Quotes About Forgiveness

God] says to pray for our enemies. How many of us have ever spent time praying for our enemies?

Mankind has] allowed worldly desires and pleasures to fill the heart and mind. Whatever the sin, we need to repent and turn to Jesus Christ in faith for forgiveness and new life.

God's forgiveness is not just a casual statement; it is the complete blotting out of all dirt and degradation of our past, present, and future.

Forgiveness does not come easily to us, especially when someone we have trusted betrays our trust. And yet if we do not learn to forgive, we will discover that we can never really rebuild trust.

The good news is there is nothing we can do that is bad enough to keep us out of Heaven; the bad news is there is nothing we can do good enough to get us into Heaven.

In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings.

Don't ever take God's judgment lightly—and don't ever take sin lightly. God doesn't take them lightly—and the proof is that they cost His dear Son His life.

Guilt is not all bad. Without it there is nothing to drive a person toward self-examination and toward God for forgiveness.

Repent when you fail, and immediately seek God's forgiveness and restoration. Sin breaks our fellowship with God.

Blood is the symbol of the life sacrificed for sin.

When God forgives, there is an immediate and complete change in relationship. Instead of hostility, there is love and acceptance. Instead of enmity, there is friendship.

Some of the most healing words in any language are, "I'm sorry. Will you forgive me?" How much more we need that confession to our Father in heaven.

Once for all God made complete and perfect provision for the cure of man's sins; without the blood of Christ, it is indeed a fatal disease.

Before asking God's forgiveness there is something important you must do. You must repent, that is, turn from the behavior and lifestyle that [leads to sin].

When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us.

Those evil resentments you harbour in your breast against your neighbour, the failure to forgive those who have wronged you ... the jealousies, the envies, the prejudices, and the malices will take away your appetite for the things of the Spirit.

Forgiveness is one of the most beautiful words in the human vocabulary. How much pain and unhappy consequences could be avoided if we all learned the meaning of this word!

Today] there is less emphasis on redemption by the blood of Christ.

Christ can take the most sin-laden, selfish, evil person and bring forgiveness and new life.

Though the cross repels, it also attracts. It possesses a magnetic quality.

We cannot ask forgiveness over and over again for our sins, and then return to our sins, expecting God to forgive us. We must turn from our practice of sin as best we know how, and turn to Christ by faith as our Lord and Savior.

Remember: He WANTS your fellowship, and He has done everything possible to make it a reality. He has forgiven your sins, at the cost of His own dear Son. He has given you His Word, and the priceless privilege of prayer and worship.

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.

A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It's actually the opposite of that. It's realizing that we're all humans, and that's why God sent his Son to this earth - to save people.