Quotes about Confession
Lord, show me anything in me that is not right in Your eyes so I can confess it before You, because I choose to live Your way." P
- Stormie Omartian
Confession has a "consequence" too—a good consequence! A free and happy heart!
- Stormie Omartian
What is in our hearts when we pray has more effect on whether our prayers are answered than the actual prayer itself. That's why, when we come before God to pray, He asks us to first confess anything in our hearts that shouldn't be there. He does that so nothing will separate us from Him.
- Stormie Omartian
If you're being tormented by guilt or feelings of failure in this area, confess your thoughts to God, pray about it, put it in God's hands, and then stand up and proclaim the truth!
- Stormie Omartian
see 1 John 1:8—9; Romans 10:9; Ephesians 2:8—9).
- Joshua Harris
Think of the repentance that could take place with lives changed, marriages preserved, and homes strengthened, if pride did not keep us from confessing our sins and forsaking them.
- Ezra Taft Benson
We can be convicted of sin—we can pray and confess our sin—we can repent—but the real test is our willingness to obey.
- Billy Graham
If Christians realized that God Himself in the person of the Holy Spirit really dwells within our bodies, we would be far more careful about what we eat, drink, look at, or read. No wonder Paul said, "I beat my body and make it my slave" [1 Corinthians 9:27 NIV]. This should drive us to our knees in confession.
- Billy Graham
God requires something of us. We must confess our spiritual poverty, renounce our sins, and turn by faith to His Son, Jesus Christ. When we do that, we are born again. He gives us a new nature. He puts a little bit of heaven down in our souls.
- Billy Graham
Many a criminal has finally given himself over to the authorities because the accusations of a guilty conscience were worse than prison bars.
- Billy Graham
God doesn't say to be perfect and you'll get to heaven. He says to confess that you're a sinner and come to the cross, and whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
- Billy Graham
Only because Jesus is God and we have confessed Him as Savior and Lord, can He bestow and we receive these benefits, this blessed assurance and hope (see Romans 10:9).
- Billy Graham