Repentance

Choose God’s Kingdom – William Law

If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.

– William Law –

What true repentance is – JC Ryle

True repentance begins with KNOWLEDGE of sin. It goes on to work SORROW for sin. It leads to CONFESSION of sin before God. It shows itself before a person by a thorough BREAKING OFF from sin. It results in producing a DEEP HATRED for all sin.

– JC Ryle –

Do you hate sin? – Charles Spurgeon

If I hate sin because of the punishment, I have not repented of sin. I merely regret that God is just.

– Charles Spurgeon –

An eternity of holiness – JC Ryle

We could not be happy if we reached the kingdom of glory with a heart loving sin. The company of saints and angels would give us no pleasure. Our minds would not be in tune for an eternity of holiness. Let these things sink down into your hearts. We must repent as well as believe, if we hope to be saved.

– JC Ryle –
from Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, 1856

The Cross is needful – Samuel Rutherford

I find that when the saints are under trial and well humbled, little sins raise great cries in the conscience; but in prosperity, conscience is a pope that gives dispensations and great latitude to our hearts. The cross is therefore as needful as the crown is glorious.

– Samuel Rutherford –

If we hunger deeply enough – Wesley L Duewel

If God’s people hunger deeply enough, God will hear and send revival. God requires more than casual prayers for revival. He wants His people to hunger and thirst for His mighty working. To seek God’s face is far more than occasionally mentioning revival in our prayer. It involves repeated and prolonged prayer. It requires holy determination in prayer, examining ourselves to see if anything in our lives is hindering God.

– Wesley L Duewel –