It seems we will always have someone in our life that we need to forgive, whether it is someone we are close to or someone we don't know very well. I personally have struggled with forgiveness a lot!!!
I just found this today CBN.com about forgiveness and wanted to share.
I just found this today CBN.com about forgiveness and wanted to share.
What the Bible says about FORGIVENESS
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Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
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Isaiah 1:18
Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
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Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
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Psalm 51:10-12
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit.
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Proverbs 17:9
He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends.
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Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
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Colossians 3:13
bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
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Psalm 32:1
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 10. - Romans 15:7 nAccept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.
