Bruce C. Hafen Quotes

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that - they have to learn by experience.

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence.

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

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.

Repentance is a gift of God's grace.

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.

Well, I've never left my faith - but have I made a lot of mistakes? But was I fortunate that I was brought up in that Pentecostal church, where I heard about God's love and God's forgiveness.

Each life is unique. But for all, repentance will surely include passing through the portal of humble prayer. Our Father in Heaven can allow us to feel fully the conviction of our sins. He knows the depths of our remorse. He can then direct what we must do to qualify for forgiveness.

The fact is there is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption.

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.

I repent daily my sins, my faults, and my shortcomings.

I live my life and make mistakes and sin every single day... but that's what grace is for.

True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.

Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice.

God is not pre-occupied with sin, He’s already dealt with it.

It is by avoiding future sin that we retain a remission of the sins of the past.

Every ransomed man owes his salvation to the fact that during his days of sinning, God kept the door of mercy open.

Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good. The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior. Too many people have walked away from the church, not because they’re walking away from Jesus, but because the church has walked away from Jesus.

There are some who believe that because they have made mistakes, they can no longer fully partake of the blessings of the gospel. How little they understand the purposes of the Lord. One of the great blessings of living the gospel is that it refines us and helps us learn from our mistakes. We "all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God," yet the Atonement of Jesus Christ has the power to make us whole when we repent.

It is the easiest thing in the world to become a Christian - ten thousand times easier than it is to hold out unrepenting against the motives which God presents to the mind, to induce it to forsake its evil thoughts and turn unto Him.

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.