Quotes About Forgiveness

Now, however, it is time to forgive and comfort him. Otherwise he may be overcome by discouragement. —2 Corinthians 2:7

Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs. —Proverbs 19:11

Many people mess up every new day with what happened yesterday. They insist on bringing into today the failures of yesterday, and in so doing pollute a potentially wonderful day. When bitterness, resentment, and revenge are allowed to live in the human heart, words of affirmation will be impossible to speak. The best thing we can do with past failures is to let them be history. Yes

Love those you find unlovable. The Lord has promised to reward you. — Helene C. Kuoni —

Podemos optar por viver hoje livres dos erros de ontem. O perdão não é um sentimento; é um compromisso.

how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday.

I don't know how it works, but God, in His love, is able to take our messes and make them clean.

First, acknowledge the reality of anger. In the course of marriage, each of us will experience anger from time to time. Some of this anger will be definitive, spurred by wrong action on the part of the spouse. Some of this anger also will be distorted, stimulated by a misunderstanding of what happened. We will each experience a fair share of both types of anger. This is a part of being human and living life with each other.

I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only a little love. —Luke 7:47

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. —Leviticus 19:18

Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender.

I have not come to call those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent. —Luke 5:32

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. —Romans 5:8

Love doesn't keep a score of wings. Love doesn't bring up past failures.

Love doesn't kept a score of wrongs. Love doesn't bring up past failures.

God loves us, not because of what we have done; He just loves us. — Elizabeth W. Peterson —

Love even the unlovely. God sees and will reward you. — Mark Littleton —

God's love patches our wounds so we can do the same for others. — Kim Sheard —

God has reminded me that it doesn't matter what went on the day before. Whether I failed or succeeded, He is so faithful that He offers me new mercy, love, acceptance, and forgiveness when necessary, every day of my life.

Estoy sorprendido de cómo muchos individuos estropean cada nuevo día con el ayer. Insisten en traer hoy los fracasos del ayer y, al hacerlo, contaminan un presente maravilloso en potencia.

The best thing we can do with the failures of the past is to let them be history. We cannot erase the past, but we can accept it as history.

One courageous act of obedience can release people from bondage through God's love and the miracle of forgiveness. — Tricia Propson —

El perdón es el camino del amor.

Then Peter came to him and asked, "Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?" "No, not seven times," Jesus replied, "but seventy times seven!" —Matthew 18:21–22