Forgiveness – Page 39

Aug 18, 2007August 6, 2026

Love is Greater

“But forgiveness means that this real and horrible offense shall not separate us. Forgiveness means that we will no longer use the offense to drive a wedge between us, hurting and injuring one another. Forgiveness means that the power of love that holds us together is greater than the power of the offense that separates us. That is forgiveness. In forgiveness we are releasing our offenders so that they are no longer bound to us. In a very real sense we are freeing them to receive God’s grace. We are also inviting our offenders back into the circle of fellowship.”

— Richard J. Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, p. 188

Aug 18, 2007August 6, 2026

Never the Same

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“Forgiveness is not acting as if things are just the same as before the offense. We must face the fact that things will never be the same. By the grace of God they can be a thousand times better, but they will never again be the same.”

— Richard J. Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, p. 188

Aug 18, 2007August 6, 2026

Not About Forgetting

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“No, we remember, but in forgiving we no longer use the memory against others.”

– Richard J. Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, p. 187

Aug 18, 2007August 6, 2026

As We Forgive Our Debtors

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“So it is with forgiveness. As long as the only cry heard among us is for vengeance, there can be no reconciliation. If our hearts are so narrow as to see only how others have hurt and offended us, we cannot see how we have offended God and so find no need to seek forgiveness.”

– Richard J. Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, p. 187

Aug 18, 2007August 6, 2026

God loves to forgive.

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[Jesus] “teaches us in this way because he knows how very much God loves to forgive. It is the one thing he yearns to do, aches to do, rushes to do. At the very heart of the universe is God’s desire to give and to forgive.”

— Richard J. Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home

Aug 17, 2007August 5, 2026

God’s Power to Heal

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“Please, accept the word of this prodigal, without illustration, that God can solve all the problems we have created in our marriages. Our Creator knows that as human beings living in a sinful world, we often fail Him. He is ready to forgive us and rescue us and our marriages from satan.”

–Bob Steinkamp, Prodigals Do Come Home, p. 28.

Aug 13, 2007

Its Own Punishment

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“I realized once again that we’re punished not for our hatred, for not forgiving people, but by it.”

–Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually), p. 129

Aug 11, 2007August 5, 2026

Living for Today

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“Forgiveness is the powerful assertion that bad things will not ruin your today even though they may have spoiled your past.”

— Dr. Fred Luskin in Forgive for Good

Aug 11, 2007August 5, 2026

A Change of Focus

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My central message here is when you bring more positive experiences into your life, your hurts will diminish in importance. In fact, this is the first step to taking responsibility for how you feel and beginning to forgive. If I rent out more and more space in my mind to appreciating my children or the loveliness of a rainy day, there is as a result less space and time for dwelling on the hurts.

–Dr. Fred Luskin, Forgive for Good

Aug 11, 2007

Strategic Mistake

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“The enemy specializes in taking advantage of any refusal to forgive.”

–Beth Moore, Praying God’s Word Day by Day