Forgiving is it worth it Digging Deeper

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Forgiving is it worth it?Digging Deeper

• BBC
• 16th September 2007

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We are forgiven only..

• Our Father in heavenhallowed be your nameyour
  kingdom comeyour will be doneon earth as it is
  in heaven
• Give us today our daily bread
• Forgive us our sinsas we forgive those who sin
  against us
• And lead us not into temptationbut deliver us
  from the evil one
• Matthew 69-16 

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.. if we forgive

• love your enemies expect nothing in return and
  your reward will be greatand you will be
  pardoned
• Luke 6 35-37
• He answered Love the Lord your God with all
  your heart and with all your soul and with all
  your strength and with all your mind and, 'Love
  your neighbour as yourself
• Luke 1027
• Parable of the unforgiving servant
• Matthew 18 23-35

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In unforgiveness we..

• are haunted by hurt
• attempt to bury the pain
• take revenge
• kid ourselves
• allow a root of bitterness to develop
• damage our relationship with God

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Forgiveness is not..

• saying the wrong that was done was not important
• putting the past behind us
• reversing or cancelling
• the same as reconciliation
• an instant analgesic
• something weak people do
• always a single event
• a reason to stay in a hurtful situation

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Forgiveness is..

• an act of will
• settling accounts
• releasing someone from their debt to you
• powerful
• possible

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Often the toughest challenges are..

• to seek forgiveness ourselves
• to forgive ourselves

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How to do it

• Prepare to do business with God
• Count the cost
• Have mercy
• Ask god to forgive your unforgiveness
• Forgive and release
• Pray for healing, with others if it helps

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Then..

• Live it
• Seek Gods help
• Stop rehearsing
• Dont rely on feelings
• Bless those who have hurt you
• Pray with others

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What about you?

• Who do you need to forgive?
• What do you need to forgive yourself for?
• Do you want to know freedom from the bondage that
  comes with unforgiveness?
• How can we not forgive when we see what God did
  for us in order that we might be forgiven?
• What action will you take?

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You hold the key Anne Gear

• Youve made for yourself a prison of pain
• The bars are your hate, and revenge forms your
  chain
• I've felt every tear that youve ever shed
• And Im willing to free you and carry you instead
• I am the door through which freedom is found
• but youve got the key to walk free or stay
  bound.
• The cost is forgiveness of all who hurt you
• but the prize is my wholeness - a life thats
  brand new.
• You see, my dear child, its not what folk do
• Its your reaction to them that damages you.
• Stop blaming others thats where you start
• cos the root of your healing is accepting your
  part
• Your feelings of forgiveness might be totally nil
• but its obedience Im after an act of your
  will.
• I made your emotions wholesome and good
• but theyre damaged at present dont work as
  they should

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