What is the source of true repentance?

Michael Beasley explains in this video that the starting point of repentance and the source of repentance is the Spirit of God working in the heart of a sinner. It is a blessing to us that the Spirit of God brings about the conviction of sin.

One lesson that we can learn from the book of James is that when we sin, we must understand that we are the ones who sin. We are not to blame God when we are tempted and carried away and enticed by our own lusts. We cannot blame others for our sins. Repentance begins with the acknowledgment that we have sinned and it is imperative that we acknowledge our own culpability and responsibility for sin. Without this, there is only mere sorrow without actual responsibility for sin. 

1 John 1:9 (NKJV) - "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Well, the starting point of repentance, the source of repentance, is the Spirit of God working in the heart of the sinner. It is a blessing to us that the Spirit of God brings the conviction of sin. And one lesson I think we learned from James, which I think is absolutely crucial, is that When we do sin, we have to understand that we're the ones sinning. James explains it very carefully to us in the first chapter of James, where he rebukes us and commands us not to blame God when We are tempted and carried away and enticed by our own lusts. We don't get to blame God for our sin.

We don't get to blame other people, as Adam blamed the woman and God for making her in Genesis 3. He didn't take responsibility for his sin. Repentance begins with an acknowledgement of the fact that we have sinned. And it is imperative to us that we acknowledge our own culpability, our own responsibility for sin, and instead of casting it on anybody else we take ownership of that and and the Spirit of God works in our hearts to enable us to take ownership of that reality. That's the beginning point.

Without that, All that you may have is sorrow for sin without a sense of actual responsibility for sin.