Quotes About Repentance

I have taken all my good deeds and all my bad deeds, and cast them … in a heap before the Lord, and fled from both, and betaken myself to the Lord Jesus Christ, and in him I have sweet peace!

Guilt is not enough to motivate surrender.

Even in faith, it is not easy for me to say to God, I am sorry for wanting my enemies to be destroyed and punished before my eyes. It is dishonest to say that it is easy to forgive our enemies, even to ask forgiveness for longing for revenge.

If we don't get to the roots of our sins, we will just keep confessing the same old things unproductively forever.

Confess what you have done... Do not compound your sin by denying it.

Know this... The earth sickens of your crime.

It is not the absence of sin but the grieving over it which distinguishes the child of God from empty professors.

Revival is a renewed conviction of sin and repentance, followed by an intense desire to live in obedience to God. It is giving up one's will to God in deep humility.

If I repent now will God forgive me? No, but if God forgives you, you will repent.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

Repentance is simply giving up to stop fighting against God and to stop attempting to gain your own salvation through your own works; to literally give up and fall upon Christ. That is salvation.

True repentance will entirely change you; the bias of your souls will be changed, then you will delight in God, in Christ, in His Law, and in His people.

The judgment of God against this nation will not be turned by a more conservative President, but by the repentance of its people.

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't.

What can God do for a liar who refuses to repent? Can the Lord save him? He can't claim salvation. Baptizing him in water will not settle the trouble, unless you keep him under.

God hath promised pardon to him that repenteth, but he hath not promised repentance to him that sinneth.

Hell is not filled with people who are deeply sorry for their sins. It is filled with people who for all eternity still shake their puny fist in the face of God Almighty.

For after chastisement from God, and recognizing him, our way to repay him is to exalt him and confess his wonders before every nation under heaven.

Again and again, God's Word reveals that He is not as concerned about the depth or extent of the sin we commit as He is about our attitude and response when we are confronted with our sin.

The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must 'plead guilty' before God can declare us innocent.

Revival begins in the individual's heart. Let it begin with you on your face alone before God. Turn from every sin that might hinder. Renew yourself to a new devotion to the Savior.

God never tires of forgiving us; we are the ones who tire of seeking his mercy.

It is vain for us to pray while conscious that we have injured another. Let us first make amends to the injured one before we dare approach God at either the private or the public altar.

There is no sin that God cannot pardon. All we need to do is ask for forgiveness