Charles Spurgeon Quotes

All this time, Lev ever realized what he needed. He did not need to be adored or pitied. He needed to be forgiven. Not by God, who is all forgiving. Not by people like Marcus and Pastor Dan, who would always stand by his side. He needed to be forgiven by an unforgiving world.

We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.

First, forgive. Second, forget by choosing not to dwell on that which is forgiven and in the past. We have no right to keep in front of us what God has put behind Him.

Want to learn to forgive? Then consider how you've been forgiven.

I had to learn to forgive. I couldn't sleep at night. I got ulcers. I had to let go, to let God deal with it. No one wants to be mad in their own house. I didn't want to be angry my whole life. It takes so much energy out of you to be mean.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

And for yourself, whatever there has been either of sin or duty, remember the one and forget the other, and betake yourself wholly to the mercy of God and the merit of Christ.

I live my life and make mistakes and sin every single day... but that's what grace is for.

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.

Good people don't go to heaven. Forgiven people go to heaven.

Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. ... I know what regret feels like; I've earned my credentials. But I also know what forgiveness feels like, because God has so graciously forgiven me.

Whatever the reasons, when forgiveness happens it is always a miracle of grace. The obstacles in its way are immense

Sleeping with forgiveness in your heart for me.

If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness.

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.

We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do-we do it all the time.

How can I forgive if you are not ready to give up that which caused you to stumble?

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

I began to realize that when people experience the love of God, it casts out their fear and frees them from guilt.

I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence.

The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.