063 Call To Forgive Pt. 2
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FORGIVE: to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.to give up all claims on account of; remit (a debt, obligation, etc.).to grant pardon to (a person).to cease to feel resentment against:to cancel an indebtedness or liability of:verb to pardon an offense or an offender. THE WORD “FOR” MEANS:intended to belong to, or be used in connection with:in order to obtain, gain, or acquire: THE WORD GIVE MEANS: to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; as that young woman did, consider this reason to forgive. We forgive because God has forgiven us. If we do not, the resentment will build and build-like battery acid that slowly eats away a car-until, unless we fix it, it will destroy us. Even secular psychologists tell us that resentment is the most powerful, self-destructive emotion in our arsenal. Will you allow forgiveness to build, or bitterness to destroy your relationships and life?
What You Will Hear
- What forgiveness means.
- What forgiveness looks like.
- A new command: As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
- Questions to ask ourselves.
- Realizing the generosity of grace.
- Forgiveness is hard to accomplish in the human experience.
- Avoidance and revenge.
- God is governed by righteousness; whereas, desires and emotions drive us.
- God has a moral and virtuous purpose; our purpose is self-seeking
- God's primary purpose in our lives is to bring us out of our self-destructive and self-seeking nature, and into the reclamation of redemption in Him; this is the work of Christ.
- God's thoughts are beyond our comprehension and imagination; therefore, we should rely on Him, and not on ourselves.
Scriptures
Matthew 18; Ephesians 4:29-32; John 13:34-35; Isaiah 55:8-9
Mentioned
Flow Therapy Morning Show w/ Cocoa B and Frank Nitti
Facebook, IG, twitter @realpastorwaid
Alex Teamer aka ATEAM
Pastor Warren Campbell
Lena Byrd Miles
Shannon Jackson
House of Noho Julian Payne
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