Are our Hearts Stirred When We Confess Our Sins?

"There must be an inward disposition answerable to the expressions," states Burroughs on the issue of a prayer of confession (292). He explains that so many people will seemingly confess their sins and even break the hearts of others by their list of sins and their outward repentance. However, he states that these people often have the wrong inward disposition and that their hearts really are not stirred at all by the confession and their asking God for forgiveness for their actions. Burroughs states, "This is falseness of heart when the inward disposition is not answerable to the outward expressions (293)." Believers need to take time to evaluate their hearts to see if they have the right disposition when they are praying and if not they need to change what they are doing.