Quotes related to 1 John 1:9
Too much attention to a particular sin or sins, and/or too little attention to communion with God (two things that often occur in tandem) inevitably shrivel the soul of a Christian.
— Donald Whitney
If you believe in the mission of Jesus Christ, then you're bound to try to let go of your past, in the sense that you are entitled to his forgiveness. To keep regretting what was is to deny God's grace.
— Dorothy Day
I, too, wanted to do penance for my own sins and for the sins of the whole world, for I had a keen sense of sin, of natural imperfection and earthliness.
— Dorothy Day
None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.
— Dorothy Sayers
The worst guilt is to accept an undeserved guilt — and that is what you have been doing all your life.
— Ayn Rand
Living life with a clear conscience is the fruit of a repentant heart and new life through Jesus Christ.
— Brian Houston
The last business of Christ's life was the saving of a poor penitent thief.
— DL Moody
We don't have eternal life because we're good, we have it because God is good.
— Craig Groeschel
Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.
— Oscar Wilde
Sin is the only real colour element left in modern life.
— Oscar Wilde
God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility and I do.
— Jim Bakker
I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
— Jimmy Carter