Quotes about Repentance

I wished to be forgiven. 'It was always so in the eyes of God,' Shirah told me.

Jesus calls all sinners to repent. True repentance is not a nebulous response of sorrow; it requires definite actions. Repentance so transforms the mind that it results in a changed life. Repentance does not merely say "I'm sorry" (similar to what we say when we accidentally step on someone's foot). Rather, true repentance says from the heart, "I've been wrong and grieve over my sin, but now I see the truth, and I will change my ways accordingly.

You cannot be in Christ and be indifferent to the sin in your life.

Repentance is a rich biblical term that signifies an elemental transformation in someone's mind, heart, heart, and life.

Ye who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and intend to lead a new life.

The Scripture moveth us, in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness.

In Adam's fallWe sinned all.

We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, Which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed, By thought, word, and deed, Against thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is intolerable.

Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

You don't make up for your sins in church, you do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes.

We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep.