The Way Church Iloilo

Return To Me: The Heart of God


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In this sermon, Ps. Charisse is calling both unbelievers and believers back to God’s heart through true repentance.

Ps. Charisse corrects common misconceptions: repentance is not just saying sorry, not merely stopping sin, and not only for unbelievers. Instead, it is a heart-level turning back to God rooted in His character: gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. She warns that spiritual drift can happen gradually, even among church volunteers, and urges the church to return with an undivided heart, not performative religion.

Using the Book of Joel’s context of devastation and hope, Ps. Charisse explains that repentance doesn’t earn restoration, but opens the door to what God provides through Christ. She highlights the results of returning: restored seasons, renewed joy and intimacy, fruitfulness in the Spirit, and divine protection through nearness to the Shepherd. She ends her message ends with a clear invitation: return now, not later.

Key Verse: Joel 2:12-13:

“Yet even now,” declares the Lord,

    “return to me with all your heart,

with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;

    and rend your hearts and not your garments.”

Return to the Lord your God,

    for he is gracious and merciful,

slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;

    and he relents over disaster.

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