When I truly repent and humble myself before God, I know He is faithful and just to forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. It's through Jesus' sacrifice on the cross that I can receive this forgiveness. It's such a gift.
And you know, it makes me think about how God wants me to extend that same grace to others. He wants me to reflect His love to everyone around me, to be a reflection of Jesus in every moment. It's a challenge sometimes, but it's so important.
Forgiving others, I've found, is really about freeing myself. It's about healing those deep wounds and finding freedom from bitterness. It's not easy, but it's so worth it.
I want to practice gratitude and turn away from sin, coming to God with a repentant heart, knowing He will always forgive me. And hopefully, I can pay that forward and offer forgiveness just as freely as I've received it.
If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you.But if you don't forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Instead, be kind and merciful, and forgive others, just as God forgave you because of Christ.
If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you.
Christ sacrificed his life's blood to set us free, which means that our sins are now forgiven. Christ did this because God was so kind to us. God has great wisdom and understanding,
If my own people will humbly pray and turn back to me and stop sinning, then I will answer them from heaven. I will forgive them and make their land fertile once again.
Jesus said: Don't judge others, and God won't judge you. Don't be hard on others, and God won't be hard on you. Forgive others, and God will forgive you.
(A special psalm by David.) Our God, you bless everyone whose sins you forgive and wipe away.
Whenever you stand up to pray, you must forgive what others have done to you. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.
Put up with each other, and forgive anyone who does you wrong, just as Christ has forgiven you.
My friends, the message is that Jesus can forgive your sins! The Law of Moses could not set you free from all your sins.
I tell you that any sinful thing you do or say can be forgiven. Even if you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven. But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven, either in this life or in the life to come.
If you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven, but if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you cannot be forgiven.
God rescued us from the dark power of Satan and brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son,who forgives our sins and sets us free.
I will treat them with kindness, even though they are wicked. I will forget their sins."
If you have faith when you pray for sick people, they will get well. The Lord will heal them, and if they have sinned, he will forgive them.
In the past, God forgave all this because people did not know what they were doing. But now he says that everyone everywhere must turn to him.
Peter came up to the Lord and asked, "How many times should I forgive someone who does something wrong to me? Is seven times enough?"Jesus answered: Not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
How far has the LORD taken our sins from us? Farther than the distance from east to west!
I, the LORD, invite you to come and talk it over. Your sins are scarlet red, but they will be whiter than snow or wool.
"God blesses people whose sins are forgiven and whose evil deeds are forgotten.The Lord blesses people whose sins are erased from his book."
But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.
But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.But there is more! Now that God has accepted us because Christ sacrificed his life's blood, we will also be kept safe from God's anger.Even when we were God's enemies, he made peace with us, because his Son died for us. Yet something even greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, we will be saved by his Son's life.
But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.
I will forgive anyone you forgive. Yes, for your sake and with Christ as my witness, I have forgiven whatever needed to be forgiven.I have done this to keep Satan from getting the better of us. We all know what goes on in his mind.
Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, "I am the one to take revenge and pay them back."The Scriptures also say, "If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat. And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink. This will be the same as piling burning coals on their heads."
(For the music leader. A psalm by David when the prophet Nathan came to him after David had been with Bathsheba.) You are kind, God! Please have pity on me. You are always merciful! Please wipe away my sins.Wash me clean from all of my sin and guilt.
So be careful what you do. Correct any followers of mine who sin, and forgive the ones who say they are sorry.Even if one of them mistreats you seven times in one day and says, "I am sorry," you should still forgive that person.
My friends, you are spiritual. So if someone is trapped in sin, you should gently lead that person back to the right path. But watch out, and don't be tempted yourself.
You will keep your friends if you forgive them, but you will lose your friends if you keep talking about what they did wrong.
This is my blood, and with it God makes his agreement with you. It will be poured out, so that many people will have their sins forgiven.
Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, "I am the one to take revenge and pay them back."
Don't be hateful and insult people just because they are hateful and insult you. Instead, treat everyone with kindness. You are God's chosen ones, and he will bless you. The Scriptures say,
If you kept record of our sins, no one could last long.But you forgive us, and so we will worship you.
But I wipe away your sins because of who I am. And so, I will forget the wrongs you have done.
I will go to my father and say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you.I am no longer good enough to be called your son. Treat me like one of your workers.' "The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.
Jesus said, "Father, forgive these people! They don't know what they're doing." While the crowd stood there watching Jesus, the soldiers gambled for his clothes. The leaders insulted him by saying, "He saved others. Now he should save himself, if he really is God's chosen Messiah!"
If you don't confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.
The younger son got up and started back to his father. But when he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son and hugged and kissed him.The son said, "Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you. I am no longer good enough to be called your son."But his father said to the servants, "Hurry and bring the best clothes and put them on him. Give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.Get the best calf and prepare it, so we can eat and celebrate.This son of mine was dead, but has now come back to life. He was lost and has now been found." And they began to celebrate.
Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, "I am the one to take revenge and pay them back."The Scriptures also say, "If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat. And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink. This will be the same as piling burning coals on their heads."Don't let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good.
(A special psalm by David.) Our God, you bless everyone whose sins you forgive and wipe away.You bless them by saying, "You told me your sins, without trying to hide them, and now I forgive you."
Give up your crooked ways and your evil thoughts. Return to the LORD our God. He will be merciful and forgive your sins.
If you forgive anyone's sins, they will be forgiven. But if you don't forgive their sins, they will not be forgiven."
You were dead, because you were sinful and were not God's people. But God let Christ make you alive, when he forgave all our sins.God wiped out the charges that were against us for disobeying the Law of Moses. He took them away and nailed them to the cross.
Don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you.God will be as hard on you as you are on others! He will treat you exactly as you treat them.
All of us have sinned and fallen short of God's glory.But God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus, he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins.
Some people soon brought to him a crippled man lying on a mat. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the crippled man, "My friend, don't worry! Your sins are forgiven."
When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the crippled man, "My friend, your sins are forgiven."
rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do.