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The Forgiver Helps You Live The Forgiven Life
Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 15, 2023 (message contributor)
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1. Forgive To Enjoy Forgiveness Lesson 1
Contributed on Nov 15, 2023
Our vertical relationship with God depends on our horizonal relationship to others.
A. INTRODUCTION 1. Man bitten by dog – realizes, going to die. Wrote a long list of people not in his will. “People I hate, before I die I will bite them.” 2. Proof of your relationship with God. “Inasmuch … ye have done … to least … done unto Me” (Matthew 25:40). 3. “Our Father” means Jesus ...read more
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2. When Your Forgiveness Works Lesson 2
Contributed on Nov 15, 2023
Forgiveness puts you on the path to healing.
A. INTRODUCTION “I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. (Jeremiah 31:34). 1. Little girl prayed, “Forgive us our trash baskets, as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets.” 2. Forgiveness – Webster: “To grant pardon, remission for all offence, debts, etc., ...read more
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3. What Happens When I Don't Forgive? Lesson 3
Contributed on Nov 15, 2023
Forgiveness brings inner healing, but bitterness spews its poison.
“He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy” (Proverbs 28:13, NKJV). “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear” (Psalm 66:18, NKJV). A. UNFORGIVENESS IS COSTLY “Forgive … that your Father in heaven may also forgive you” ...read more
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4. Different Stages Of Forgivenesss Lesson 4
Contributed on Nov 15, 2023
Thank God for using a difficult/hard experience to conform you into the image of Jesus Christ.
“Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors” (Matthew 6:12). A. FIVE STAGES WHEN WE DENY FORGIVENESS 1. We deny we did it and our consequences are inevitable. 2. We get angry at our problem. 3. We bargain to live beyond our consequences. 4. We become depressed because the consequences ...read more
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5. Twenty Truths About Forgiveness Lesson 5
Contributed on Nov 15, 2023
Twenty truths about forgiveness.
A. INTRODUCTION 1. Definition of living, i.e., actual existence; maintains an active, strong, sufficient, reproductive, life. 2. Threefold definition of forgiving life: a. Based on past forgiveness. b. Enjoying present forgiveness. c. Facing a positive future of freedom because of ...read more