04/06/2026
IDENTIFICATION 13
Grieve
Many places in scripture encourage believers of Jesus to mourn over their sin. Although your sin no longer defines your identity, you do still experience its effects in your life. Therefore, it is legitimate and even important to grieve the sin that keeps you from truly believing the things Jesus says.
You can also grieve the sins that were committed against you and all that those wounds cost you. You can grieve the effect that it had on your relationship with the Lord.
Paul was one of the leaders of the early church who helped write the Bible’s New Testament. In a letter to one church, which we now know as the Bible’s book of 1 Thessalonians, he talks about how to mourn for lost loved ones. He helps us to understand how we can grieve well.
“Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13, NIV).
In this passage, “those who sleep in death” is referring to followers of Jesus who have passed away. Paul says that we can grieve that they are no longer here and yet have hope that in Jesus they live in eternity.
The same principle applies to grief over sin. You can grieve your own sin and the sin of others, all the while knowing that you have hope in Christ. You are a new creation. You are forgiven and restored in Jesus.
That inasmuch as you grieve in repentance, also know that you are forgiven, you are not condemned.
Romans 8:1 TPT
[1] So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One.
Invite the Lord to Change Your Mind
When you have confessed and grieved these things, you can ask God to help you believe what is true. He is the one who renews your mind and changes your heart.
God is the one who grows your faith and makes you new. Ask Him to help you believe the things that He says of you. Ask Him to continue to make you into the person that He intends you to be in Jesus.
You begin to think like Christ, in other words think what he says about you, think what he believes about you, not only that you also begin to speak it daily in your life. Be positive about yourself, your business, your children, your relationship, your family, your marriage.
Philippians 2:5 KJV
[5] Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Align your mind to be like that of Christ, think like Him.
VOICE