Quotes about Reconciliation

Our relationships are often harmed when we try to atone for our own sins while condemning the other person for his.

Only when you accept the bad news of the gospel does the good news make any sense. The grace, restoration, reconciliation, forgiveness, mercy, patience, power, healing, and hope of the gospel are for sinners. They are only meaningful to you if you admit that you have the disease and realize that it is terminal.

Even if he never does this, I am called to maintain an attitude of forgiveness toward the offender.

The perfect, eternal love relationship between Father, Son, and Spirit was ripped apart to allow us to be restored to God and reconciled to one another.

Our experience of reconciling grace is expressed every time we pool our resources for the kingdom of God.

Father, Son, and Spirit were torn apart so that we might be united with them and with each other.

Remember, Father, Son, and Spirit were torn apart when Jesus died so that we might embrace rather than exclude one another. We have to be willing to face conflict. God wants us to grow and this is a crucial place where growth often occurs. He wants to make us more like Christ

This is the ground on which we build all relationships. Every time you are tempted to shun another believer, remember that the Father, Son, and Spirit were torn asunder so that you might be united.

What resulted from our collaboration is not just an examination, but an actual example of broken people in broken community experiencing the reconciling grace of God.

Own whatever personal sin you have brought to the situation.

When we choose to practice true forgiveness, the relationship is not just brought back to where it was before the offense; it actually moves further down the road to maturity.

Forgiveness Involves Canceling a Debt