Quotes about Reconciliation
By Christ's power, we forgive the person we're angry with.
- Louie Giglio
Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone. —ROMANS 12:18 NLT
- Louie Giglio
Sin is what was done to you, or sometimes it's what you did, but sin is not who you are.
- Louie Giglio
Do not do wrong to a person to pay him back for doing wrong to you. Or do not insult someone to pay him back for insulting you. But ask God to bless that person. Do this, because you yourselves were called to receive a blessing. —1 PETER 3:9 ICB
- Louie Giglio
As I forgive myself, it becomes easier to forgive others.
- Louise Hay
When an offense occurs, a debt is owed. You have heard it said, "He'll pay for this." So forgiveness is like the cancellation of a debt.
- John Bevere
Do not be afraid to allow the Holy Spirit to reveal any unforgiveness or bitterness. The longer you hide it, the stronger it will become and the harder your heart will grow. Stay tenderhearted. How? Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. —EPHESIANS 4:31-32
- John Bevere
Jesus' sacrifice eliminated the sin nature separating man from God's presence since the fall of Adam.
- John Bevere
O my Mansoul, I have lived, I have died, I live, and I will die no more for thee. I live that thou mayest not die. Because I live thou shalt live also; I reconciled thee to my Father by the blood of My cross, and being reconciled thou shalt live through me. I will pray for thee, I will fight for thee, I will yet do thee good. Nothing can hurt thee but sin; nothing can grieve Me but sin; nothing can make thee base before thy foes but sin; take heed of sin, my Mansoul.
- John Bunyan
Holding a grudge is never positive or appropriate.
- John Maxwell
If you desire to mine the gold of good intentions in others, then forgiveness is essential. And it's rarely a one-time thing. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was right when he said, "Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a permanent attitude.
- John Maxwell
The best way to lose an enemy is to treat him like a friend.
- John Maxwell