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The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church usually prioritize confession to the priest.
Being raised in the Orthodox Church and seeing other members of the church now who are mature in their faith, they don't confess to any priest but to the one who they consider their spiritual father.
For example i would only confess to my spiritual father who is a monk and taught me the faith, but i'm not going to go at a random place to confess.
I say that to God loudly and directly during my prayers daily. I don't say it in my mind either. No, i sit in a place quietly alone and i speak to God.
Confession becomes sort of a non-subject when you're in prayer daily with God and you thank Him for His blessings, ask for forgiveness, ask for guidance, ask for mercy etc etc.
So you're in communication with God all day basically and you don't need to set a special day to confess.
But if there is a time where you must do that with a priest, i would recommend doing it with someone you know and who knows you.
In my church this is called a "spiritual father". Someone who knows you, who has baptized you, who knows you and your family basically.
Being raised in the Orthodox Church and seeing other members of the church now who are mature in their faith, they don't confess to any priest but to the one who they consider their spiritual father.
For example i would only confess to my spiritual father who is a monk and taught me the faith, but i'm not going to go at a random place to confess.
I say that to God loudly and directly during my prayers daily. I don't say it in my mind either. No, i sit in a place quietly alone and i speak to God.
Confession becomes sort of a non-subject when you're in prayer daily with God and you thank Him for His blessings, ask for forgiveness, ask for guidance, ask for mercy etc etc.
So you're in communication with God all day basically and you don't need to set a special day to confess.
But if there is a time where you must do that with a priest, i would recommend doing it with someone you know and who knows you.
In my church this is called a "spiritual father". Someone who knows you, who has baptized you, who knows you and your family basically.
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The only one who can forgive our sins is God so that is the only one we need to go to. The only exception I can think of is: if our sin is against someone else. If my sin hurts someone else, I believe I should go to the one I hurt and ask forgiveness too but I think that is why God gave us a conscience. 
My conscience requires me to seek out those who I have hurt.
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If we go to Jesus, tell him we regret he will forgive us the sin. I know even when I regret and try not to fall in to same sin some times I do anyway. from start I felt very much gilt to come a second time to ask Jesus to forgive. But I have learn he still forgive as long we are wiling to change. If we just ask and in same time know we are about to do same thing then is an other thing, then I don't think we really is asking Jesus to forgive. But if we want to change then we have forgiveness. I know sometimes it is a struggle It has been and still is for me. I some time fall back in to sin even I know it is wrong. I try doing my best to change
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"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
Jacob 5:16 https://bible.by/verse-en/45/5/16/
Jacob 5:16 https://bible.by/verse-en/45/5/16/
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Sin is a lifestyle choice and not a momentary decision.
Obviously people prefer their choices....that's why they do them.
The sin is not in a rash act itself but in the allowing of those situations to be so important to you.
The gospel of Luke has a series of 4 types of sins laid out in a progressive sequence.
Lost sheep
Lost coin
Prodigal son
Angry son
Each of these are sins and its the attitudes that caused each of them.
Sins of ignorance
Sins of negligence
Planned sins
Sins of unforgiving/prejudice
Each of these types/classes of sins has ultimately a result of things people usually are remorseful about and wish they could change....be someone different because they can't find their way back.
For the record....I ALWAYS committed the fun sins...I enjoyed every last one of them. However, at the end of the day the price for living that way was so much higher than I ever wanted to pay.
And sometimes a wise friend can help us find our way back to sanity.
Obviously people prefer their choices....that's why they do them.
The sin is not in a rash act itself but in the allowing of those situations to be so important to you.
The gospel of Luke has a series of 4 types of sins laid out in a progressive sequence.
Lost sheep
Lost coin
Prodigal son
Angry son
Each of these are sins and its the attitudes that caused each of them.
Sins of ignorance
Sins of negligence
Planned sins
Sins of unforgiving/prejudice
Each of these types/classes of sins has ultimately a result of things people usually are remorseful about and wish they could change....be someone different because they can't find their way back.
For the record....I ALWAYS committed the fun sins...I enjoyed every last one of them. However, at the end of the day the price for living that way was so much higher than I ever wanted to pay.
And sometimes a wise friend can help us find our way back to sanity.
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1 John 1:8 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
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Remi, I am so sorry to see you have left us... .
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Hello Honey, I hope you are well. Deuteronomy (David) wrote to me a while ago and told me it was the one year anniversary of you turning your life over to Christ... I am so happy for you that you did this, and sorry to have not kept in touch with you. I hope all goes well for you. If you look at Remi's name where her posts and avatar are, it says "Guest" underneath. That means she asked to have her account deleted, and it was. I am not sure when this happened. I was talking to her privately as well, and also designed a Scripture panel for her, which she chose the verse for, and I allowed her to have the final say in some of the design decisions. That particular PM went on from about the 16th of September to the 25th. I think she left some time in early October but I cannot be certain.
I started with ^ her ^ face...
Remi was interested in how I did what I did with these panels so I shared quite a bit with her about that....
That was how I discovered she'd left, because I was going into the PM to get images when I saw she was a guest.
I started with ^ her ^ face...
Remi was interested in how I did what I did with these panels so I shared quite a bit with her about that....
That was how I discovered she'd left, because I was going into the PM to get images when I saw she was a guest.
Hello Honey, I hope you are well. Deuteronomy (David) wrote to me a while ago and told me it was the one year anniversary of you turning your life over to Christ... I am so happy for you that you did this, and sorry to have not kept in touch with you. I hope all goes well for you. If you look at Remi's name where her posts and avatar are, it says "Guest" underneath. That means she asked to have her account deleted, and it was. I am not sure when this happened. I was talking to her privately as well, and also designed a Scripture panel for her, which she chose the verse for, and I allowed her to have the final say in some of the design decisions. That particular PM went on from about the 16th of September to the 25th. I think she left some time in early October but I cannot be certain.
I started with ^ her ^ face...
Remi was interested in how I did what I did with these panels so I shared quite a bit with her about that....
That was how I discovered she'd left, because I was going into the PM to get images when I saw she was a guest.
I started with ^ her ^ face...
Remi was interested in how I did what I did with these panels so I shared quite a bit with her about that....
That was how I discovered she'd left, because I was going into the PM to get images when I saw she was a guest.
Remi did tell me that her mother was a member here, but I never asked who it was because I felt that would be prying and that if she had wanted me to know she would have told me... but perhaps you could ask, just on the board here, ask if they could write to you? I'm not even sure if they are active or not but you could at least try if you want to keep in touch...