Quotes About Forgiveness

Guess what? Grace is more powerful than consequences. Grace overwhelms consequences. Even with consequences there is love and grace and the mercy of God in Christ. Jesus says to us, "I know you messed up, and I know there are consequences, but I want to walk with you through the consequences. I want to love you through the consequences. And I even want to use the consequences in this whole big story.

Joseph said to them, " 'You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.' Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them" (vv. 20–21).

That's the lesson for us. It's never too late. We're never too far gone. We haven't strayed too far. God is always good, and he always remembers us. Our prayer isn't to get revenge on a group of people, but it's to be strengthened once more so we might live for God's glory.

So the person who has been forgiven much has much room to forgive others.

The Holy Spirit has filled my heart too much for me to hold that grudge against you. Our God is too big for us to hate others.

By Christ's power, we forgive the person we're angry with.

Forgiveness is when you turn to the Lord in prayer and say, "God, by the grace of Jesus I want you to know I forgive this person. You forgave me. I forgive them. I can't hold against this person more than what you chose not to hold against me." You have the power, because of the cross, to say, "I forgive you.

Right after that, Jesus added, "But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee" (Matthew 26:32). Jesus often tucked in little phrases like that. Continually, throughout his ministry on earth, he was letting people know that hope was on its way. He said things such as this: My body will be broken for you and my blood spilled for many for the forgiveness of sins, yet one of you is going to betray me.

Mistakes and sins and imperfections were never meant to be bottled up. We need to shed those feelings of impending doom at the foot of the cross.

PRAYER Father, shake me from my slumber. Forgive me when I accuse You of failing to keep Your promises. Thank You for today, a fresh gift of grace. May I use it well to speak of Your mercy and extend Your Gospel, as I wait for You. Amen.

Jesus never focused on the failure. He focused on the restoration.

Sin is what was done to you, or sometimes it's what you did, but sin is not who you are.

Do not do wrong to a person to pay him back for doing wrong to you. Or do not insult someone to pay him back for insulting you. But ask God to bless that person. Do this, because you yourselves were called to receive a blessing. —1 PETER 3:9 ICB

If you're feeling lousy and you sin in an attempt to feel better, whatever pain you're feeling right now will still be there tomorrow morning, only worse.

Maybe when I'm dead, I'll be forgiven, but I'm afraid I'll also be forgotten.

But I'm afraid you've blotted your copybook fatally with Clara.

She had turned her back upon them all and no awful fate had overtaken her; instead, she had taken a firm hold upon life and made of it a fine, even glittering, success; and this is a thing which is not easily forgiven.

When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes.

So it is told of the disciple who confessed to the Sage, "I try so hard to atone. I try to wrestle with temptation. I try but I do not succeed. I remain mired in the mud of transgression. Help me to extricate myself from sin and to truly repent." The Sage answered, "Perhaps, my dear friend, you are thinking only of yourself. How about forgetting yourself and thinking of the world?" (Martin Buber, Hasidism and Modern Man, p. 162).

I am hoping that in this year of the family we will go into our families and reconcile differences.

One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.

The only reason I always try to meet and know the parents better is because it helps me to forgive their children.

When my death us do part Then shall forgiven and forgiving meet again, Or will it be, as always was, too late?

You may have done some bad things, but that doesn't mean you're a bad kid.