Tag: Your Repentance Doesn’t Burden Jesus Christ; It Brightens His Joy

  • Choose Christ Again and Again and Again

    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

    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

    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

    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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  • The Joy of Christ’s Atonement: Love and Sacrifice

    The Joy of Christ’s Atonement: Love and Sacrifice

    “Our Savior was willing to suffer the pain of His Atonement because He loves you. In fact, you are ‘the joy that was set before him’ (Hebrews 12:2) while He suffered.” -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

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  • Invitation to Repent is Love

    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

    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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  • The Joy of Forgiveness: Understanding God’s Grace

    The Joy of Forgiveness: Understanding God’s Grace

    “When we’re repenting, God forgives without shaming us, comparing us to anyone else, or scolding us because this is the same thing we were repenting of last week. “He’s excited every time He sees us on our knees. He delights to forgive us because to Him we are delightful!” -Tamara W. Runia, First Counselor in the 16th

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  • You Are Not Your Mistakes

    You Are Not Your Mistakes

    “You are not the voice in your head or the mistakes you have made. You may need to say that out loud too. Tell Satan, ‘Not today.’ Put him behind you.” -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

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