Quotes about Forgiveness

Never give up on anybody.

Thank you, Lord, for never turning me away. For never getting scared, for never lashing out when I hurt you, for always being there with arms wide open, ready to take me back.

You talk of being a believer, but you can't seem to trust anyone, not even God. You cling to your wealth as your security and carry the baggage of being unworthy, even though God loves you and has forgiven you. You should have listened a little closer to that sermon in church a couple of weeks back.

When we sin or make a mistake, we try to learn from it. We don't hold on to it and nurse our feelings of unworthiness.

Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this man; was I going to ask for more? Lord Jesus, I prayed, forgive me and help me to forgive him....Jesus, I cannot forgive him. Give me your forgiveness....And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives along with the command, the love itself.

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.

When He tells us to love our enemies He gives, along with the command, the love itself.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.