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Quotes About Cleansing

Sin builds up. Forgiveness cleans up.
~ Todd Stocker
The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism.
~ Ambrose
I splashed some water on my face again because I thought that's what you do in a crisis. You wash your face. Did it really help, or was it a myth circulated by the soap industry?
~ David Liss
The blood of Christ can cleanse away all sin. But we must 'plead guilty' before God can declare us innocent.
~ J. C. Ryle
God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our natures. God loves purity so well He had rather see a hole than a spot in His child's garments.
~ William Gurnall
The stench of impurity before God and the angels is so great, that no stench in the world can equal it.
~ Philip Neri
Thank God for the rain to wash the trash off the sidewalk.
~ Robert De Niro
A decisive cleansing of the conscience is a prerequisite for unhindered access to God
~ Michael L. Brown
How grimy did God get when He reached down to clean you up? How grimy are you willing to get in order to be an 'imitator of God'?
~ Max Lucado
If you are bathed In God's Forgiveness-Light, Then no dust of earth Will be able to cling to you.
~ Sri Chinmoy
Tears are God's way of cleansing the heart.
~ Rebecca Barlow Jordan
We must clean ourselves of any impurity.We must clear our cities of any dirt."For God has not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness." 1 Thessalonians 4:7
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Good moral actions are not enough. Everything in us, from the very depths, must be cleansed and reordered.
~ Thomas Merton
Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of your heart.
~ Mort Walker
A hearty laugh gives one a dry cleaning, while a good cry is a wet wash.
~ Puzant Kevork Thomajan
There is nothing quite so satisfying, and so healing, as a good cry.
~ Leo Buscaglia
Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.
~ Eric Zorn
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
~ Langston Hughes
I think you should, yeah. You should wash your beard, then shave it off, nail it to a Frisbee and fling it over a rainbow.
~ Dylan Moran
Humor was an antiseptic that cleaned the deepest of personal wounds.
~ Sherman Alexie
Cleanse your mind from anger, remembrance of evil, and shameful thoughts, and then you will find out how Christ dwells in you.
~ Maximus the Confessor
If someone has repented once of a sin, and again does the same sin, this is a sign that he has not been cleansed of the causes of the sin, wherefrom, as from a root, the shoots spring forth again.
~ Saint Basil
Meditation is nothing but taking a mental shower.
~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Because rain will wash away everything, if you let it.
~ Sarah Kay