Quotes About Repentance

Lord Jesus, we come just as we are; this is how we came at first, and this is how we come still, with all our failures, with all our transgressions, with all and everything that is what it ought not to be, we come to Thee.

Forgiveness is enshrined in the Lord's prayer - forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. These scriptures point to the power of forgiveness not only as a way to absolve transgressions but to ensure that the person extending forgiveness will be forgiven of theirs.

Hate the sin, but love the sinner. We must pray for our enemies as well as our friends and the ones we love. Because if we pray for them, they may repent, seek God's face and turn from their wicked ways.

Hay una relación muy estrecha entre el pecado y la enfermedad. ¿Cuántos saben que su enfermedad es un resultado directo del pecado? Yo espero que nadie que esté viviendo en pecado venga para que le ore. Pero si obedeces a Dios y te arrepientes de tu pecado y lo dejas de hacer, Dios llegará a ti, y ni tu enfermedad ni tu pecado se quedarán. "La oración salvará al enfermo, y el Señor lo levantará; y si hubiere cometido pecados le serán perdonados.

Time and time again, I have seen people whose hearts have been hardened by self-hatred and guilt find, through a simple act of asking for pardon, unsuspected strength and peace.

He thought that all men, great and small, bond and free, were sinners in the sight of God; that they were, by nature, rebels against His government; and that they must repent of their sins, and be reconciled to God, through Christ. I cannot say that I had a very distinct notion of what was required of me; but one thing I knew very well—I was wretched, and had no means of making myself otherwise. Moreover, I knew that I could pray for light.

Repentance is accepted remorse.

We make no apology then for raising our voices loud to a world that is ripening in sin the lord has said," Say nothing but repentance unto this generation; The adversary is subtle, cunning, he knows that he cannot induce good men and women immediately to do major evils so he moves slyly, whispering half truths until he has his intended victims following him finally he clamps his chains upon them and fetters them tight, and then he laughs at their discomfiture and their misery.

It is not easy to be at peace in today's troubled world. Necessarily peace is a personal acquisition. … It can be attained only through maintaining constantly a repentant attitude, seeking forgiveness of sins both large and small, and thus coming ever closer to God.

Self-justification is the enemy of repentance.

Repentance is ever the key to a better, happier life. All of us need it.

Rationalizing is the bringing of ideals down to the level of one's conduct. Repentance is the bringing of one's conduct up to the level of his ideals.

Later, you will regret and repent - you fool! Why are you engrossed in evil-mindedness and skepticism?

And that you are yet alive is due to God, who spares you that you may be admonished to repent and reform your lives.

I too have sworn heedlessly and all the time, I have had this most repulsive and death-dealing habit. Im telling your graces; from the moment I began to serve God, and saw what evil there is in forswearing oneself, I grew very afraid indeed, and out of fear I applied the brakes to this old, old, habit.

Nor did demons crucify Him; it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins.

I have sinned against my brother the ass.

Berating ourselves for our flaws and our weakness only serves to undermine our strength to become. Repenting from our sin is essential. Beating ourselves up for sinning is no longer an option.

Hell itself is truth known too late

The Absolute Truth can be perceived by a repentant heart.

It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

The mystery of the Christian life is that Christ expects us to flee sin and the devil, but does not expect us to rid ourselves of either on this side of glory. Repentance is a way of life, and so is the pursuit of godliness. I wish every Christian could be reminded of these two things.

There is no original sin. You don't have to pay repentance to anything or anybody.