Seeking the Lord’s forgiveness
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16 KJV)
The path to restoration
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
It has the power to transform
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. (Ephesians 4:32 KJV)
Liberating and Transforming
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him. (Daniel 9:9 NKJV)
Forgive, let go
If you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. (Mark 11:25 NKJV)
He’s forgiven you
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. (Psalm 86:15 KJV)
You should follow His steps
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:21 NKJV)
Nothing precious comes easy
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (1 John 4:7 KJV)
I’d still be in prison
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. (Isaiah 43:25 KJV)
Unlike the elephant…
His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is (His) faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22–23 NIV)
We have to build godly confidence
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. (Psalm 86:5 ESV)
The light on our path
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. (Proverbs 4:18 KJV)
But with God, it is possible
Be kind, compassionate, and forgiving to each other, in the same way God forgave you in Christ. (Ephesians 4:32 CEB)
I came to bring forgiveness
So watch yourselves. 'If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive them. (Luke 17:3-4 NIV)
Be gentle to all
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. (Colossians 3:13, ESV)
Readiness to go the distance
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8 KJV)
Scripture tells us to forgive
Forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32 NKJV)
Not a random number
Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times? (Matthew 18:21 ESV)
It’s too easy to draw conclusions
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. (Romans 14:12 KJV)