 People who cover their faults and excuse themselves do not have a repentant spirit. Author: Watchman Nee |
| God takes no pleasure in our repenting over and over again as though this were sufficient; rather does He wish us to live in perpetual contrition. Author: Watchman Nee |
| Equally in the Christian life, to stumble and fall and then to flounder in the dust is sin, certainly. It calls for repentance and it needs God's forgiveness. For it is not necessary for me to walk with the Lord like that, hiding behind the excuse that "I must fall once in a while; it is inevitable! Author: Watchman Nee |
| The first condition is repentance, which means a change of mind. Formerly I thought sin a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it; formerly I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better; formerly I regarded it a miserable business to be a Christian, but now I think differently. Once I thought certain things delightful, now I think them vile; once I thought other things utterly worthless, now I think them most precious. That is a change of mind, and that is repentance. Author: Watchman Nee |
| This is a work which must occur at the hour of new birth-and it does happen then in the form of repentance. The original definition of repentance is none else than "a change of mind." Author: Watchman Nee |
| Because it has been so united with the devil it is vital for man to receive from God a change of mind before he can receive a new heart. Author: Watchman Nee |
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| The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh. Author: John Owen |
| A rent garment is catched by every nail, and the rent made wider. Renew therefore thy repentance speedily, whereby this breach may be made up, and worse prevented. Author: William Gurnall |
| 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. Author: Alan Redpath |
| Hurricane Katrina was a wake-up call to this country . . . It wakes us up to the fact that our God is sovereign and we should be constantly in a state of repentance humbly seeking God's favor. Author: Chuck Colson |
| We are sometimes repentant because of the harm we have done ourselves and others in our transgressions but there is little repentance toward God... We may regret what our sins do to our testimony and the evil effect on others but we are little concerned because the fellowship with God is broken. This makes for shallow and inadequate confession because we have not touched the heart of the trouble. Author: Vance Havner |
| The Christian who has stopped repenting has stopped growing. Author: A.W. Pink |
