Quotes About Forgiveness

As a forgiven son, I am justified, cleansed, washed clean. This is a greater reality than my sinful past.

When my need to appear right is greater than my desire to display God's love, I will inevitably treat people with judgment, disrespect and harshness.

The whole point of this book is that condemnation is not in His heart. As stated earlier, "God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked" (Ezek. 18:23).

All of God's judgments are aimed at whatever interferes with love.

Bitterness affects the container, not the target.

Most Christians repent enough to get forgiven, but not enough to see the Kingdom.

In marriage, everyday you love,and everyday you forgive.It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness

What's wrong?" asked Scott. "It's the way I treated Julie, like she was the enemy. But she's not. She's the one I'm trying to save from the enemy.

No one is my enemy or the Gospel's... just prisoners of war that Christ longs to set free.

If you take the time to wash a person's feet, you will see why they limp." Even the world's worst offender is not my enemy. Nor God's. He is merely a prisoner of war of a far greater enemy, one who wants to kill and destroy him. And it is my joy to love him and point him to the One who can set him free.

Let 'em up easy.

The Christian life isn't about being perfect and deserving God's favor. It's about taking a few steps, stumbling, getting back up, and taking a few more steps.

Free of Resentment Prayer God, free me from my resentment Toward ______. Please bless _____ in whatever it is that You know They may be needing this day. Please give _____ everything I want for myself. And may _____'s life be full of health, peace, Prosperity, and happiness as they seek to have A closer relationship with You.

What if there was a place safe enough to tell the worst about you and still be loved just as much, if not more, for sharing it?

Murderers don't get forgiven just because we promise to be good from now on. We have to earn our way back. One hundred is the price. One hundred lives for each we took. That seems fair. That's how we get whole again and that's our work, from now until as long as it takes.

Perhaps only that revenge is ultimately unsatisfying. It cant make up for the evil done to you, but it can destroy the remaining good in your life.

Let us always love the best in others—and never fear their worst.

He who has felt his own ruin will not imagine the case of any to be hopeless; nor will he think them too fallen to be worthy his regard.

O most merciful Father, put far from me all my iniquities and all my offences; so that, by Thee made whole in body and in soul, I may be accounted worthy to approach the Holy of holies.

Across the nation, there are thousands of individuals serving life or life-equivalent sentences for crimes they committed as children. This means they will likely die in prison without a chance to prove to society they are worthy of a second chance.

We all make mistakes. Sometimes people slip, but that doesn't mean they're not worthy of the support.

When people do, or say, things we don't believe in, forgiveness can feel disgusting. But when you try to think of someone who isn't worthy of it, it's hard to find an example.

Too many times we think we've fallen too far from God or we're not worthy.

If you've been betrayed by a spouse or a partner, it's much easier to focus on causing that person pain than it is to turn forward and actually create a life that's worthy of you in the future.