How do I confess?

You just did. Confession is just telling God and others what you have done, honestly and directly, without embellishment or fanfare.

But confession alone is not sufficient. We must then repent -- we must turn away from our sins and turn to God to satisfy us instead. Confession without genuine repentance is pointless.

I am curious. You say you will wait to confess until after the pandemic is over. Why wait?

 

I don't think you have to go in such detail. Like Tao said It's just telling God and others about it

 

I don't understand what you mean. Can you explain?

 

One of the biggest spiritual breakthroughs I ever had was through confession. I grew up in a normal Christian family, but I never felt like I could open up to people about my struggles with PM and homosexuality, so I kept it a secret throughout my teens. I went to a Christian university and in my sophomore year, I was reading a book called The Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster. It talks about different spiritual disciplines, including the discipline of confession. I always thought of confession as a very Catholic idea. I was always told to just confess my sins to God and I did, but some reason God was laying on my heart more and more to confess to someone else. I didn't know who to talk to about this. I was praying for God to show me who to talk to, so eventually I went to the Resident Assistant in our building.

That night was the first time I felt the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit and it still feels so real. It was midnight and I was really going through a difficult time. I was reading my Bible before going to sleep, and I had to wake up at 5am for swimming practice (college athlete). I was reading Isaiah, and it came to the verse where it says, "Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”" All of a sudden I almost felt like I was lifted out of my bed and carried to the dorm of my Resident Assistant. His door was open. I went in, and I asked him if I could talk to him about something. I went in, closed the door, and sat on the couch. He asked me what's up, and I tried to speak words and confess, but the words would not come out of my mouth. I was crouched over on the couch and hands were in my head. I was trying to speak, and I was digging my fingernails into my head. Finally I screamed, I am addicted to gay pornography and masturbation. I literally screamed and by this time I was kneeling on the floor and breathing heavily, but it was over. I felt so much freedom and all the shame and guilt that I had accumulated throughout my teens and early twenties was over. I felt free and lighter inside. God had set me free just through confessing my sin to my RA. I just praised God for everything that he has done in my life. This is just my personal experience and testimony with confession, and I am not saying this will definitely happen for you, but just follow God's word and the leading of the Holy Spirit.