Quotes about Redemption

Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.

Because I am not yet living up to what Jesus expects me to be in those red letters in the Bible, I always define myself as somebody who is saved by God's grace and is on his way to becoming a Christian. (...) Being saved is trusting in what Christ did for us, but being Christian is dependent on the way we respond to what he did for us.

One of the main reasons I remain a Christian is because I love knowing that my sins are not only forgiven, but also forgotten!

Jesus didn't wait until we got better to die for us. He died when we were in our most unlovely state. The person who doesn't deserve love actually needs love more, not less. If you know someone unworthy of love, that's great! You now have a chance to emulate Christ, because the essence of His love is unconditional.

CHURCH is like a hospital. It's where people who are sick, broken, bruised, beaten, and battered with life because of sin and unrighteousness come for help. It's okay if you are here and don't have all your life together. If you had all your life together, you wouldn't need to be here. However, hospitals do not tolerate sick people hanging around who don't want to get better. No doctor is going to keep fooling with a patient

Doesn't do a body any good to withhold forgiveness. The devil is the only one who stands to gain anything from that.

Carter once told me that we shouldn't fear putting the past behind us. He said that God is about doing new things—creating beauty out of the ashes of despair and defeat.

I'm no preacher, but I do know that God doesn't strip away His love when we make mistakes.

He told me I could go on being a lost sinner, living my life as I chose, ignoring the offer of eternal life and the peace that only God could give me. But, he told me, You will literally have to step over the broken, bleeding, nail-pierced body of Jesus in order to enter the gates of hell.

Doesn't do a body any good to withhold forgiveness. The devil is the only one who stands to gain anything

It was time to lay his painful life upon the altar and let Jesus heal his hurt. It was time to come home.

God knows I've needed enough forgivin' in my life. I love you, and love sometimes comes in pain as well as joy.