Living God’s way: Confessing our sins

Listing things we are to be praying about for others, James includes confessing our sins to one another and praying for each other (James 5:16). There are several benefits Christians can enjoy if we practice confessing our sins to one another.  Confessing means admitting, stating or acknowledging some wrong that has been done. This can only come about by an honest evaluation of ourselves after we have learned that we have done something wrong. Sometimes, we know something is wrong before we do it, but we do it anyway. This is rebellion. In this case, there needs to be two confessions—one for the wrong done and another for the rebellion.  Honest evaluation requires not hiding anything f