Forgiveness

• 1 Nephi 7:20-21…Nephi is quick to forgive.
• Mosiah 26:22…People are baptized unto repentance and are freely forgiven by the Lord of past acts.
• Mosiah 27: 28…Lord forgives sinners
• Alma 12:34…One can obtain forgiveness through Jesus Christ by repenting and not hardening his heart.
• Alma 24: 10…Thank God for forgiving you of your sins
• Mosiah 7: 33…To be released out of bondage one must:  (1) Turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart (2) Put your trust in Him (3) Serve Him with all diligence of mind (4) Accept His will & pleasure
• Mosiah 4: 3…When you’re forgiven of your sins, the Spirit descends over you, you’re filled with joy, having a peaceful conscience
• 3 Nephi 1:23…Receive forgiveness before the atonement
• 3 Nephi 13:14-15…F. others and Father forgives you
• Mormon 8:32-33…Pay to be F.? Wicked churches
• Mosiah 26:31…F. your neighbor or condemned
• Mormon 2:10-15…A point where you can’t receive forgiveness
• D&C 62:3…Bear testimony, recorded in heaven, sins forgiven
• Moroni 6:8…Those who sincerely see Forgiveness – Forgiven
• 1 Nephi 16:37-39…The Lord Forgives
• “Certainly not everything we struggle with is a result of our actions. Often our trials result from the actions of others or just the mortal events of life. But anything we can change we should change, and we must forgive the rest.”  Broken Things to Mend (Jeffrey R. Holland)- Kindle Location: 64-65
• “Forgiveness means giving up, letting go. It has nothing to do with condoning behavior. It’s just letting the whole thing go. We do not have to know HOW to forgive. All we need to do is to be WILLING to forgive. The Universe will take care of the hows.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 8
• “How much do you know about your parents’ childhoods, especially before the age of ten? If it’s still possible for you to find out, ask them. If you’re able to find out about your parents’ childhoods, you will more easily understand why they did what they did. Understanding will bring you compassion. If you don’t know and can’t find out, try to imagine what it must have been like for them. What kind of childhood would create an adult like that? You need this knowledge for your own freedom. You can’t free yourself until you free them. You can’t forgive yourself until you forgive them. If you demand perfection from them, you will demand perfection from yourself, and you will be miserable all your life.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 29
• “Jesus waits ‘with open arms to receive’ those who finally overcome by faith and hope. His welcome will consist not of a brief, loving pat but, instead, of being ‘clasped in the arms of Jesus’!”  (Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, Nov. 1994, 36)
• “Leadership is not about forcing your will on others. It’s about mastering the art of letting go.” Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success. Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty.
• Mosiah 3: 13… Prophets were sent to earth to declare to every kindred, nation, and tongue that those that Believe Christ will come, they will receive a remission of their sins, with great joy, as if he had already come. Before Christ, prophets helped people believe in the future atonement of Christ because it hadn’t happened yet.
• “While presiding over the Ukraine Kiev Mission, I once asked one of my most faithful sisters why she was always so hard on herself, why she was always beating herself up over the smallest things. Her answer was a classic example of someone listening to the wrong voice as she replied, “So no one can beat me to it.”Brothers and sisters, my counsel to this sister missionary is my counsel to you: acknowledge and face your weaknesses, but don’t be immobilized by them, because some of them will be your companions until you depart this earth life. No matter what your current status, the very moment you voluntarily choose honest, joyful, daily repentance by striving to simply do and be your very best, the Savior’s Atonement envelops and follows you, as it were, wherever you go. Living in this manner, you can truly “always retain a remission of your sins” ( Mosiah 4:12 ) every hour of every day, every second of every minute, and thus be fully clean and acceptable before God all the time”.  Jörg Klebingat, October 2014 General Conference
• Enos 1: 2… And I will tell you of the wrestle which I had before God before I received a remission of my sins.
• Enos 1:3 -5… 3  Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests; and the words which I had often heard my father speak concerning eternal life, and the joy of the saints, sunk deep into my heart. 4  And my soul hungered, and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul, and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens. 5  And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.
• “Jesus waits ‘with open arms to receive’ those who finally overcome by faith and hope (Mor. 6:17). His welcome will consist not of a brief, loving pat but, instead, of being ‘clasped in the arms of Jesus’! (Mor. 5:11).”  (Neal A. Maxwell, Ensign, Nov. 1994, 36)
• Jacob 7: 2… And I will tell you of the wrestle which I had before God before I received a remission of my sins.
• President Joseph F. Smith taught: “Men cannot forgive their own sins; they cannot cleanse themselves from the consequences of their sins. Men can stop sinning and can do right in the future, and so far [as] their acts are acceptable before the Lord [become] worthy of consideration. But who shall repair the wrongs they have done to themselves and to others, which it seems impossible for them to repair themselves? By the atonement of Jesus Christ, the sins of the repentant shall be washed away; though they are crimson they shall be made white as wool [see Isaiah 1:18 ]. This is the promise given to you.”  Boyd K. Packer, October 2012 General Conference, Page 8
• “We accept Christ’s Atonement by placing our faith in Him. Through this faith, we repent of our sins, are baptized, receive the Holy Ghost, and obey His commandments. We become faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. We are forgiven and cleansed from sin and prepared to return and live forever with our Heavenly Father.” Chapter 12, Gospel Principles
• “Shame does not, and never has, come from God.” Without the Mask, Charlie Bird