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yawnmaster

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8. You ask forgiveness on Sunday and are repentant and then stop fucking people over...
Tue Apr 23, 2013, 08:22 PM
Apr 2013

and yes, it is then likely that you are forgiven.

So many focus on the asking forgiveness part, but forget that one needs to actually repent.
Asking/confessing is just words without the repentance and following actions.

re·pent 1 (r-pnt)
v. re·pent·ed, re·pent·ing, re·pents
v.intr.
1. To feel remorse, contrition, or self-reproach for what one has done or failed to do; be contrite.
2. To feel such regret for past conduct as to change one's mind regarding it:

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