 Forgiveness is not that stripe which says, "I will forgive, but not forget." It is not to bury the hatchet with the handle sticking out of the ground, so you can grasp it the minute you want it. Author: D.L. Moody
Source: Christian History, n. 25. |
| No child of God sins to that degree as to make himself incapable of forgiveness. Author: John Bunyan
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| Sins are so remitted, as if they had never been committed. Author: Thomas Adams
Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury |
| Whenever I see myself before God and realize something of what my blessed Lord has done for me at Calvary, I am ready to forgive anybody anything. I cannot withhold it. I do not even want to withhold it. Author: Martyn Lloyd-Jones |
| Also, forgive yourself for past sins and hurts you have caused others. You can't pay people back, so ask God to. Author: Joyce Meyer |
| Forgive the person who badly hurt you long ago and also the stranger who stepped on your toe in the grocery store. Author: Joyce Meyer |
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| Who are you helping most when you forgive the person who hurt you? Actually, you're helping yourself more than the other person. I always looked at forgiving people who hurt me as being really hard. I thought it seemed so unfair for them to receive forgiveness when I had gotten hurt. I got pain, and they got freedom without having to pay for the pain they caused. Now I realize that I'm helping myself when I choose to forgive. Author: Joyce Meyer |
| You may even need to forgive a situation or an object--the post office, bank, a certain store that may have cheated you, a car that always gave you trouble, etc. Get rid of all poison that comes from bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness. Author: Joyce Meyer |
| Many people ruin their health and their lives by taking the poison of bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness. Matthew 18:23-35 tells us that if we do not forgive people, we get turned over to the torturers. Author: Joyce Meyer |
| Unforgiveness is spiritual filthiness, so get washed in the water of God's Word to forgive and stay clean. Author: Joyce Meyer |
| When you forgive, you must cancel the debt. Do not spend your life paying and collecting debts. Author: Joyce Meyer |
| Do you have a prayer that needs answered - then forgive. Author: Rod Parsley |
