Quotes About Redemption

Lord, You have extended such grace to me. You have forgiven my wickedness and remembered my sins no more. (Heb. 8:12) Help me to demonstrate my gratitude by forgiving others!

Don't think your testimony is meaningless if you didn't have a dramatic conversion. Every conversion cost the same amount of Christ's blood shed on the cross. Yours is just as meaningful as the most dramatic conversion ever told.

The LORD says … "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine." Isaiah 43:1

I've spent much of my ministry apologizing to people for what appears to be a rather odd show of taste on the part of the One who called me. I have no idea why in this world God has risked His name on someone like me. I will never comprehend such grace and stubbornness of will to teach a woman with a penchant for ditches how to walk a higher path.

Please don't be dismayed if you feel you are not already living a life that glorifies God! He never sheds light on our weaknesses or shortcomings for the sake of condemnation (Rom. 8:1). God makes us aware of hindrances so He can set us free!

Those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified. Romans 8:30

Let God have your failures. Surrender to Him your most dreadful moments of captivity, your most humiliating defeats. God and God alone can use them to make you twice the warrior you ever dreamed you'd be.

God's mercy does not make sin tolerable; it makes sin forgivable. The proud and the depraved alike must kneel at the same feet for mercy. For those willing, God turns sin's empty cistern into a deep wellspring overflowing with love.

We observed His glory, the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14

Indeed, we have all received grace after grace from His fullness. John 1:16

If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. 2 Corinthians 5:17

God is far too faithful to allow the prodigal life to be cost-free.

Christ came to set the captive free—no matter what kind of yoke binds them. He came to bind up the brokenhearted—no matter what broke the heart. He came to open the eyes of the blind—no matter what veiled their vision.

Oh, God, give us a longing—not for the sin of this world to be judged—but for the sinners of this world to be forgiven.

They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. Revelation 12:11

It has been given to you on Christ's behalf not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him. Philippians 1:29

The goal of life is not the absence of pain. It's the presence of glory. God's glory. And sometimes that comes most vividly with pain. Not only have I learned that pain doesn't kill; I have learned that I will never lose or be betrayed by the one thing with absolute power to destroy me—God Himself.

How happy those whose lawless acts are forgiven! … How happy the man whom the Lord will never charge with sin! Romans 4:7–8

So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Exodus 2:24

The law perfected nothing, but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. Hebrews 7:19

If we offer what we've experienced to Him, in all its horror and ugliness, and receive His offer to redeem all that occurred, He will bring fruit from it. This has been the single most healing aspect of my recovery from childhood victimization. This is my prayer for that precious little girl. And my prayer for you, too, if you've experienced something similar.

When we paint the picture of our salvation for others to see, we may use different colors, textures, and shapes on the edges of the parchment. But in the center can only be a cross. Anything else cheapens grace and cheats the believer.

What should we say then? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may multiply? Romans 6:1

He adds: "I will never again remember their sins and their lawless acts." Hebrews 10:17