Quotes about Mercy
By forgiving, I release my own right to get even and leave all issues of fairness for God to work out.
— Philip Yancey
Though wrong does not disappear when I forgive, it loses its grip on me and is taken over by God, who knows what to do. Such a decision involves risk, of course: the risk that God may not deal with the person as I would want.
— Philip Yancey
if I care to listen, I hear a loud whisper from the gospel that I did not get what I deserved.
— Philip Yancey
The only thing harder than forgiveness is the alternative.
— Philip Yancey
God's grace is not a grandfatherly display of "niceness," for it cost the exorbitant price of Calvary.
— Philip Yancey
God took a great risk by announcing forgiveness in advance, and the scandal of grace involves a transfer of that risk to us.
— Philip Yancey
That this world spoiled by evil and suffering still exists at all is an example of God's mercy, not his cruelty.
— Philip Yancey
You cannot earn God's acceptance by climbing; you must receive it as a gift.
— Philip Yancey
God does some of God's best work with people who are truly, seriously lost.
— Philip Yancey
grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less—no amount of racism or pride or pornography or adultery or even murder. Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love.
— Philip Yancey
grace means there is nothing I can do to make God love me more, and nothing I can do to make God love me less.
— Philip Yancey
God hasn't given up on us, my friend. Aren't you glad? Thank the Lord, for a second chance.
— Priscilla Shirer