Neal A. Maxwell Quotes

If in prayer I come before a throne of grace, the faults of my prayer will be overlooked.

God the Compassionate and the Merciful, Tolerance incarnate, allows Mammon to have his nine days' wonder.

God is just waiting for you to turn your face back toward Him. You've not gone too far!

A rabbi should not despair if people do not do as much as they should. Every parent has that with children. God is merciful.

I just want people to know out there no matter what they've done, God doesn't judge us on how many sins. God is there for us. He loves us. He wants us to turn it over to Him.

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.

Use God's word to acknowledge what He did for you.

No matter how many flaws we have, our God is so forgiving and understanding. He'll never leave you or forsake you. So that brings peace to me.

I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.

We must seek the loving-kindness of God in all the breadth and open-air of common life.

The thing I want to really say is that I still mess up. I still go out there and say things on TV that I know the Lord is like, 'Sherri what are you doing?' but I know I can go back and get on my knees and say, 'Lord forgive me.' I know he will never leave me nor forsake me. The wonderful thing is He answers my prayers in spite of me.

Confession is something we will never outgrow, even if we become the saints God made us to be. Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa of Calcutta were revered even during their lifetime; but both made frequent use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Most people have settled for a wimpy grace. It's something that doesn't change their lives. There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.

God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance.

Our hearts are continuously rebellious. Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way." If this goes on day after day after day, year after year, month after month, it would understandable for God to say, "I've given you ten trillion tries. You're finished." But it's not. So in that sense, His grace is always surprising, never ceases to be amazing and His mercy is remarkably outrageous.

The joyful news for anyone who desires to be rid of the consequences of past poor choices is that the Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion. Whereas the Lord warns that unrepented rebellion will bring punishment, when the Lord speaks of weaknesses, it is always with mercy.

Because God is love, He could not completely cast man aside.

Do not forget this: the Lord never wearies of forgiving! We are the ones who weary of asking for forgiveness.

God has left sin in the world in order that there may be forgiveness: not only the secret forgiveness by which He Himself cleanses our souls, but the manifest forgiveness by which we have mercy on one another and so give expression to the fact that He is living, by His mercy, in our own hearts.

Let us allow God to fill our hearts with his goodness and mercy.

We must trust in the mighty power of God's mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.