That being said, we are encouraged to confess our sins, as in the Lord’s Prayer, James 5:16, and 1 John 1:9.
Absolutely.
Keeps us in good communication with the Father, just like with any relationship.
However, the relationship is established when we do the initial confessing of our sin and of Christ as our savior and we turn to Christ in repentance, and it’s then that the righteousness of Christ is credited to our account.