For years, I treated Jesus like a spiritual Lysol, spritzing and scrubbing every time I messed up. But it never made me feel clean for long. Then I discovered the truth: Because of the cross, God no longer counts my sins against me. I’m not just forgiven; I’m made new. Believer, you don’t have to live in rinse-and-repeat religion. You are permanently right with God. Rest in that today. (See 2 Corinthians 5v17–21.)