turn away from sin and the ways of self and turn toward the Lord. There is a great need for ongoing repentance in the life of the believer because he still has a flesh nature which must be broken of its power and conquered by the Holy Spirit. True repentance then, is much more than aligning oneself with the Christian religion. The Greek word which we translate as repentance is metanoia. It is the combination of the words meta (after, following) and noieo (think). Metanoia means to reconsider, or