When we sin, it's not that God moves away from us. We move away from God, and that's one of the spiritual ramifications of guilt instead of repentance. To develop an attitude of repentance in our lives, we must first identify areas of our life where we have failed to meet God's standard, acknowledge our failure to God, accept God's forgiveness, make restitution where necessary, and finally, turn away from known sin in our life.
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