Quotes related to Matthew 6:14
Jesus was able to love men because he loved them right through the layer of mud.
- Philip Yancey
He who cannot forgive another breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself. GEORGE HERBERT
- Philip Yancey
Jesus requires—no, demands—a response of forgiveness.
- Philip Yancey
Does the Christian emphasis on love, grace, and forgiveness have any relevance outside quarreling families or church encounter groups? In a world where force matters most, a lofty ideal like forgiveness may seem as insubstantial as vapor.
- Philip Yancey
Why God asks us to forgive: because that is what God is like.
- Philip Yancey
Forgiveness may be unfair—it is, by definition—but at least it provides a way to halt the juggernaut of retribution.
- Philip Yancey
Forgiveness is an act of faith.
- Philip Yancey
By forgiving, I release my own right to get even and leave all issues of fairness for God to work out.
- Philip Yancey
Though wrong does not disappear when I forgive, it loses its grip on me and is taken over by God, who knows what to do. Such a decision involves risk, of course: the risk that God may not deal with the person as I would want.
- Philip Yancey
Sometimes you just have to extend a little grace to people. Not because they deserve it - but because we don't deserve it either.
- Denise Hunter
Human beings tend to much more quickly forget the good others have done for them than the bad others have done to them. That's human nature.
- Dennis Prager
Atonement is fundamental to the Torah, but much of the modern world has either forgotten its importance or deliberately rejected it.
- Dennis Prager