The Power of Repentance

I came across these the other day and found them quite moving. Read them slowly and reflect on God's mercy!

TOP TEN QUOTES ON REPENTANCE
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing his trespasses... --Ignatius

Any concept of grace that makes us feel more comfortable sinning is not biblical grace. God's grace never encourages us to live in sin, on the contrary, it empowers us to say no to sin and yes to truth. --Randy Alcorn

We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin. --CS Lewis

In short, a man must be set free from the sin he is , which makes him do the sin he does. --George MacDonald

Primarily, God is not bound to punish sin; he is bound to destroy sin. The only vengeance worth having on sin is to make the sinner himself its executioner. --George MacDonald

You are the way you are because that's the way you want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you would be in the process of changing right now. --Fred Smith

The temptation of the age is to look good without being good. --Brennan Manning

Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony --John R. W. Stott

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in? --Oscar Wilde

When prodigals return great things are done. --A.A. Dowty