In Sermon Illustrations: "Forgive Self"

Why Should I Forgive?  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 31, 2003

WHY SHOULD I FORGIVE? During a children’s sermon one Sunday morning, I held up an ugly-looking summer shirt that I wore occasionally around the house. I explained to the children that someone said the shirt was ugly and should be thrown away. "This really hurt me," I explained. "I’m having ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment, Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Cheap Grace Is The Preaching Of Forgiveness ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 14, 2004

“Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Tags: Grace, Discipleship

Denomination: Church Of God

Martin Luther King On Forgiveness

Contributed by Steve Moore on Nov 8, 2005

Martin Luther King, who said… “Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Forgiveness Does Not Change The Past, But It ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Forgiveness Is Better Than Revenge; For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Forgiveness is better than revenge; for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Forgiveness Is The Answer To The Childs Dream ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Forgiveness is the answer to the childs dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

The Ineffable Joy Of Forgiving And Being ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Forgiveness Saves The Expense Of Anger, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Forgiveness Is The Fragrance The Violet Sheds On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

It Is Very Easy To Forgive Others Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

The Public Is Wonderfully Tolerant. It Forgives ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives ...read more

Tags: Thought

Forgiveness On A Kid's First Job

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009

FORGIVENESS ON A KID’S FIRST JOB Forgiveness was the most important lesson best-selling author Tony Hillerman learned as a kid on his first job. His story goes... "I was 14 when Mr. Ingram knocked on our farmhouse door in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma (pop. 38). The old sharecropper lived about a mile ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-36

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Forgiveness Works In The Aussie Open

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009

FORGIVENESS WORKS IN THE AUSSIE OPEN Who here is a tennis fanatic? This time of the year is dreadful for sleep; The Australian Open interferes in our life. But the other night something interesting happened. Jelena Dokic publicly asked for forgiveness, said sorry for being a pain to the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Why Should I Not Forgive?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009

WHY SHOULD I NOT FORGIVE? Deweese Eunick (mother of a 6 year old girl, killed by a 12 year old boy who was wrestling with her) The boy, Lionel Tate was being sentenced for life in prison for this murder. The mother said to reporters on ABC, "It’s more that he’s a human being, you know?" she said. ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:13

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Man Learns To Forgive His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009

Man Learns to Forgive His Enemy The apostle Paul said, “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32). We don’t serve in order to merit God’s forgiveness. We serve because we have already received God’s forgiveness. And our service is ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:32

Tags: Forgiveness, Forgiveness For Others

Forgiving The Unrepentant By R.t. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 17, 2009

Forgiving the Unrepentant by R.T. Kendall In an article by R.T. Kendall titled, ‘Forgiving the Unrepentant’, he recalls an incident that happened to him. “When I was minister of Westminster Chapel in London, the people who had betrayed me didn’t think they had done one thing wrong. You could have ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:34

Tags: Forgiveness, Forgiveness For Others

Accepting Forgiveness Can Be Difficult

Contributed by Greg Bond on Dec 28, 2009

ACCEPTING FORGIVENESS CAN BE DIFFICULT I’m sure that many of you, just looking at this title, already have emotions running through your mind. Maybe accepting forgiveness from God and acceptance into His fellowship, is something you have struggled with personally, or you know one person, or ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness In Jesus

Denomination: Pentecostal

Bill Hybels: Difficult Forgiveness  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2010

BILL HYBELS: DIFFICULT FORGIVENESS Everything we have seen about how to deal with difficult people when put to action will bring glory to God. We find this in an illustration from Bill Hybels: "A couple of years ago, a member of my church’s vocal team and I were invited by a Christian leader ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-36

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

When God Forgives, He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2010

“When God Forgives, He Forgets” How different God’s pardon is from ours! So often we forgive as did the mother of the little girl who had been good a whole week, and asked mother for a favor. “I know” was the answer, “that you have been good all this week, but you know your were bad last week.” In ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 8:10-13

Tags: God's Forgiveness

Forgiveness: Like A Bell Tolling

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 18, 2011

FORGIVENESS: LIKE A BELL TOLLING Corrie ten Boom once told of being able to forget a wrong that had been done to her. She had forgiven the person, but she kept rehashing the incident and so couldn’t sleep. Finally, she cried out to God for help in putting the problem to rest. She wrote this about ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed