Repenting in Prayer and in Deed

The other day, I felt especially bad about something I had done, and I told myself that I should get down on my knees and repent, but then I thought that's not really how repentance works. Repentance means change, and while it's possible to change your mind, or even your heart, over the course of a single prayer, repentance also includes a change of behavior. We don't fully repent while we're on our knees but while we're only our feet, going about our daily lives. We can ask for forgiveness, promise to change, and even declare that we have changed, but that can't be the end of it. Repenting in prayer isn't enough on its own. To completely repent, we also need repent in deed.