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Quotes About Repentance

He will forgive you, but he won't remove the consequences... We must learn to obey
~ Francine Rivers
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. PSALM 139:23-24
~ Francine Rivers
Forgive us, Lord," Nunepi whispered. "Forgive you?" Leto's voice was full of sweet reason. "Of course I forgive you. That is your God's function. Your crime is forgiven. However, your stupidity requires a response.
~ Frank Herbert
St. Francis is no help, he won't stop the tears bursting out of my two eyes, the sniffling and choking and the God oh Gods that have me on my knees with my head on the back of the pew before me and I'm so weak with the hunger and the crying I could fall on the floor and would you please help me God or St. Francis because I'm sixteen today and I hit my mother and sent Theresa to hell and wanked all over Limerick and the county beyond and I dread the millstone around my neck.
~ Frank McCourt
Prayer is the most powerful resource we have in this life; yet, many only turn to it as a last resort. When unbelievers pray for repentance of sin and ask for God's forgiveness, prayer is the spiritual dynamite that obliterates the darkness and despair of a sin-soaked soul.
~ Franklin Graham
Until the day my father died, he couldn't let go of a wrong in his life until he made it right—first with God and then with others. I learned from my father that unconfessed sin in believers' hearts hinders their walk, their talk, and their service to God. But when it is settled with God, He restores joy and fellowship.
~ Franklin Graham
antes de cada uno de sus estallidos de contrición volvía los ojos para comprobar si los espectadores eran numerosos.
~ Franz Kafka
I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done.
~ Lillie Langtry
Love begets love; and thus the love of Christ displayed upon the cross woos and wins the sinner and binds him repenting to the cross, believing and adoring the matchless depths of a Saviour's love.
~ Ellen G. White
And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.
~ Joseph J. Ellis
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
~ Elbert Hubbard
One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret - how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.
~ Ian Mcewan
So anyway, I'm sorry I was a dick.' 'It's fine,' I said. 'No, shut up, I'm atoning.
~ Robyn Schneider
Love is the only way we will make it through what is to come. Love is not romantic ectasy. It has to be a kind of love that has been honed and intensified through regular prayer, fasting, and repentance and, for many Christians, through receiving the holy sacraments. And it must be a love that has been refined through suffering. There is no other way.
~ Rod Dreher
Nuestra situación es alarmante, es verdad, pero no nos podemos permitir el lujo de tirarnos de los pelos. Esta crisis esconde una bendición, solo tenemos que abrir bien los ojos. En el Antiguo Testamento, Dios se valía del castigo para pedir a su pueblo que volviera a Él, así que no es de extrañar que esté dando un toque de atención similar a una Iglesia y un pueblo cargados de egoísmo, hedonismo y materialismo que le han dado la espalda.
~ Rod Dreher
I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. (Psalm 32:5)
~ Roger Campbell
Some of the key elements of an effective apology include: recognition of the emotional impact of the action on others, an expression of regret, and a commitment not to repeat the negative action. Saying, "I'm sorry that you feel hurt," is not nearly as powerful as saying, "I'm sorry for my poor behavior and for the hurt it has caused you.
~ Roger Fisher
Sins are seeds. You plant them, then eat the fruit they produce.
~ Roland Merullo
According to 2 Chronicles 7:14, "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
~ Ron Kincaid
It is noteworthy that God is often seen showing mercy where repentance is evident (Exodus 32:14; 2 Samuel 24:16; Amos 7:3,6).
~ Ron Rhodes
Sin brings alienation between humans and God, but confession of sin brings restoration.
~ Ron Rhodes
If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. 1 John 1:9
~ Ronald A. Beers
we must drive out the sinful thoughts and practices to make room for the new.
~ Ronald A. Beers
Trump has stated he has never asked for God's forgiveness for anything ever in his life and shows no signs of changing his behavior.
~ Ronald J. Sider