Whether you've never been forgiven, or you are experiencing persistent feelings of guilt and condemnation for something you've done after asking forgiveness for it, watch this slideshow.

1. Forgiveness © Amy Chappell 2008

2. "...And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:7

3. "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us." Psalm 103:12 "And as far as sunrise is from sunset, he has separated us from our sins."

4. "'Come now, let us argue this out,' says the LORD. 'No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I can make you as white as wool.' Isa 1:18

5. "I--yes, I alone-am the one who blots out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again." Isa 43:25

6. "Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be - you get a fresh start, your slate's wiped clean." Psalm 32:1 "Oh, what joy for those whose rebellion is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!"

7. "Remove the stain of my guilt." Psalm 51:9

8. "Our sins too much for us - but you get rid of them once and for all." Psalm 65:3 "Though our hearts are filled with sins, you forgive them all." "Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shall purge them away."

9. "You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin. You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger." Psalm 85:2-3

10. "Turn to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Isa 44:7

11. "'I'll wipe the slate clean for each of them. I'll forget they ever sinned!'" Jeremiah 31:34 'And I will forgive their wickedness and will never again remember their sins.'

12. "She will bring a son to birth, and when she does, you, Joseph, will name him Jesus--'God saves'--because he will save his people from their sins." Matthew 1:21

13. "This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." Matthew 26:28

14. "Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight." Romans 4:7

15. "Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses." Acts 13:38

16. "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin." Romans 4:7

17. "You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins." Col 2:13

18. "I write this, dear children, to guide you out of sin. But if anyone does sin, we have a Priest-Friend in the presence of the Father: Jesus Christ, righteous Jesus. When he served as a sacrifice for our sins, he solved the sin problem for good—not only ours, but the whole world's." 1 John 2:1 "My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world."

19. "and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood" Rev 1:5