost that glory and now has to die due to sin but afterwards God choose to redeem man but this time a new life has to be given to man in place of the old one. *In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return*." *Gen 3:19*. Man was not originally created to die because he was having the "God kind of life" but due to sin he lost it. Originally man was created to be with God because he was to be the mirror (image) with which God will see Himself but when he fell he lost all that glory. Fast forward, when ...

JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE PT2

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) **JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE PT2*. *In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it*. *John.1.4-5*. We have seen that in Him was life which means that without Him there is no life. This kind of life is not just about existing but about living, giving your life a meaningful and impacting living and affecting your generation positively this is what is meant by the life that is and from Him. Amen!!! Do you desire life? Are you lounging to have the kind of life that can be transformed from mortality to immorality? Then you need to have Jesus in you so that you life will not end here but will be transformed for the better after now. Come to think of it, if all of us came from Him because the bible told us that there is nothing that was created that was created outside Him which means that all of us came from Him and if all of us came from Him two things are required of us...

OH LORD SAFE ME FROM THE ERRORS OF THE PAST

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *OH LORD SAFE ME FROM THE ERRORS OF THE PAST*. *A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves*." *2Kings 4:1* What a mighty God we serve 🎵 🎵 🎶 🎶 what a mighty God we serve 🎵 🎵 🎶 heaven and earth adore Him, Angels bow before Him 🎵 🎵 🎶 what a mighty God we serve. Indeed what a great God we serve. The father of fathers and the greatest provider of all in need to Him alone be all the glory both now and forever by the power in the name of Jesus. Beloved i pray for you and with you that whatever that has been coming to take what you hold so dear for what you did not know anything about as i stand with you in prayer today may heaven cause them to die in a hurry by the power in the name of Jesus. Any debt that you never borrowed that the enemies of pro...

JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) **JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE*. *In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it*. *John.1.4-5*. Having told us that all things came from the Word(Jesus) and that they was nothing that was made that did not pass through Him bro John went ahead to tell us today that the Word(Jesus) is not just the process of birthing things but that He is also a life giver. Amen!!! Do you remember what happened after creating man? The bible told us that after moulding man that God breathed on him the breath of life. Bro John here is reminding you and i that the life that was breathed into us was from Jesus as well because all things came from Him. Fast forward, after the fall of man, man was then subjected to two kinds of life mortal and immortal kinds of life, the first kind of life which is mortal has an expiry date but not known to any but that of immortal life has no expiry date. If...

JESUS IS THE SOURCE

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *JESUS IS THE SOURCE*. *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  Bro John told us that if we know our source that nothing will be able to overcome us because whom we came from is greater than all so permit me to use this medium to appeal to you that if you don't know your source(God) please do because it is very important. *You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world*. *1Jn 4:4*. Apart from overcoming all that will come our way another reason why we must know our source(God) is because He is the source of everything hence we can get anything by knowing and following Him. What i mean is that he is the way to all we need so to know him is to know the right way to get anything. There is a Proverb that sa...

JESUS IS THE SOURCE

*FAITH NUGGETS*  (*DAILY DEVOTIONAL*) *JESUS IS THE SOURCE*. *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  We know that everything has a source and we have been told that Jesus(the word) is the source of everything as there was nothing that was made that was made without or outside Him so both living and none living things came from Him. Because Jesus is our source we are expected to bear fruits that befits our source so that people will not doubt where we are from. If we know and believe that we are from Jesus(the word) we should be striving towards being like Him in everything we do and say. What this implies is that people seeing us should not guess where we came from, they should know at sight that we are of God and if we are God it means that God is in us because we came from Him  *You are of God, little children, and...

YOU HAVE A SOURCE

*FAITH NUGGETS*  *YOU HAVE A SOURCE*. *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  St John told us here that in the beginning that there was the Word in other words the Word proceeded the beginning, what am saying is that the Word was before the beginning began, for the world to begin the word was already in existence to bring about the the world. He went ahead to tell us that all things not some things or almost but all things that was created through Him in other words the Word was not just a creator but all things that was created or that must be created must pass through Him in order to have expression  The Word is a channel through which anything that will be birthed anywhere can be birthed, if you refuse to pass through the Word it means that you will not find existence in this realm because for anything to be tangi...

IN THE BEGINNING PT34

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 40 (LAST DAY) *IN THE BEGINNING PT34* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  By way of concluding this part let me quickly refresh our mind with some of the things that we have said so far and encourage us to go and read more either from the ones that was sent to you already or from our website so as to know how to speak to 2026 to favour you. We said that God created by His words and that there was nothing that was created outside His word and for the fact that we are created in the image and likeness of God that we too should create the kind of life we intend to see by our word. St Paul told us that God was calling those things that were not as though they were and He ...

IN THE BEGINNING PT33

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 39 *IN THE BEGINNING PT33* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  Bro Paul told us that these things that we are looking at as the obstacles against the word of God or as the obstacles why our mountains cannot move at our command exalted themselves against the knowledge of God and in as much as they exalted themselves they need to be brought down. We did not exalt them neither did God but that they on their own choose to exalt themselves hence he advised us to cast them down by refusing to agree with them and not allow them in our lives and our destinies. Since all these work by faith not by sight or by our reasoning it follows according to bro Paul that we should work no...

I WILL NEVER LABOUR IN VAIN

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *I WILL NEVER LABOUR IN VAIN*. *But Simon answered and said to Him, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.*"  *Luke.5.5*. What shall we say unto the Lord if not a very big thank you for all that He has done for us, all that He is doing and many more that we know and believe that He will continue to do for us. May His name be praised both now and forever in Jesus name Amen. Beloved i pray for you and with you that any power on assignment to make sure that no matter how much you work that you will only end up catching nothing catches fire 🔥 🔥 🔥 right now by the power in the name of Jesus. Power that has been assigned to make sure you complain at the end of every work or explain why things are not working that power drops dead now in the name of Jesus. Powers that closes the doors of opportunit...

IN THE BEGINNING PT32

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 37 *IN THE BEGINNING PT32* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  We have seen how somebody argued about what a prophet said and we said that humanly speaking that he was right because he was basing his judgement on the reality on ground and we also saw that our condition is not always the conclusion hence Jesus told us that "with God all things" not that many things or some things shall be possible but "all things are" The last time i checked what i saw and continue to see is all things not some things and i know that all things means all not some or many and if God has said that all things it means all things and take it or leave it it will still sta...

IN THE BEGINNING PT31

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 36 *IN THE BEGINNING PT31* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  St Paul was making us to understand that apart from doubts that there are others things that makes our word not to come to pass and he called one of them imagination. Imaginations simply means what we creat in our mind that affects us either positively or negatively. Apart from imagination he went further to tell us that there are certain things that tends to stand against the word of God. He told us that these things exalts themselves against the word of God and said that that these are high things now what are these high things and where so they some from? They like imagination are right inside us. One of...

IN THE BEGINNING PT30

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 35 *IN THE BEGINNING PT30* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  We have seen that we are the problem why our mountains are not moved by our command because Jesus told us that if we have faith as small as a mustard seed that we can command the mountain but as small as the faith that is required maybe there is one other thing that can destroy it or make it ineffective and that thing is called doubt. Apart from doubt there is another mountain in us that is as bigs as many nations that has been hindering our command of the mountains that are confronting us and it has the capacity to cover our faith if allowed to the point that the faith can be ineffecrive and powerless. Thi...

IN THE BEGINNING PT29

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 34 *IN THE BEGINNING PT29* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  According to the account of St Mark the reason why our mountains cannot move is not the incompetence on the part of God to do what he says that he will do but in our inability to believe and then doubt what God says that he will do. So our problem is not God but the state of our mind, remember that your mindset is your handset, if your mind can carry it your hands can handle it so our mind is a determinant on whether our mountains will move at our command or not. It is in our minds that to doubt emanates from, the feeling of uncertainty also originates from our mind or to be unsure about something, this is ...

IN THE BEGINNING PT28

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 33 *IN THE BEGINNING PT28* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  In St Mark account of where Jesus told us that if we have faith as small as a mustard seed that we can say to mountains and that they will obey us he made mention of not doubting in our hearts which means that it is the doubting that makes our mountains immoveable. *Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him*. *Mark.11.23*  So in a nutshell our major problem is not the inability of God to do what he says that he will do but our doubting, it follows that w...

IN THE BEGINNING PT27

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 32 *IN THE BEGINNING PT27* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  Speaking about mountains you and i knows that the most difficult thing to move even with the biggest and heaviest earth moving equipment is the mountain and here Jesus is telling you and i that with ordinary words that we can command it to move and it will move. Before we proceed let me put it on record here that Jesus by saying that the mountain will move by our command is making you and i to know that everything hears and and everything also obeys man because man was created to exercise dominion over all creation. Amen!!! You will agree with me that if mountains can move at our command and you are i know ...

YOU MUST GO FAR IN LIFE

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *YOU MUST GO FAR IN LIFE*. *So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Intercede for me*."  *Ex.8.28*  We give you all the glory 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎵 we give you honour 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎵 we give you all the glory🎵 🎵 🎵 🎵 father we give you honour 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎵 father indeed we count it all joy to have been given this opportunity to thank you and to give you all the glory for all that you have done for us and will continue to do.  Beloved i pray for you and with you that you must go far in life and destiny in the name of Jesus. Maybe you didn't hear me well i prophecy the grace and the anointing to move forward into your life now in the name of Jesus. I pray for you that you move forward Financially, in marriage you must move forward, in business and carrier you must move f...

LET ME SEE YOUR GOODNESS O LORD

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE MONTH)*. *OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *LET ME SEE YOUR GOODNESS O LORD*. *The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him*. *Nahum 1:7*. We are grateful oh Lord 🎵🎵, we are grateful oh Lord our God, for all you have done for us,🎵🎵, we are grateful 🎵🎵, we are grateful oh Lord. Indeed we are not great fools to forget all that you have done for us Lord. We are indeed very grateful oh Lord. Beloved as i congratulate you for making it to this month i pray for you and with you that in this new month that you will not just see the goodness of the Lord but that you will experience it and that the goodness of the Lord will be evident in your life and family in Jesus name. In this new month the Lord will use you and everything that concerns you to show how good He is to the point that all that will see you will have not just reason but reasons to join you in worshippin...

IN THE BEGINNING PT26

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE  PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 29 *IN THE BEGINNING PT26* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  Speaking about mountains you and i knows that the most difficult thing to move even with the biggest and heaviest earth moving equipment is the mountain and here Jesus is telling you and i that with ordinary words that we can command it to move and it will move. Before we proceed let me put it on record here that Jesus by saying that the mountain will move by our command is making you and i to know that everything hears and and everything also obeys man because man was created to exercise dominion over all creation. Amen!!! You will agree with me that if mountains can move at our command and you are i know...

IN THE BEGINNING PT25

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE  PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 28 *IN THE BEGINNING PT25* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  We saw how the disciples of Jesus was shocked that He could command a tree and all of a sudden the tree died and instead of Jesus to tell them that He was able to do it because he is God He went ahead to tell them that even as humans that they can move mountain by their words. You and i know that could be "mission impossible" but here is Jesus saying that it is the least thing we can do. How can we possibly move a mountain not a stone? Not even with a bulldozer but with just mere words not even with our hands or strength. Wait a minute, so according to Jesus our words are more powerful than bulld...

IN THE BEGINNING PT24

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE  PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 27 *IN THE BEGINNING PT24* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  We have been talking about the power in the word and we have said that the reason why we are doing so is to make sure that we don't just speak the right words concerning our lives but that we can speak to things to have it our way and we said that we have to speak to the year for the year to be a very good one for us. We said that God created everything by speaking the word and that we the procreators should also like our creator also speak to have things the way we want it. To butress the fact that our words can be powerful also we want to take a look at what Jesus told us to proof that we too can spe...

IN THE BEGINNING PT23

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE  PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 26 *IN THE BEGINNING PT23* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  We have seen that with God all things are possible give one a very big challenge because you must have this knowledge and be responsible enough to be able to operate in that realm and that is a responsibilities that one must live up to be able to be a commander in this realm. With God all things are possible does not in anyway means that you cannot do somethings on your own but that in all things you should know that you need God to succeed, you need God to get it right you need God as your backbone and not as your last resort. *Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind ...

IN THE BEGINNING PT22

*BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER*  OUR 40 DAYS PRAYER PROGRAM TO START THE YEAR. FOR ENQUIRIES AND TO BE PART OF IT LIVE  PLEASE CALL 0803 717 4107 DAY 25 *IN THE BEGINNING PT22* *In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made*. *John.1.1-3*  Now, having told us that with God that all things are possible we will continue to explore how we can actually do it with God because many of us have been speaking before now and it has not been working so, now that we have this secret how so we apply it? Do you remember that we were told that believers are destroyed for lack of knowledge as we saw in the prophecy of Hosea? One of the major ways to do things with God is first of all to know that our God is the God of all possibilities until you know what your God can do you cannot challenge His integrity to doing it. This knowledge of God and what God can...

OH GOD SAFE ME FROM JONAH

*LET US PRAY* *(PRAYER FOR THE WEEK)*. *OUR 40 DAYS BEGINNING WITH THE BEGINNER PROGRAM*(*PRAYER AND FASTING PROGRAM*) *OH GOD SAFE ME FROM JONAH*. *Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep*. *Jonah 1:5*. What shall i say into the Lord, all we have to say is thank you Lord(2×), thank you Lord, thank you Lord all we have to say is thank you Lord. What else can we say other than thank you Lord because even if we were to give you an offering in accordance with your love and care for us the whole world will be an offering too small to thank you. Beloved i pray for you and with you that as you step into this new week that the God of glory will expose every Jonah that has been the reason why you are where you are not supposed to be and take you to where you are supposed to be by the power in the nam...

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

*FOOD FOR THOUGHT*  "I left church, but did not leave God." are the words of so many that stopped going to church and their reason most times is that people in the church do many terrible things, the church has become a hiding place for evil doers, people go to church to avoid swearing and so do evil at will. The big question Is, is it possible to leave church and not leave God? "How is that possible?" Though they claim that people in the church do terrible things but the big question is : "Are they perfect?" And their answers are usually; " I am still better than them even though I don't go to church." how did you know that you are better than the others? What are the parameters for your judgement? *TAKE A LOOK AT THIS*!!! *I have not come to arouse and invite and call the righteous, but the erring ones (those not free from sin) to repentance [to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their pas...