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  • Brian Barrett avatar

    The Call To Forgive

    Contributed by Brian Barrett on Oct 18, 2010
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     | 4,751 views

    It is a message that will cause us to face feelings that maybe, have been pushed away, or covered over. Maybe for so long that we have forgotten about them until that issue rises up again. It is a message that will help us to handle these feelings the Bi

    The Call to Forgive Tonight’s message contains thoughts that I’ve had since early in the week. It is a message for you and a message for me. It is a message that will speak to you and it speaks to me. It is a message that will cause us to face feelings that maybe, have been pushed ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Forgive Me! PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 805 views

    Emphasize the importance and power of forgiveness, as taught in the Bible, and how it leads to peace, healing, and freedom.

    Good morning, Church family! Today's sermon is all about a topic that we all sometimes struggle with - forgiveness. Max Lucado once said, "Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realizing you were the prisoner." Let’s dive into the Scripture from Matthew 18:21-35 (NIV): [Read ...read more

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  • Rich O' Toole avatar

    The Importance Of Forgiveness

    Contributed by Rich O' Toole on Aug 1, 2023
     | 1,447 views

    After the cleansing of the Temple, Jesus teaches the Disciples about Forgiveness

    The Importance of Forgiveness Mark 11:25-33, Matthew 18:23-34 Good morning. Doctor Karen Swartz of Johns Hopkins Hospital, said about unforgiveness, “There is a physical burden to being hurt and disappointed, Chronic anger puts you into a fight-or-flight mode, which results in numerous changes ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Lanny Freeman avatar

    Forgive & Forget?

    Contributed by Lanny Freeman on Sep 7, 2002
    based on 178 ratings
     | 11,402 views

    Steps to forgiveness - learning to "let it go".

    INTRO – Forgive & Forget? Illustration – I recall learning a lesson at summer camp as a young boy. I didn’t have much spending money to take with me. One of my few, inexpensive enjoyments was a box of mini-chiclets. One particular day I had bought a packet, and after chewing a few, I placed the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Michael Pope avatar

    Transformed By Forgiveness

    Contributed by Dr. Michael Pope on Mar 22, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,430 views

    Transformed by God's Forgiveness

    TRANSFORMED BY FORGIVENESS MT:26:28 21 FEB 16 DR. M POPE INTRO: Studies have shown that many of the psycho problems people have today is due to the baggage of guilt they carry. So with the psy counseling, pills, self-help plans that are created in the secular world are designed to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Don Crowson avatar

    Total Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by Don Crowson on Feb 1, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 10,440 views

    Total forgiveness is necessary for our spiritual, psychological, and physical health.

    March 12, 2006 Total Forgiveness Luke 23:34 Introduction: Did you see the news report earlier in the week about Charles Cullen? He is the nurse given 6 life terms for the murders of 40 patients under his care. At one point in Friday’s proceedings they had to physically gag the defendant ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Forgiveness Matters Series

    Contributed by Robert Odle on May 13, 2003
    based on 76 ratings
     | 6,876 views

    In our pursuit of godly character we must learn to forgive. We must also learn the biblical difference between frogiveness and reconciliation.

    Character Counts! Forgiveness Matters (1 John 3:16-18) Theme: God?s character requires Him to forgive. Those seeking godly character must learn to forgive. Purpose: What do I want to happen in the hearer when I preach this sermon? A. Increased insight. After I preach this sermon, the hearer ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • John Gaston avatar

    Regifting Forgiveness

    Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 27, 2021
     | 2,172 views

    As we approach the Holiday Season, the “Season of Regifting!” Regifting is: “the act of receiving a gift and giving it to another friend or family as if you had actually purchased it for them." Regifting forgiveness is a Biblical concept!

    REGIFTING FORGIVENESS Eph 4:32 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: THE BASS BOAT 1. Boudreaux won a bass boat in a raffle drawing. He brought it home & his wife looked at him & said, “What you gonna do wit dat? There ain’t no water deep enough to float a boat within 75 mile of here”. 2. He says, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Give Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Apr 26, 2008
     | 3,662 views

    Forgiveness is a gift we receive and a gift we give to others.

    Title: Give Forgiveness Text: Ephesians 4:30-32 Thesis: Forgiveness is a gift we give to others… Series Introduction; Tim McGraw’s hit song Live Like You Were Dying, is the springboard for the current series of messages. The song is the story of a man who learned he was dying of a fatal disease ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    To Forgive Is Divine Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jan 27, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,539 views

    41st in a series from Ephesians. We need to forgive others in the body the same way God forgave us.

    On Monday morning, October 2, 2006, a gunman entered a one-room Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. In front of twenty-five horrified pupils, thirty-two-year-old Charles Roberts ordered the boys and the teacher to leave. After tying the legs of the ten remaining girls, Roberts prepared to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Norman Lawrence avatar

    The Forgiveness Factor

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jul 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,387 views

    The ingredient that separates the men from the boys, and the girls from the women, the mature from the immature spiritually is the ability to have a heart of forgiveness for those that have wronged you...

    "THE FORGIVENESS FACTOR" Text: 1 Sam. 24:1-15 What ingredient is it that makes a man or woman great in the sight of God? Is it their ability to pay back every act of unkindness or offense against them through vengeance? Is it their ability to do all they can to expose and damage the character ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    How To Forgive Series

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 25, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 9,081 views

    How do we forgive?

    I would like to begin this morning with a very troubling verse of Scripture. "If you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." -- Matthew 6:14-15 (NIV) Does this mean ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeffrey Sims avatar

    The Heart Of Forgiveness

    Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Mar 22, 2025
     | 444 views

    This sermon is all about forgiveness and the freedom that we find when we learn to forgive and stop holding on to the things that people do to hurt us...It also points to Jesus and the cross and the power that He gives us to help us overcome.

    The Heart of Forgiveness Luke 23:34 Good morning, I want to start out today with a story… Imagine this: A mother stands in a courtroom, face-to-face with the man who murdered her only son. The room is silent, thick with tension. Everyone expects her to demand justice … maybe even vengeance. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mark H. Stevens ThD avatar

    The Miracle Of Forgiveness

    Contributed by Mark H. Stevens Thd on Jan 4, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,248 views

    They say "To err is human and to forgive divine"...a lot of truth in this statement. It really takes the power of The Lord to help us truly forgive one another.

    Mark 2:7-11 (Wey) "Why does this man use such words?" they said; "He is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?"... Jesus asked them, "Which is easier?--to say to this paralytic, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your mat, and walk?' But that you may know that the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • John Hamby avatar

    Dealing With Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 3, 2001
    based on 390 ratings
     | 43,850 views

    The story of Joseph gives us a model for forgiveness!

    “When Life is the Pits” A Study of the Life of Joseph Sermon # 9 “Dealing With Forgiveness!” Genesis 45:1-20 “Simon Wiesenthal lost 89 relatives in Hitler’s death camps. He has devoted his life to finding Nazi ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist