Step Five

admitted to God, to oneself, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”

Romans 3:23 NKJV

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

1) We have spent all of our lives either believing that we were so broken that we couldn’t be fixed or that if anyone found out about the exact nature of our wrongs…

We would never be loved again.

1 John 4:8 NKJV

8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

John 3:16 NKJV

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Romans 5:8 NKJV

8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

2) What we are hiding from is holding on to us.

Proverbs 28:13 NKJV

13 He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

Psalm 32:3–5 NKJV

3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah 5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

3) Confession Brings Healing.

1 John 1:9 NKJV

9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

James 5:16 NKJV

16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

Psalm 103:12 NKJV

12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.