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Roma Waterman Shares What True Repentance Is All About On GOD TV Together Show

by Kriza Jo Tanduyan
written by Kriza Jo Tanduyan

Roma Waterman joined Claire Worth on the God TV Together show to talk about true repentance.

True Repentance

Worship leader and songwriter Roma Waterman shared her story about how she experienced true repentance. According to her testimony, there was a sovereign move of the Lord in their church and God gently showed her what was in her heart that she didn’t even know was there. “I’m just like, ‘Oh, Lord, I didn’t know that I thought about this way. I’m so sorry, God. I just want that gone. I just want your presence’…Every day, it’s like a layer is coming off,” Roma recalled.

Furthermore, she shared that the beautiful thing about Godly repentance is there’s no shame in it. “True repentance isn’t, ‘I feel so bad,’ that God is highlighting this. There’s so much love in it. There’s so much grace in it. You don’t want to walk the other way,” she shared. She then added that true repentance is so beautiful. As a result, the hunger that rose within her has changed her enormously.

Roma Waterman Shares What True Repentance

GODTV (Screenshot). (2023). GOD TV, GOD TV Together | Roma Waterman. Retrieved October 10, 2023 from: https://www.god.tv/video/gp_gtvtog23_165_clean-mp4/zype

The Father’s Heart

Moreover, Claire Worth, the host of the GOD TV Together show, also shared about repentance in relation to motherhood. As a mother, she recognized the Father’s heart, which is not to punish His children but to treasure and love them. “It is not to diminish you…or to highlight and shame you, cause we don’t do that with our children. Right? It’s very much, like ‘I love you so much’… we do that as moms in such a loving way, but you can almost imagine the Father’s heart in that,” she explained.

Roma also experienced the Holy Spirit saying that there were people watching the show that felt shame.  “I just want to encourage you. If that’s you, I want you to know that there is no shame. That true repentance will set you free… and that God will never reject you,” Roma said.

Watch the inspiring video here.

Reference | GOD TV

Header Image: GODTV (Screenshot). (2023). GOD TV, GOD TV Together | Roma Waterman. Retrieved October 10, 2023 from: https://www.god.tv/video/gp_gtvtog23_165_clean-mp4/zype

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The Joy Of The Father’s Heart Is The Most Important Thing In The Universe

by Jim Holden
written by Jim Holden

On the morning of Shavuot, as I was entering God’s presence with thanksgiving, I got to the part where I thank Jesus for coming to the earth to save me from my sins and therefore from hell.  Although I had prayed this many times before, that morning I had a revelation from Holy Spirit that Jesus also saved me primarily into my Papa’s hands and thus into His family.  And that applies now, not when I die. “Jesus endured the Cross for the joy set before Him.” (Heb 12:2) Whose joy? It was primarily the joy of His Father’s heart since Jesus always did those things that pleased His Father (see John 8:29).

Also, Jesus had in mind our joy, the joy of the angels (see Luke 15:10), and lastly His joy. So, what is the most important thing in the Universe? It’s our Heavenly Father’s heart!  And therefore, like Jesus, we should seek to bring joy to it.

My Father’s Heart

I prayed for more revelation of this truth during this Pentecost season from the Spirit of Revelation in the knowledge of Him (see Eph 1:17), in particular, our Father and His heart. We are to set our mind on things above (Col 3:2), especially our Father’s heart, and how we can bring joy to it and put a smile on His face. The Westminster Catechism says “The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.” Perhaps it should read, “The chief end of man is to glorify God and bring joy to His heart forever.” This would totally focus on our Heavenly Father and His heart.

Furthermore, Holy Spirit also seeks to bring joy to Father God’s heart, by working in us.  “….for it is God (Holy Spirit) who works in you both to will and to do for His (Father God’s) good pleasure” (Phil 2:13).

He Embraced The Cross

Every morning I pray, “Holy Spirit help me, moreover cause me to walk in the good works my Father has prepared for me, so that I may bring joy to His heart and put a smile on His face (see Ezek 36:27; Eph 2;10). In the Lord’s Prayer, I often pray: “Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name, that is, bring glory to Your name and joy to Your heart, in and through me and my household today, and thus fulfill Your purpose for creating us (Isa 43:7; John 8:29).

Because of His Father’s joy set before Him, Jesus not only endured the Cross, but He embraced the Cross. (This was beautifully portrayed in the film The Passion, where Jesus can be seen hugging His cross at the start).  Therefore, I should also daily take up and hug my cross (which is doing my Papa’s will), with Holy Spirit’s help, and thus bring joy to His heart (see Matt 16:24).

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