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  • Lanny Freeman avatar

    Forgive & Forget?

    Contributed by Lanny Freeman on Sep 7, 2002
    based on 178 ratings
     | 11,758 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

  • Chris Surber avatar

    The Freedom Of Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jul 7, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,404 views

    Grace enables us to forgive others and ourselves.

    The Freedom of Forgiveness, Luke 7:36-50 Introduction It is told of a famous smith of medieval times that, having been taken prisoner and immured in a dungeon, he began to examine the chain that bound him with a view to discovering some flaw that might make it easier to break it. His hope was in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Matt Barker avatar

    Accepting Forgiveness

    Contributed by Matt Barker on Jul 13, 2008
    based on 16 ratings
     | 10,946 views

    As Christians, we often work hard at forgiving others; we need to learn to accept God’s forgiveness of ourselves.

    Accepting Forgiveness Let’s open our bibles this morning to Psalm 103. In this Psalm, David is praising God for his tremendous love for His people. We’ll come back to this in just a minute. Now, we all know that David wasn’t perfect. Let’s take a look at one of his most famous stories. One ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Eric Ferguson avatar

    Forgiving God

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 16, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,921 views

    Us being forgiven by God is without question; but that God needs to be forgiven by me borders on blasphemy. Although it seems unthinkable to even mention that we would need to forgive God of the universe, our creator, our redeemer. But many people must go

    Sometimes life hurts us. And when we hurt, the natural response is anger. When another person is responsible for our pain, our anger turns toward the one who has injured us. To restore peace, we know we need to forgive. But sometime’s there’s no clear culprit in our suffering. At those times, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Luke avatar

    The Rewards Of Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on May 16, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 30,468 views

    Forgiveness brings three signficant rewards: makes you more like God, draws you closer to God, and recaptures the freedom of your soul.

    SERIES: “DISCOVER FORGIVENESS: Finding Freedom Through Forgiveness” TEXT: SELECTED TITLE: “THE REWARDS OF FORGIVENESS” OPEN: A. Good news and bad news this morning: 1. Bad news a. People have let you down b. Because ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Nathan Johnson avatar

    God's Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on May 28, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 15,143 views

    We need so desperately, the forgiveness of God daily. It is cleansing and vital to our walk with Him.

    God’s Forgiveness Griffith Baptist Church – 6/1/08 P.M. Service Text: Psalm 32 Main Verse: Psalms 32:5 - I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. The Introduction In A ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pat Damiani avatar

    To Forgive Is Divine Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jan 27, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,925 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

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    "Redemption And Forgiveness" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jan 28, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,305 views

    Sermon 4 in a study in Colossians

    “For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.” Every Zorro or Robin Hood movie I’ve ever seen, and I think I’ve seen ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Tony Foeller avatar

    God's Forgiveness

    Contributed by Tony Foeller on Sep 4, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
     | 7,421 views

    In this message we look at why God forgives, why man needs forgiveness, what God’s forgiveness is, and how one can experience God’s forgiveness.

    God’s Forgiveness Ephesians 1:3-8 What is forgiveness? It is, quite literally, the setting aside of a debt by the one to which the debt is owed. When we talk about forgiveness in this light, are we to understand that it is possible for us to “pay” God for our forgiveness? Of course not. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • W Pittendreigh avatar

    Forgiving The Anger Series

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Sep 15, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 4,652 views

    Fourth in a series on the Lord’s Prayer, this sermon deals with forgiveness.

    FORGIVING THE ANGER Fourth in a Series on the Lord’s Prayer "Forgive us...as we forgive others..." In the current movie, COURAGE UNDER FIRE, Denzel Washington plays a soldier who makes a tragic error. At the beginning of the film, he and his men engage the enemy. It is night, and it is a dark. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • John Kapteyn avatar

    A Call To Forgive

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,505 views

    Introductory Comments 1.

    Introductory Comments 1. This season we are to present Christ to the world. To remind them that He came and to tell them why He came. Some of us are able to do this through the gift of singing. Christmas songs that bring us back to Bethlehem itself. Some of us, including our Sunday School ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Eddie Snipes avatar

    Amazing Forgiveness

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 31 ratings
     | 7,068 views

    God not only forgave our sins, but paid the debt on our behalf. Because of His amazing grace, God invests His righteousness to our account.

    Amazing Forgiveness Lets begin by looking at Romans 6:12-16: 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Claud Owens avatar

    Correcting And Forgiving

    Contributed by Claud Owens on Aug 5, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,551 views

    What to do when a brother or sister in the faith sins.

    CORRECTING AND FORGIVING SIN Scripture Reading: Psalm 103: 1 - 7 Gospel Reading: Matthew 18: 15 - 35 In today’s gospel reading Jesus addresses the question of what to do when you find a member of the congregation in sin. Our English translations of the bible have it, "When a brother sins ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    Forgiving Father

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 26, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 4,351 views

    The parable of the Prodigal Son

    Simeon Ford, the proprietor of the Old Grand Union Hotel in New York, once said, “You don’t need to know anything about a hotel to run one,” he said. “You just open up and the customers tell you how to run it.” Isn’t that the truth. Everyone is a critic. You would think that with Jesus Himself ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    The Need For Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 25, 2001
    based on 60 ratings
     | 6,863 views

    The need for forgiveness is universal because sin is universal.

    Last week, we kicked off the new year and the new millennium by considering the topic of "Making a Fresh Start." We looked at what the Bible has to say about making life changes, and we especially focused on our need for God’s help in making changes that are lasting and significant. This morning, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist