“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”(Mark 11:25)
1. Forgive people who hurt us so that God may forgive us our sins.Mark 11:25
2. Forgiveness doesn’t excuse their behavior. Forgiveness prevents their behavior from destroying your heart.
3. You will begin to heal when you let go of past hurts, forgive those who have wronged you and learn to forgive yourself for your mistakes.
4. Forgiveness does not change your past, but it does enlarge your future.
5. You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are full of yesterday’s junk.
6. It takes a strong person to say sorry but a stronger person to show forgiveness.
7. Without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.
8. Forgiveness is the economy of the heart. Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
9. Pain is the fist that knocks you down. Forgiveness is the hand that helps you back up again.
10. Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.