Quotes about Forgiveness

How much time are you spending down on yourself, feeling guilty for past mistakes, telling God what you don't deserve? That's a lot of emotional energy that's not doing any good. God hears you; He knows you're sincere. But God is not moved by our guilt; He's moved by our faith.

In damnation, the sinner receives what he deserves; in salvation, the saved sinner receives what he does not deserve. Judgment is all of merit; salvation is all of grace.

True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.

Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.

Everyone says that forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

Forgive others, forgive yourself, forgive yourself for not being perfect, and accept responsibility for your own life.

Bread of Life? Jesus lived up to the title. But an unopened loaf does a person no good. Have you received the bread? Have you received God's forgiveness?

God always offers us a second chance in life.

The Christian life has been nothing more and nothing less than a daily dependence on and a rediscovery of God's grace.

A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is — a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.

The opponent strikes you on your cheek, and you strike him on the heart by your amazing spiritual audacity in turning the other cheek. You wrest the offensive from him by refusing to take his weapons, by keeping your own, and by striking him in his conscience from a higher level. He hits you physically, and you hit him spiritually.

A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is - a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves.