Quotes About Repentance

see 1 John 1:8–9; Romans 10:9; Ephesians 2:8–9).

Estoy solo y me estoy muriendo de frío en una pensión de la calle Piedras, en Santa María, en cualquier madrugada, solo y arrepentido de mi soledad como si la hubiera buscado, orgulloso como si la hubiera merecido.

Yeah, I know. I was a jerk. An idiot. You can't say anything to me that I haven't already said to myself.

Like revenge, the fantasy of forgiveness often becomes a cruel torture, because it remains out of reach for most ordinary human beings. Folk wisdom recognizes that to forgive is divine. And even divine forgiveness, in most religious systems, is not unconditional. True forgiveness cannot be granted until the perpetrator has sought and earned it through confession, repentance, and restitution.

We always pay for the sins of our past—remember that.

Oklahoma Wesleyan is not a 'safe place,' but rather a place to learn: to learn that life isn't about you, but about others; that the bad feeling you have while listening to a sermon is called guilt; that the way to address it is to repent of everything that's wrong with you rather than blame others for everything that's wrong with them,

Please let me have a second chance

True repentance involves a change of heart and not just a change of behavior.

Think of the repentance that could take place with lives changed, marriages preserved, and homes strengthened, if pride did not keep us from confessing our sins and forsaking them.

If sin is not exposed, named, and renounced, then there has been no justice and God is dishonored.

Do not forget that God forgives all, and God forgives always. Let us never tire of asking forgiveness. Homily, March 13, 2015 Lord,

But pray God that he absolve us all!

Call My people to repentance. Call them to their knees for prayer and fasting, for confession and vigilance—for this is a strategic hour. The enemy is rejoicing already over his anticipated victories. You can disappoint him and thwart his evil designs if you lay hold of the throne of God in steadfast, believing prayer. Yes

Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.

The only sin God cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting Christ. Turn to Him in repentance and faith—and He will forgive.

Repent means to renounce sin . . .and by God's grace to fill my mind with things that honor Him.

Oh, God, I know I am a sinner. I am sorry for my sins, and I want to turn from them. I trust Christ alone as my Savior, and I confess Him as my Lord. From this moment on, I want to serve Him and follow Him in the fellowship of His church. In Christ's name, I pray. Amen.

Man got into difficulty when he lifted his will against God's. He gets out of trouble when he bows to the divine superiority, when he repents and says humbly: "God be merciful to me a sinner." Man's extremity then becomes God's opportunity.

The cross is the suffering love of God bearing the guilt of man's sin, which alone is able to melt the sinner's heart and bring him to repentance for salvation. "For he hath made him to be sin for us" [2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV].

Repentance is mentioned seventy times in the New Testament . . . the Bible says God commands repentance . . . it is a command . . . God says, "Repent! Or perish!

Christians] are commanded to warn the nations of the world that they must repent and turn to God while there is yet time.

I have been preaching repentance for seventy years; there are thousands of ministers of the Gospel all over this planet preaching repentance this very hour . . . and most of the time the world has laughed in the face of the King of kings.

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 I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).

Many churches have their eyes on the culture instead of on Christ. Many pastors preach on common unity instead of calling the community to repent.