{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Made to Pray Podcast","title":"The Gift of Repentance: Coming Back to a Clean Heart","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2938,"description":"What comes to mind when you hear the word repentance?\nFor some of us, it may sound heavy—shame, condemnation, or a list of everything we've done wrong.\nBut what if repentance is actually a gift?\nIn this episode of Made to Pray, we're talking about the Day of Atonement, the practice of repentance, and the invitation to live with a clean heart and a short account with God.\nAs Yom Kippur—the Day of Atonement—approaches, we're looking at what this ancient biblical observance can remind us about reverence, surrender, holiness, forgiveness, and our need for God. As Christians, we aren't putting ourselves back under the law or suggesting that believers must observe Yom Kippur. Instead, we're remembering that Jesus fulfilled what the Day of Atonement pointed toward: He became the sacrifice, shed His blood for our sins, and made a way for us to draw near to God. \nAnd because Jesus already paid the price, repentance isn't about earning forgiveness.\n\nIt's about receiving it.\n\nWe talk honestly about how easy it can be to recognize the “big” sins while overlooking the quieter places where we've ignored a prompting, spoken carelessly, held onto an offense, relied on ourselves, or simply gotten a little off course. Sometimes keeping a short account with God means allowing the Holy Spirit to show us the small things before they become bigger things. \n\nAnd there's an important difference between conviction and condemnation.\nCondemnation attacks who you are and pushes you away from God.\nConviction tells you the truth—and leads you toward the forgiveness, restoration, redemption, and security that are already available in Christ. \n\nSo we're praying the words of Psalm 51:\nCreate in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a steadfast spirit within me.\n\nWe're asking the Holy Spirit to search us, reveal anything that needs to be laid down, soften our hearts, and draw us closer to the presence of God. \n\nYom Kippur begins at sundown on September 20, 2026, and ends at nightfall on September 21. If...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/zNHYAr8iAFNpcz_KBkNK5BccyeoYgKTgWkhvGGuyAhw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYjZl/YzBmZjk2MjhiM2Vm/MTg2NGUwODFjZjY5/MWQzZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}