Tag: repentance
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Choose Christ Again and Again and Again
“Heaven isn’t for people who’ve been perfect; it’s for people who’ve been forgiven, who choose Christ again and again.” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th General Young Women Presidency This quote is taken from April 2025 General Conference talk, “Your Repentance Doesn’t Burden Jesus Christ; It Brightens His Joy.”
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Embracing Imperfection: Finding Joy in Repentance
“I used to measure my relationship with the Savior by how perfectly I was living. I thought an obedient life meant I would never need to repent. And when I made mistakes, which was every single day, I distanced myself from God, thinking, ‘He must be so disappointed in me.’ “That’s just not true. “I’ve
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Covenant Relationships: Healing After Mistakes
“I testify that while God cares about our mistakes, He cares more about what happens after we make a mistake. Are we going to turn to Him again and again? Are we going to stay in this covenant relationship?” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th General Young Women Presidency This quote is taken from April 2025
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Embracing Light: The Call to Repentance
“When the Lord says, “Repent ye, repent ye,” what if you imagined Him saying, “I love you. I love you.” Picture Him pleading with you to leave behind the behavior causing you pain, inviting you to step out of darkness and turn to His light.” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th General Young Women Presidency This
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Invitation to Repent is Love
“The invitation to repent is an expression of God’s love.” “Saying yes to that invitation is an expression of ours.” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th General Young Women Presidency This quote is taken from April 2025 General Conference talk, “Your Repentance Doesn’t Burden Jesus Christ; It Brightens His Joy.”
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Repentance is a Part of Life
“We don’t stay on the covenant path by never making a mistake. We stay on the path by repenting every day.” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th General Young Women Presidency This quote is taken from April 2025 General Conference talk, “Your Repentance Doesn’t Burden Jesus Christ; It Brightens His Joy.”
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Bring Your Broken Heart to Christ
“I promise that the minute we bring a broken heart courageously toward Him, He is immediately there.” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th General Young Women Presidency This quote is taken from April 2025 General Conference talk, “Your Repentance Doesn’t Burden Jesus Christ; It Brightens His Joy.”
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Your Repentance: A Source of Joy for Christ
“If you saw someone drowning, wouldn’t you reach your hand out and rescue them? Can you imagine your Savior rejecting your outstretched hand? I imagine Him diving into the water, descending below all things to lift us up so we can take a fresh breath! No one can sink lower than the light of Christ shines.”
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The Importance of Honest Repentance
“We need to be careful not to hide our sins without taking care of them, not to ignore the repentance process. I have found that one of the biggest obstacles I have to overcome in order to repent is my own pride. It really does demand humility to recognize that we have need to repent.
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The Joy of Our Redemption
“You may feel at times that it’s not possible to be redeemed, that perhaps you are an exception to God’s love and the Savior’s atoning power because of what you are struggling with or because of what you’ve done. But I testify that you are not beneath the Master’s reach. The Savior ‘descended below all
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The Patient God: Navigating Life Off the Covenant Path
“I believe that God does not panic when we step off the covenant path. He is like a patient hen, constantly inviting and lovingly gathering her chicks. There is no panic in His outstretched wings.” -Ganel-Lyn Condie The resource for this quote is found on pages 3-4 in chapter 1 of Words of Jesus, published
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