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Dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus, part of the growing repentance remnant:
God willing, on April 30 we again will have a grassroots National Day of Repentance, honoring that Day in 1789 when George Washington was humble, but at the same time, bold to give the glory to God for His miracles that brought God's Liberty to the new nation.
To return to the Godly roots the Lord established through Washington and others,
here is a Fresh Dedication of God's Gift of Repentance. Read it, confirm it in the Spirit, share it with your pastor or priest, copy it for your prayer team, send it to your Congressman and Mr. Trump in the White House.
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Fresh Dedication of God's Gift of Repentance
Preamble
We, the leaders, members and representatives of America's Christian churches and networks dedicate ourselves afresh, in the presence of God, to obey Christ's command in Luke 24:47 to preach repentance as well as the remission of sins in His name to all nations. We believe God's Gift of Repentance, turning to Him in sincere renouncing of our sins, leading to a change in one's mind and heart, leading to a change in life purpose, has been largely misunderstood, if not forgotten, and we dedicate ourselves to bringing it back alive in our own lives and to our congregations.
We express our dedication through the following affirmations and commitments.
Affirmations
1. Jesus covered all humanity’s sins by His blood. Now we are all called to repent, to return to Him, receive His gift of forgiveness, and His Kingdom of Righteousness (Matthew 4:17; Mark 1:15).
2. Repentance starts with a deeply contrite heart (Jeremiah 31:18), a brokenness, and humility of spirit (Ps 51:17, Isaiah 57:15), with a deep apology to the Lord for not placing Him first in our lives. It is more than shallow regret or remorse at a recent sin.
3. Repentance is a free will decision to change one’s mind, to now follow God, fully which in turn results in a change of purpose, spirit and actions, then seen by others. (Matthew 3:8)
4. If we don’t repent, we will perish eternally (Luke 13:1-5; Ezekiel 18:21).
5. Confessing our sins gives glory to the Lord (Joshua 7:19).
6. We affirm, among other key scriptures pointing to God's gift of repentance, that according to Acts 20:21, Paul testified to Jews and to Greeks "repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ," showing how repentance precedes, and actually deepens, sincere faith in Christ.
7. We affirm that this first focus on God's gift of repentance, has too often been neglected to be experienced and preached by shepherds in His church; in the USA and in all other nations.
8. We affirm that when His people called by His name humble themselves, pray, seek His face and repent, He will hear from heaven, forgive sin and heal our land and nation (2 Chronicles 7:13,14).
9. We affirm that Jesus, when He knew that it was His time to preach, said as His first Word, found in Matthew 4:17: "Repent, the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Previously, in Matthew 3:2 these same words were spoken by John the Baptist as his first public words recorded.
10.We affirm that Jesus' instruction to His first disciples, seen in Mark 6:12-13, was to go out and preach ‘that people should repent.’ They then cast out demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.
11.We affirm that after receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, when asked by those dwelling in Jerusalem" what shall we do?" Peter answered: " Repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Acts 2:38.
12. We affirm that the same Holy Spirit poured out at Pentecost is alive today for those who repent, to be baptized in water and the Spirit, to be born again and to enter the kingdom of God. John 3:5.
13. We affirm that shortly after Pentecost, preaching in Solomon's portico, in Acts 3:19, Peter said: " Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord."
14. We affirm that conversion is vital, Jesus saying in Matthew 18:3:" Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven."
15.We all fall short of the glory of God and yet He calls us to repentance to God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ Acts 20:21.
16.It is only through faith in His shed blood at the cross as the ransom price Jesus paid in our place, can we enter into His new covenant promises, for both Jews and gentiles to come home to the Father, to enter into His peace through the power of the Holy Spirit. Eph 2:14-18.
17.The Apostle Peter writes, we are to “be holy in our conduct as Jesus is holy.” (1Peter 1:15). He calls us to be “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, to proclaim the praises of Him who called us out of darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9).
18.The writer to the Hebrews calls us to look unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who endured hostility and persecution to surrender to the discipline of God the father to become His true sons through a lifestyle of repentance unto Him, until He develops and yields in us His Peaceable Fruit of Righteousness as His legitimate sons and daughters.
19.Through the shakings, as we repent of our carnal attitudes, and endure and receive God’s kingdom indwelling us, we worship Him in adoration and godly reverential fear. We serve God and people through His Grace, so that Christ might be made known, for our Holy God is a consuming fire.
20.The Risen Christ spits out the lukewarm and instead calls us to be zealous to repent (Revelation 3:19,20), and He stands at the door and knocks, and will come in and “dine” with any of us who hear His voice, and open the door of our hearts for Him to enter. This means we surrender to His love relationship.
21.The Risen Christ calls us to persevere in following Him (Revelation 3:10). If we do not deny His Name or His Word, He promises to keep us from the hour of trial which will come upon the world. Jesus longs for us to be loyal to Him as his Bride in covenant union with Him and one another, and He protects us.
22.The Risen Christ also calls us to become an overcomer and to sit with Him on His throne as He also overcame and sat down with His Father on His throne (Revelation 3:21).
23.We affirm that judgment beings in the house of the Lord, (1 Peter 4:17) and that until repentance is preached and followed by His shepherds, many will not be converted, nor known by the Lord as disciples (Luke 24:47), and will be seen by Him as practicing lawlessness, not able to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 7:21-23) being self-focused on the wide road to destruction.
24.We affirm that there is now “one flock, one shepherd” (John 10:16)—one church of the Lord Jesus the Christ, Yeshua, the Messiah, where He is Head of His body, and we are not. Jew and gentile all need to be grafted into Yeshua.
25.We affirm that having neglected His Grace Gifts of Repentance, Forgiveness and Righteousness, now many of our churches are seen by Him as lukewarm. Many ‘Believers’ give only limited mental assent instead of being zealous to repent (Revelation 3:19)..
26. We affirm that intellectual agreement with God’s Word and Jesus’ statements of Truth, without acting on the Word of God to allow it to transform our hearts or lifestyle into alignment with Christ is hypocrisy. There is much cowardice, apathy, compromise and idolatry. Now is the day to preach repentance and the remission and forgiveness of sins, to make disciples for Christ to also be raised up to be soul winners who live for Christ. We cannot delay; let us Love.
Commitments
1. We commit to making the period up to July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of God's creation of the United States of America, an unprecedented season of collaborative gospel witness and disciple-making in the United States of America, by proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ across our nation and beyond, ensuring that every American has the opportunity to hear and respond to God’s gift of repentance and His gift of remission of sins by His saving grace.
2. We commit to experiencing and preaching repentance, equipping and activating every believer to be a witness, holding forth the word of life, aiming initially to train and mobilize in each congregation 10 per cent or more of believers in the joy of sharing the gospel, to gain critical mass for a cultural shift within the Church toward “every-believer evangelism,” where making born-again disciples becomes a priority for all, using every means available so that everyone in America has the opportunity to know and follow Jesus Christ.
3. We commit to striving together as one, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, (Ephesians 4:3), that we would fulfill the prayer of Jesus, that believers may have Jesus’ Joy in themselves (John 17:13) and may be one, as they are one with the Father and the Son, sanctified by the truth, so that the world may believe that the Father sent His Son as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.
4. We commit to raising up prayer, both personally and within the Church, for the salvation of souls — for our families, friends, neighbors and co-workers — not only for the people in America but for the whole world, that as we pray and support the sowing of the gospel, and the fresh dedication of God's Gift of Repentance, we too shall reap a blessing, now and for all eternity.
Scriptural Foundation
Psalm 24:3-5; 51:10; 73:1; Proverbs 3:5,6; 5:23; 24:11–12; Ezekiel 33:7–9; Matthew 3:8; 4:17; 28:18–20; Mark 6:12; 16:15; Luke 24:46–47; John 3:16; 6:68; 9:4; 17:20-21; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:31; 20:21; Romans 1:16; 2:4; 3:23–24; 5:8; 6:23; 10:14–16; 1 Corinthians 1:10; 9:22; 15:3–4; 2 Corinthians 6:2; 7:1; Ephesians 2:8–9; 4:3; 5: 25-27; Philippians 1:27; 2:15–16; Colossians 3:12; 2 Timothy 2: 19; Titus 2:12; Hebrews 2:7-14; 1 Peter 2:9; 3:15; 2 Peter 3:9; 1 John 3: 4-9; Jude 2; Revelation 2:1-7; 2:5-11; 2:12-17; 2:18-29; 3:1-6; 3:7-13; 3:14-22; 19:7; 22:17.
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This coming April 30 NDR will hold for the 14th year in a row a call for a National Day of Prayer, Fasting and Repentance. It's a call at the grassroots in prayer closets and in local churches that day as any pastor may choose.
Please sign up on the National Day of Repentance website, http://www.globalrepent.com
God willing we will have a 3 hour zoom on April 30, starting at 9 AM Pacific time. Please join us. Although the focus will be on the USA and key issues for which we need to repent such as the ongoing killing of innocents and removing the idols in our land, we expect brothers and sisters in Christ in other nations will join on the zoom, as they have in the past, and thus it will constitute a global call to repentance in their nations also.
Here is the Livestream link also –
https://youtube.com/live/X4C-nph57xw?feature=share
Here are the Zoom details for the call on April 30,
Topic: National/Global Day of Repentance - USA
Time: Apr 30, 2026 12:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Which is: 9:00am Pacific Time
11:00am Central time
18:00 (8:00pm) Johannesburg/Central Africa Time/ Malawi/Zambia/ Botswana/Burundi/Sudan
07:00pm East Africa / Kenya Time/ Uganda / Tanzania / Jerusalem Time,
05:00pm West Africa/Nigeria/Congo DRC /UK Time,
04:00pm West Africa / Liberia / Ivory Coast Time,
9:00pm Pakistan Time
9:30pm India / Sri Lanka time
Or 02:00am Friday morning Sydney time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82577222691?pwd=xcQexiBFadNG5IU6Ew9XJmzSS24JgK.1
Meeting ID: 825 7722 2691
Passcode: 138632
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Virtually every day more requests for help come to us than we have NDR funds to give. Pastors preaching repentance [Mark 6:12] are delivering and healing people [Mark 6:13], bringing thousands into Jesus' Kingdom. At the same time they need funds daily for physical food and logistics even as they are giving out His Spiritual Food.
Please Partner with us.
Please pray and support and receive the blessings He will give, donating as the Lord leads. Even small donations are a huge blessing. Thanks to you, we are waking up His Bride with His Gift of repentance, bringing freedom to MANY. Thank you !
Pastor Jeff Daly
National Day of Repentance
Box 246
Middletown CA. 95461
pastorjeff@repentday.com
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