God Forgives Quotes

• If Jesus forgave those who nailed Him to the cross, and if God forgives you and me, how can you withhold your forgiveness from someone else?

  Anne Graham Lotz

  Forgiveness, Jesus, Forgiving

  Anne Graham Lotz (2009). “Just Give Me Jesus”, p.224, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

  Julia Ward Howe

  Forgive Me, Forgiving, Instinct

  Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Julia Ward Howe, Maud Howe Elliott, Florence Marion Howe Hall (1970). “Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910”

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• God forgives those who invent what they need.

  Lillian Hellman

  Forgiving, Needs, Invention

  Lillian Hellman (1979). “Six Plays”, Vintage

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• When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us.

  Billy Graham

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Sin

  Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Donna Lee Toney (2011). “Billy Graham in Quotes”, p.28, Thomas Nelson Inc

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  To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

  C. S. Lewis

  Forgiveness, God, Christian

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• Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

  Isaiah

  White, Snow, Wool

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• I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Thinking

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.148, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• We do not have to make ourselves suffer in order to merit forgiveness. We simply receive the forgiveness earned by Christ. 1 John 1:9 says that God forgives us because He is ‘just.’ That is a remarkable statement. It would be unjust of God to ever deny us forgiveness, because Jesus earned our acceptance! In religion we earn our forgiveness with our repentance, but in the gospel we just receive it.

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Acceptance, Order

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• Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Forgiveness

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• God forgives us. ... Who am I not to forgive?

  Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  Forgiveness, Forgiving

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• Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.

  Jim Elliot

  Law, Perfect, Soul

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• God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Forgiveness, Mother, War

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• Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

  Unknown

  Forgiving God, Ephesians, Be Kind

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  The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'

  Billy Graham

  Life, Faith, Forgiveness

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• Forgiveness is manifested mercy; it is live in action - not love based on a feeling, but love based on a decision, an intentional choice to obey God.

  Joyce Meyer

  Forgiveness, Choices, Decision

  Joyce Meyer (2010). “The Power of Simple Prayer: How to Talk to God about Everything”, p.202, Hachette UK

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• Every time I pray, I ask for forgiveness. I'm a sinner. I sin every single day. But I do know that God loves me. I do know that God forgives me. It helps me in my every day life because there's nothing anyone can do to me that I can't forgive them for.

  Mark Teixeira

  Forgive Me, Forgiving, Helping

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• O God, if there is a God, forgive him his sins, if there is such a thing as sin.

  Evelyn Waugh

  If There Is A God, Forgiving, Sin

  "Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder". Book by Evelyn Waugh, 1945.

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• If we live in our oneness-heart, we will feel the essence of all religions which is the love of God. Forgiveness, compassion, tolerance, brotherhood and the feeling of oneness are the signs of a true religion.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Heart, Compassion, Essence

  "World-Destruction: Never, Impossible!". Book by Sri Chinmoy, 1994.

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• God forgives somehow we have yet to learn the same.

  Mary Chapin Carpenter

  Forgiveness, Forgiving

  Song: Dead Man Walking

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• We must be willing to forgive without limit even as God forgives; otherwise we cannot be forgiven.

  Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferre

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Limits

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• When God forgives, He at once restores.

  Theodore Epp

  Forgiveness, Forgiving

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• It is vain for you to expect, it is impudent for you to ask of God forgiveness on your own behalf, if you refuse to exercise this forgiving temper with respect to others.

  Benjamin Hoadly

  Exercise, Forgiving, Respecting Others

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• every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.

  Richard Rohr

  Relationship, Forgiveness, God

  Richard Rohr (2011). “AARP Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life”, p.69, John Wiley & Sons

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• God forgives us and remembers our sin no more; therefore, stop remembering what God has forgotten.

  Joyce Meyer

  Forgiving, Remember, Sin

  Twitter post from Aug 23, 2011

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• "Love covers a multitude of sins," (I Pet. 4:8). That is, for love towards one's neighbor, God forgives the sins of the one who loves.

  Theophan the Recluse

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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