Put your hands to work and give your hearts to God

I can freely forgive you, and I pray God to forgive you. It is God that forgives you; I am but your fellow-servant.

You ought never to speak to your children in a passion; for if you do, you will put devils into them.

The first step of obedience that any of you can take is to confess your sins to God before his witnesses.

When I confessed my sins, I labored to remember the time when and the place where I committed them. And when I had confessed them, I cried to God to know if my confession was accepted; and by crying to God continually I traveled out of my …

If you confess your sins, you must confess them to God; we are but his witnesses.

Do all your work as though you had a thousand years to live; and as you would if you knew you must die tomorrow.