Quotes About Healing

We don't need to be crippled any longer by the disease of sin—because God has provided the cure.

Anger and bitterness—whatever the cause—only end up hurting us. Turn that anger over to Christ.

God] wants to help you overcome the bitterness and anger that you feel, and He wants to encourage you . . . He knows that anger and depression will never help you deal with your problems—they only make them worse.

When someone hurts us, our natural instinct is to strike back—but when we do, we not only destroy any possibility of reconciliation, but we also allow anger and hate to control us.

If you have been harboring anger or bitterness or jealousy in your heart toward someone—a parent, an ex-spouse, a boss—hand it over to Christ, and ask Him to help you let it go.

Grief can kill a person emotionally and physically. If not counteracted with God's strength and power, our personal weakness may debilitate us.

We get angry when others hurt us, both by what they say and what they do. We get angry when we don't get our own way or our plans and dreams are frustrated. Anger may arise in an instant, erupting like a volcano and raining destruction on everyone in sight. Often, anger simmers just below the surface, sometimes for a lifetime. Like a corrosive acid, this kind of anger eats away at our bodies and souls, yet we may not even be aware of its presence.

Many times it takes just one member of a family to initiate the action to bring a family back together again.

The most eloquent prayer is often prayed through hands that heal and bless.

Christ . . . didn't come to treat symptoms. He came to get at the very heart of man's disease.

Hope, like faith and a purpose in life, is medicinal.

Some of the most heart-breaking letters I receive are from people who tell how alcohol or drugs have ravaged their lives and destroyed their families.

My wife often said that "a good marriage consists of two good forgivers.

There is hope for the alcoholic: God is able to deliver from this as well as any other addiction.

I know of few families today that aren't touched to some extent by the heartache of divorce, including our own.

On the surface the world has changed radically since that first Christmas. But deep inside, our problems are the same—for they are problems of the heart. And Christ still comes to us to cleanse our guilt, give us hope for the future, and heal our hurts with His love.

Forgiveness does not come easily to us, especially when someone we have trusted betrays our trust. And yet if we do not learn to forgive, we will discover that we can never really rebuild trust.

Humanity wants comfort in its sorrow, light in its darkness, peace in its turmoil, rest in its weariness, and healing in its sickness and diseases: The Gospel gives all of this to us.

In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings.

Some of the most healing words in any language are, "I'm sorry. Will you forgive me?" How much more we need that confession to our Father in heaven.

Forgiveness is one of the most beautiful words in the human vocabulary. How much pain and unhappy consequences could be avoided if we all learned the meaning of this word!

Grief comes with many losses. Whatever its cause, grief will come to all of us.

Grief which is not dealt with properly can cause us to lose our perspective on life.

Grief turns us inward, but compassion turns us outward, and that's what we need when grief threatens to crush us. The Bible says, "Carry each other's burdens" [Galatians 6:2 NIV].