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Quotes About Repentance

We must not confuse cause with effect. God will heal; that's the effect. But the cause, the reason He will heal, is our repentance. Just electing Christians to office won't change the nation and heal its wounds. Instead, we'll repent and God will then allow godly men and women to be elected to office and He will use them in the healing process.
~ John Price
Sweet assurance of this truth is given. In Luke 23:39-43 we see how the repenting thief turned to Jesus on the cross beside him and said, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
~ John R. Rice
Lewd did I live & evil did I dwel
~ John Taylor
Our main doctrines, which include all the rest, are three: That of repentance, of faith, and of holiness. The first of these we account, as it were, the porch of religion; the next, the door; the third, religion itself.
~ John Wesley
As one instance of this, be always ready to own any fault you have been in. If you have at any time thought, spoken, or acted wrong, be not backward to acknowledge it. Never dream that this will hurt the cause of God; no, it will further it. Be therefore open and frank when you are taxed with anything; do not seek either to evade or disguise it; but let it appear just as it is, and you will thereby not hinder but adorn the Gospel.
~ John Wesley
O break my Bonds, let Sin enthrall My struggling Soul no more; Hear thy fall'n Creature's feeble Call, Thine Image O restore! And tho' my Heart senseless and hard To Thee can scarcely groan, Yet O remember, gracious Lord, Thou once didst write in Stone!
~ John Wesley
God is activating prophetic words to our nation in order to birth a generational revival. When we believe, repent, pray, and act in faith, He is promising to meet us with revelation, healing, and a sweet presence of holiness that will spread across this country if we would but accept these four initiatives and believe in the power therein.
~ John Whitman
Once I thought forgiveness was great, now I see repentance to be even greater for it is life-giving. These United States are strong because they have the capacity to see and correct mistakes, to change and grow.
~ Elizabeth Yates
While the sinner cannot save himself, he still has something to do to secure salvation. "him that cometh to Me," says Christ, "I will in no wise cast out." John 6:37. But we must come to him; and when we repent of our sins, we must believe that he accepts and pardons us. Faith is the gift of God, but the power to exercise it is ours. Faith is the hand by which the soul takes hold upon the divine offers of grace and mercy.
~ Ellen G. White
Repentance for sin is the first fruits of the working of the Holy Spirit in the life. It
~ Ellen G. White
A view of our own sinfulness drives us to Him who can pardon.—Our High Calling, p. 27.
~ Ellen G. White
But Jesus, our Advocate, presents an effectual plea in behalf of all who by repentance and faith have committed the keeping of their souls to Him.He pleads their cause, and by the mighty arguments of Calvary vanquishes their accuser.
~ Ellen G. White
There was no friend nigh to speak a comforting word to Jacob, no one to tell him he had in his sincere repentance done what he could. But God's eye was upon His servant. He sent His angels to reveal to him a ladder of brightness reaching from the earth to the highest heavens, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon this glorious ladder, which showed Jacob the connection and intercourse constantly going on between the two worlds.
~ Ellen G. White
In the estimation of men, his life had been just and honorable; but in the presence of Christ he felt that his heart was unclean, and his life unholy. Nicodemus
~ Ellen G. White
We do not repent in order that God may love us, but He reveals to us His love in order that we may repent.
~ Ellen G. White
If the love of God will not induce the rebel to yield the terrors of an eternal hell will not drive him to repentance,
~ Ellen G. White
I beseech Thee, let the power of my Lord be great according as Thou hast spoken, saying, The Lord is long-suffering, and of great mercy.... Pardon, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Thy [391] mercy, and as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
~ Ellen G. White
But Christ, after having redeemed man from the condemnation of the law, could impart divine power to unite with human effort. Thus by repentance toward God and faith in Christ the fallen children of Adam might once more become "sons of God." 1 John 3:2.
~ Ellen G. White
You may think nothing is happening when people are silent, but when the mouth is quiet, the heart, soul and mind can be actively engaged. In silence, people repent of their sins. In silence, people meditate on Scriptures and grow spiritually. In silence, people stand in awe of God.
~ Elmer L. Towns
True repentance involves a hatred for sin and a turning from it and from all self-salvation projects … It's only as I hate my sin that I'll have the desire to fight it.
~ Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
Do you want to learn to pray more? Learn of your sin. Ask him to show it to you, to give you a glimpse of your need. Ask him to show you what your sin cost him. Look at the cross again and again until you can say, "Lord, I'm so sinful, so weak, so deceived. Please, God, don't let a day go by without reminding me of this. Make me dependent.
~ Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
P?catul este expresia religioas? a remu?c?rii.
~ Emil Cioran
Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all.
~ balzac honore de xxv
We should confess our sins to God, Torilla, but never, if it would hurt them, to other people. . . . If anyone must bear the consequences of a wrong action, it should be the person who had done it.
~ Barbara Cartland