Question: God, You know my sentiments on confession. Are You asking me to go to a priest regularly or can I just confess to You directly?

God’s answer:

Meaning: This was a dispensation I received from God.

The first way He phrased the message was: “Just tell Me. No telling a lie.” This made me laugh because the phrase “no telling a lie” is a joking pidgin-English phrase we use in the Filipino vernacular when speaking to a child. I then asked Him if He can change the message to a grace, to make sure I’m sincere and I don’t lie to Him. This was His revised message: “You tell Me no lies.”

Here God touches on the true essence of confession - value formation. It is to be mindful of when we go against the nature of God in us, recognize that wrong is wrong and open ourselves to allowing God to educate and change us.

Question: This is what is written in Matthew 6:9-15

This is how you are to pray:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,your will be done, on earth as in heaven,
Give us today our daily bread; and forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors;
and do not subject us to the final test, but deliver us from the evil one.

If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.

Did you say the last two lines? “If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”

God’s answer:

Question: So, you will not forgive one who does not forgive others?

God’s answer:

Question: So yes you forgive one who does not forgive others?

God’s answer: