Repentance
"In the search for our best selves, several questions will guide our thinking: Am I what I want to be? Am I closer to the Savior today than I was yesterday? Will I be closer yet tomorrow? Do I have the courage to change for the better?"
—Thomas S. Monson, "Becoming Our Best Selves", Ensign and Liahona, April 2006
Topics: Jesus Christ, Repentance"Do you find yourself hating what you are doing but not able to find the willpower to turn away from it? Then reach out and humble yourself. The Lord's enabling power is sufficient to change your heart, to turn your life, to purge your soul. But you must make the first move, which is to humble yourself and realize that only in God can you find deliverance."
—M. Russell Ballard, "Be Strong in the Lord"
Topics: Humility, Repentance"We experience joy as the love of our Savior assures us that we can yet be clean, that we will one day be home again. This happiness comes only through repentance. As we leave wrongdoing behind and exercise faith in Jesus Christ, we receive a remission of our sins. We sense that our Savior is doing for us what we cannot do for ourselves."
—Neil L. Andersen, "The Joy of Becoming Clean", Ensign and Liahona, April 1995
Topics: Repentance"Don't put your eternal life at risk. Keep the commandments of God. If you have sinned, the sooner you begin to make your way back, the sooner you will find the sweet peace and joy that come with the miracle of forgiveness."
—Thomas S. Monson, "That We May Touch Heaven", Ensign, Liahona, May 1990
Topics: Obedience, Repentance, Prophetic Messages"People can change. They can put behind them bad habits. They can repent from transgressions. They can bear the priesthood worthily. And they can serve the Lord diligently."
—Thomas S. Monson, "See Others as They May Become", Liahona and Ensign, November 2012
Topics: Choices, Repentance, Atonement"We must develop the capacity to see men not as they are at present but as they may become when they receive testimonies of the gospel of Christ."
—Thomas S. Monson, "See Others as They May Become", Liahona and Ensign, November 2012
Topics: Choices, Repentance, Atonement"You may have found that change is hard. But know you can do it. You may wonder why you are not believed when you decide to change from a life of disobedience to one of integrity and compliance to truth. Recognize that it takes time to build a reputation that overcomes the effects of past deliberate decisions to deceive and to take advantage of others--but it is worth it."
—Richard G. Scott, "Healing Your Damaged Life", Ensign and Liahona, November 1992
Topics: Repentance"Many of our Saints don't understand what repentance really is. Repentance is more than just undoing the wrongs you've done. It's a whole change of your outlook on life. You want to think like the Lord. You want to talk like the Lord. You want to act like the Lord. You want to believe, you want to pray, you want to love the way the Lord does. And then you're converted."
—Russell M. Nelson, "The Mission and Ministry of the Savior: A Discussion with Elder Russell M. Nelson", Ensign and Liahona, June 2005
Topics: Repentance"We must make every effort to avoid sin and to repent when we fall short. Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we can be forgiven of our sins through repentance and baptism and by earnestly striving to keep the commandments of God. Being cleansed from sin, receiving forgiveness, and being reconciled with God through the Atonement of Christ is the means by which we can achieve our divine destiny as children of God."
—Dallin H. Oaks, "Sins and Mistakes", Ensign and Liahona, October 1996
Topics: Repentance, Sin, Forgiveness"While the Atonement of Christ applies to humanity in general, the influence of it is individual, very personal, and very useful."
—Boyd K. Packer, "Washed Clean", Ensign and Liahona, May 1997
Topics: Atonement, Repentance
