"How Can I Forgive Others?"
* Material based on Charles Stanley's stuff
* Intro: Doesn't take national tragedy to bring to our attention issues about forgiveness
- All deal with forgiveness throughout lives
- Misconceptions about forgiveness are biggest stumbling blocks
* Forgiving others is NOT:
- Justifying their behavior
- Trusting that time heals all wounds
- Denying you have been hurt
- Contingent upon confronting them personally
* Biblical process of forgiveness:
- Remember how much you have been forgiven by God {Matt18:21-35}
- Release other person completely [holding grudge like drinking poison hoping other gets sick]
- Recognize God's purpose in the process {Rom8:28, Gen50:19-20}
- Re-establish relationships if appropriate {Rom12:18,21}
- Repeat the process
* Matt5:23-24; Matt6:14-15; Eph4:26-27
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