Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

Unforgiveness is spiritual filthiness, so get washed in the water of God's Word to forgive and stay clean.

Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.

You have to forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. Don't let the hurts, the bad breaks, the times you were taken advantage of sour the rest of your life, cause you to live with a chip on your shoulder. God knows how to vindicate you. He knows how to pay you back.

God always offers us a second chance in life.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

No matter what mistakes we might have made yesterday, today is the day we can retrieve our innocence.

Work on your relationships... Relationships need renewal or they die.

Who you are in Christ is far more important and meaningful than what has taken place in your past.

I believe, in life, you always get a second chance.

To become a Christian and to be adopted into God's family with the new name of "Christian" does not erase the past. God does not give us amnesia or do emergency emotional/spiritual reconstructive surgery. God does forgive the past, but he does not erase it. We are given a new start, but we still come in as babies drinking milk and are expected to die daily to the parts of our lives that do not honor God and follow Jesus.