Grave or Tree
📖 Mark 11:25-26 (ESV) “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
📖 Matthew 6:12 (ESV) “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors”
📖 Ephesians 4:32 (ESV) Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
The Bible teaches that is for Christians, but rather it is a that is necessary for , as well as living a and .
starts as an act of and then grows into a of .
1. is an .
📖 Hebrews 12:15 (ESV) “See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;”
📖 Mark 11:25-26 (ESV) “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
Unforgiveness always involves three people: the , , and .
2. is a .
📖 Luke 17:3-4 (ESV) Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
is the act of an .
Forgiveness always involves three people: the , , and .
is our of forgiving.
How do You and I forgive someone?
- Make a DECISION TO FORGIVE
- Acknowledge YOUR FEELINGS
- Let go of BLAME
- Let go of your need for REVENGE
- Practice EMPATHY
- TALK about it
- TAKE CARE of yourself
- Remember that forgiveness IS A PROCESS
- THANK GOD daily for His FORGIVENESS of your sins
- Do a forgiveness CHECKUP
- Be a QUICK FORGIVER
- Be a QUICK REPENTER
The question for us today is: Am I a OR ? Do I choose OR ?
The goal is to develop a . To live in and be a , to .
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