Confess Your Sins | Community E3

John Mark Comer Teachings

Practicing the Way

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Why is authentic community so hard to find? John Mark explores the modern challenges that keep us isolated—busyness, transience, digital distraction—but then goes deeper to reveal the ancient enemy underneath it all: shame. He shows us how shame disconnects us from God and each other, and how the often-overlooked practice of confession can heal our deepest wounds and reconnect us to the love we're desperate for.

Key Scripture Passages: Genesis 2v25; Romans 7v21-25, 8v1-3; Mark 2v17; James 5v16

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the John Mark Homer Teachings podcast. My name is Yinka Dawson and I'm your host.
0:09.9	Each week we feature teachings by John Mark or other voices in the formation space. It's great to have you with us.
0:16.5	We're continuing our community series, exploring what it means to practice authentic community
0:21.6	and the culture of radical individualism.
0:24.6	In this week's episode, John Mark tackles one of the deepest challenges we face in relationships,
0:29.6	the ancient enemy of shame that keeps us hiding from the very people we most need connection with,
0:35.6	and how the practice of confession can set us free
0:39.4	to be fully known and truly loved.
0:42.3	Here's John Mark.
0:44.7	Good morning, everybody.
0:48.1	Let's try that again.
0:49.1	Good morning.
0:50.0	May the peace of Christ be with you.
0:54.3	Thank you.
0:55.4	Please turn in your Bibles to Genesis chapter 2.
0:59.4	There should be one in the seat in front of you if you did not bring a Bible along, but open that up, if you can, a hard copy, to Genesis chapter 2.
1:08.2	And once you are there, stand with me for the reading of Scripture.
1:18.1	Our teaching text for today is Genesis 2, verse 21, down to 3, verse 13.
1:26.1	But before we read, let me just curate for you a short moment of quiet to prepare your heart,
1:33.0	just to open and surrender your inner being to God.
1:37.0	Not to me, but though I appreciate the listening ear, but to what the Spirit of God may want
1:43.2	to deposit into you and do in you.
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