"Imagine in this moment hearing any of these life-giving words from Him: 'Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.' 'Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.' 'Be thou clean.' 'Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.'' 'Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.' The Saviour’s words to these individuals were brief, but with them He painted vast new horizons of forgiveness, healing, restoration, peace, and eternal life. And the glorious news is He offers the same new beginning to you and to me."

"All of us can have a new beginning through, and because of, Jesus Christ. Even you. New beginnings are at the heart of the Father’s plan for His children. This is the church of new beginnings! This is the church of fresh starts! ... Repentance opens the door to our new beginnings, fresh starts, and second chances."

"[O]ur new beginning doesn't just happen once. We tend to think that our baptism is our one shot at a new beginning. It isn't. We don't have just one chance. These new beginnings can happen every day! And certainly every week as we eat a small piece of bread and drink a tiny cup of water in remembrance of the gift of our perfect Saviour, who died for the express purpose of giving us as many new beginnings as we need!"

The soul who "keeps trying, through continuing to choose faith in our Redeemer's power to heal and restore, despite the crushing setbacks of living in a fallen world" receives a reprieve, a new life in Christ.

"With every covenant we make and every effort we give to keep it, we can receive 'a new heart' and a fuller measure of 'a new spirit.' Little by little, the more we invite His goodness into our hearts and cast out the self-defeating voices in our heads, we become His people because we truly make Him our God. Jesus so keenly wants to be our King and our Shepherd and our Prince of Peace, and we can choose to make Him so in our own hearts and minds."

"Think about the people the Savior ministered to.... Some came to Him with great faith, believing in His power to heal. ... But Jesus also blessed those who had wavering faith, like the father of the sick child who cried out, perhaps as you have, 'Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.' And He even poured out compassion upon those who hadn’t sought Him at all, like the woman taken in adultery, the widow of Nain, the disabled man at the pool of Bethesda, and the man born blind."

"[H]ave you been away too long from your covenants to receive a new beginning? No. Have you done this or that too many times to be given another chance? No. Have you gone too far from Christ for Him to help you write a new story from here on out? No. The adversary is the only one who benefits from the idea that you’re sunk. You are not. And new beginnings are for more than just our sins and mistakes. Through the goodness and grace of the Saviour, we can have fresh starts that propel change in old mindsets, bad habits, grumpy dispositions, negative attitudes, feelings of powerlessness, and tendencies to blame others and avoid personal responsibility. You can actually change things about yourself that have been wearing you down for years. You can start again through the might of the Master of new beginnings."

"To those who are struggling with the same sin or the same setback over and over again, you keep going. He hasn't put a roadblock in front of you. He hasn't set a limit on your second chances. You press on. You keep striving. You seek help from those around you. And you trust in the new beginning that is there for you every time you turn back to your Father in sincerity of heart. Leave deliberate sinning, casual repeats, and prideful rebellion behind you, where they belong. You don't have to be who you've been before. Embrace your fresh start, your second or third or fourth—or hundredth—chance, offered to you through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. ... Please receive your new beginning, even today, right now."