Quotes About Confession

The child of God ought to confess his weakness that he does not know how to pray, and petition the Holy Spirit to teach him.

God comes on his own terms. He comes when commands are revered, hearts are clean, and confession is made.

God is faithful and true. Confess your inability and His ability, and keep your eyes on Him.

God freely forgives us on account of Christnot on account of our works, contrition, confession, or satisfactions.

The confession of the authority of the Word of God can never be isolated from the saving content of the Word of God.

It's Satan's delight to tell me that once he's got me, he will keep me. But at that moment I can go back to God. And I know that if I confess my sins, God is faithful and just to forgive me.

To accept grace is to admit failure, a step we are hesitant to take. We opt to impress God with how good we are rather than confessing how great he is.

Confession is the sacrament of the tenderness of God, his way of embracing us.

Forgiveness is always free. But that doesn't mean that confession is always easy. Sometimes it is hard. Incredibly hard. It is painful to admit our sins and entrust ourselves to God's care.

Confession of sin shows us more clearly our need of mercy-and endears God's mercy more to us

Only as we bow in contrition, confession, and repentance at the foot of the cross, can we find forgiveness. There is the grace of God.

If one's conscience is willing to confess whatever sins have been committed, including the sin of unbelief, it will be sorrowful in a godly way, earnestly desiring the mercy of God.

Unconfessed sin is a terrible, heavy burden to carry. God loves us too much to have unconfessed sin.

Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine will.

Oh, my God. I've just told you how old I am. Nobody knows how old I am. I'm going to have to kill you now.

We can choose to humble ourselves by confessing and forsaking our sins and being born of God.

I hope I never need to believe in God. It would be an awful confession of failure.

... we disallow papistical doctrines of free will, of works of supererogation, of merits, of the necessity of auricular confession, and satisfaction to God-wards.

What God declares the believing heart confesses without the need of further proof. Indeed, to seek proof is to admit doubt, and to obtain proof is to render faith superfluous.

Today, we come together to confess our need of God. Those perpetrators who took us on to tear us apart, it has worked the other way. It has backfired; it has brought us together.

No confession is inerrant; Reformed Christians are supposed to be those who seek to be constantly reformed according to the Word of God - and that includes our confessions as well.

You know, God will give favor to anyone who will believe Him. Every day you should confess that you have favor everywhere you go. God will begin to open doors that you wouldn't believe.

When we realized we are wrong, we must confess sins. THEN return to seek the right ways of God.

I don't cook... I don't know how to clean... there's may be a good chance I'm an alcoholic.