Quotes About Forgiveness

Hurting people hurt people. And often the one who seems to get "cut" the most is the person lashing out. They nurse their pain, anger, bitterness, frustration, unforgiveness, or resentment until those emotions become their master and they are enslaved to them.

Jesus, the Son of God, "did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.

You will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God. LUKE 1:76 – 78

The cycle of pain stopped when she chose to pray rather than retaliate.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. PSALM 51:17

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. PSALM 103:12

Wounded people need to repent of their sin.

Sarah blamed her husband for a situation she herself had arranged! It might seem ludicrous if it wasn't so much like what all of us do when we allow our wounds to blind us. That's the most striking characteristic of a blind spot — it can be easily seen by everyone … except ourselves.

Wounded people may not get over their wounds easily or quickly. Wounds can be hard just to brush aside because the wounder says, "I'm sorry.

As I look back on my life, it saddens me to acknowledge that some of my most painful wounds were inflicted by religious people — Gods people.

We need to stop focusing on them and ask God to open our eyes to our own faults.

Turning around is a courageous choice —it's hard to do! It can hurt to take the plank out of your own eye, confront the past, change your focus, die to your pride, admit your wrong, deny your vengeance, face the person, risk another wound. And it takes courage to say you're sorry

Put the brakes on any runaway mental conversations you may be having with those who have wounded you.

Bitterness is like drinking poison hoping the other person gets sick.

Forgive, and you will be forgiven. LUKE 6:37

Love is a choice — a decision we make to put the well-being of the other person before our own. And forgiveness is also a decision.

God has forgiven me. As an act of grateful worship, I choose to forgive others.10

Wounding smashes relationships. We can never return to the way we were before the wounding took place, which in itself adds a dimension to our grief that is very deep. Yet it is possible for severed relationships to be reconciled.

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense — Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 JOHN 2:1 – 2

Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. ACTS 13:38

Let go of the overwhelming desire to justify what you did and explain what they did.

Would the contagious cycle of pain in your life, or that of your family or church, be stopped if you would be the first to reach out, to give in, to say you are sorry, or at the very least open up a conversation on the source of the wounds?

The LORD your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him. 2 CHRONICLES 30:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 JOHN 1:9