Repentance Can Be

Contrition

A divine gift

A way of life

Real penitence

Joined to faith

A change of mind

Accepted remorse

Belief in action

Ceasing from sin

Amendment of life

A rescuing doctrine

A gift of God's grace

The endeavor to atone

Inseparable from faith

Having a contrite heart

Sincere regret or remorse

The soul's divorce from sin

Ethical self transformation

Powerful spiritual medicine

The breakthrough of revival

A conversion from sin to God

Being sorry for our misdeeds

The mother of all joy in Jesus

One element of atoning for sin

A feet-on-the-ground kind of word

Getting painfully honest with God

Sorrow for any thing done or said

Being sorry enough to quit our sin

The inseparable companion of faith

The most divine of all acts of man

Turning toward God and away from sin

A beautiful word and a marvelous refuge

Faith's twin brother, born at the same time

A promise or resolve not to repeat an offense

A change of behavior which invites forgiveness

The hope-filled path to a more glorious future

Essential to our well being in eternal progress

The inseparable companion of saving faith in Christ

Like antiseptic - at first, it stings, then it heals

The highest form of worship that we can give to God

The sweet fruit that comes from faith in the Savior

A result of God's kindness, not a prerequisite to it

Repenting especially for misdeeds or moral shortcomings

The key with which we can unlock the prison from inside

An elemental transformation in our mind, heart, and life

The key that unlocks the door to all that God has for us

An admission that our way is wrong and God's way is right

A change of willing, feeling and living, in respect to God

The clearing away of the rubbish of the past temple of sin

The first step on the path back to our relationship with God

The mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit

An admission of, hatred of, and turning away from sin before God

Remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin

The most practical of all words and the most practical of all acts

Not punishment, it is the hope filled path to a more glorious future

An expression of gratitude rather than an effort to earn forgiveness

A characteristic of the whole life, not the action of a single moment

A stage in Christian salvation where the believer turns away from sin

A complete breaking off from sinful habits, and an abiding hatred of all sin

The act of turning from sin and returning to God by trusting in Jesus Christ

The relinquishment of any practice, from conviction that it has offended God

A decision to follow Jesus Christ and become his pilgrim in the path of peace

A grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed

Something that is brought about in the human heart by the work of the Holy Spirit

An admission of guilt for committing a wrong or for omitting to do the right thing

Not merely turning away from our sin but turning to the Lamb who takes away our sin

Not what we do in order to earn forgiveness but what we do because we have been forgiven

A working of the heart until our sin becomes more odious to us than any punishment for it

A commitment to personal change and the resolve to live a more responsible and humane life

The true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him

A determination to now do the will of God as He reveals it to us, not just sorrow for past sins

Not only stopping doing those things which are wrong but starting doing those things which are right

Giving up fighting against God and stopping attempting to gain our own salvation through our own works

Sorrow over a specific sin or series of sins that we feel guilt over, or conviction that we have committed

The pain or grief which we experience in consequence of the injury or inconvenience produced by our own conduct

An attempt to make restitution for a wrong, or in some way to reverse the harmful effects of the wrong or the omission where possible

A change of mind and heart, more than just sorrow for the past, and a new life of denying self and serving the Savior as king in self's place

Not just saying, "I'm sorry", but saying "I'm sorry, I'll never, ever do that again because my relationship with you means more to me than anything”

Not completed by a single act, it must be incorporated into our mind, till it become a fixed state, arising from a continual sense of our need of it

Sorrow or deep contrition for sin, as an offense and dishonor to God, a violation of his holy law, and ingratitude towards a Being of infinite benevolence

Not something God demands of us before He will take us back and which He could let us off if He chose, it is simply a description of what going back is like

A realization that what God wants from us and what we want from God are not going to be achieved by doing the same old things, thinking the same old thoughts

Reviewing our actions and feeling contrition or regret for past wrongs, accompanied by commitment to and actual actions that show and prove a change for the better