Repentance (2/2)

Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of… Luke 15:10

Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. Luke 15:10	Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting. joy angels repentance
Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you. Proverbs 1:23	Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you. conversion repentance wisdom

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Psalm 51:17	The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart. sacrifice repentance
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. Matthew 3:2	Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! repentance kingdom heaven
Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord. Lamentations 3:40	Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. conversion repentance life
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ Luke 18:13	But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ repentance conversion humility
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it. Jonah 3:10	God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it. repentance forgiveness grace

Bible verse of the day

And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.

Romans 5:3-4 suffering hope joy