AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
I heartily agree.
Though for clarification and greater accuracy . . . the church I mentioned that practiced such overt routine demonstrations of confession and forgiveness in all their meetings and relationships was in San Diego about 1973 or so.
My current one is a rather low key and conventional generica evangelical church that happens to be pastored by a former A of G assistant pastor and son of an A of G pastor.
Most of my convictions about forgiveness have come straight from Scripture and Holy Spirit’s patient teaching through many hard knocks and no few long dark nights of the soul. Sometimes, I think I’m still quite far from graduating from that school of hard knocks.
Indeed: TO GOD BE THE GLORY.
Truly, I suspect we all struggle with forgiveness in our walk with the Lord.
This is what has worked the best for me (so far) ...
I begin my final prayer each day by forgiving every offense of any type and source --- and then asking God’s help to utterly forget any incidents of discomfort which might cause me to remember and “pick it up again.” Then I ask for forgiveness - all before making any petitions.
I do not want to have any charge to level at any one for any thing - even though there are most likely others accusing me before Him.
I also pray never to hear those accusations lest I remember an incident and mount a defense. Instead, I ask only to hear His determination on everything. And it will be Truth and Good and Just and Right – because He is.
To God be the glory!
p.s. People have told me that I should not forget and/or pray for God’s help to forget because remembering would prevent an incident from recurring. But I cannot afford the luxury of remembering any of it, returning fire is knee-jerk reaction.