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There is no single issue more important for our personal or

corporate survival today than this matter of

forgiveness.

~ Bruce Larson, Pastor

Forgiveness lays the basic foundation for any

continuing relationship.

~ Dr. Chuck Lynch, Theologian

When we forgive someone who hurt us, we join the

rejoicing heart of God, we share his contagious

pleasure in showing mercy.

~ David G. Benner, Psychologist

Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without

error, and nothing we achieve without come

measure of finitude and fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.

~ David Augsburger, Psychologist

The practice of forgiveness is our most important

contribution to the healing of the world.

~ Marianne Williamson

The first person to benefit from forgiving is the one

who does it.

~ Lewis B. Smedes, Psychologist

I suffer. Someone must be to

blame for it.

~ Nietzsche

Love is an act of endless forgiveness.

~ Peter Ustinov, Actor

True forgiveness is the hardest

thing in the universe.

~ David Augsburger, Psychologist

It is easier to forgive an enemy than

it is to forgive a friend.

~ William Blake

Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so

much.

~ Oscar Wilde

If you had a perfect excuse you would not need forgiveness: if the whole of your action needs forgiveness then there was no

excuse for it. But the trouble is that what we call “asking God’s

forgiveness” ver often really consists in asking God to

accept our excuses.

~ C. S. Lewis, Philosopher

We live in a world that is in desperate need of a truthful

embodiment of costly forgiveness.

~ L. Gregory Jones, Theologian

Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude.

~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Forgiveness is no sweet, platonic ideal to be

dispensed to the world like perfume sprayed from a

fragrance bottle. It is achingly difficult.

~ Philip Yancey, Writer

Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek

forgiveness still more.

~ Otto von Bismarck

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute

of the strong.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Forgiveness is the obligation of the forgiven.

~ Robert Jeffress, Pastor

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may

have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

~ Colossians 3:13 (TNIV)




How We Respond To Hurt…

Rumination – Thinking ourselves to death.

Retribution – I don’t get mad, I get even.

Repression – I’m fine, really. Just

fine.

Forgiveness – The key to relationship.

How We Respond To Hurt…

Rumination – Thinking ourselves to death.

Retribution – I don’t get mad, I get even.

Repression – I’m fine, really. Just

fine.

Forgiveness – The key to relationship.

Relationship is…

The meaning of life.

The DNA of the universe.

The only thing that lasts.

Relationship is…

The meaning of life.

The DNA of the universe.

The only thing that lasts.

We all stumble in many ways.

~ James 3:2 (TNIV)

We all stumble in many ways.

~ James 3:2 (TNIV)

Hebrew / Greek Words

Nasah / Aphiemi

= to carry away; to send away

Salach / Charizomai

= to pardon; to grant grace

Hebrew / Greek Words

Nasah / Aphiemi

= to carry away; to send away

Salach / Charizomai

= to pardon; to grant grace

FORGIVENESS:

The choice to set aside the debt of someone’s

wrongdoing against you; the cancellation of a

relational debt.

FORGIVENESS:

The choice to set aside the debt of someone’s

wrongdoing against you; the cancellation of a

relational debt.

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just

as in Christ God forgave you.

~ Ephesians 4:32 (TNIV)

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just

as in Christ God forgave you.

~ Ephesians 4:32 (TNIV)

The fundamental orientation of Christian life is that we are forgiven.


The fundamental orientation of Christian life is that we are forgiven.


For a Christian to be willfully unforgiving is unthinkable. We who have been forgiven by god Himself

have no right to withhold forgiveness from our fellow sinners.

~ John F. MacArthur, Pastor

For a Christian to be willfully unforgiving is unthinkable. We who have been forgiven by god Himself

have no right to withhold forgiveness from our fellow sinners.

~ John F. MacArthur, Pastor

An unforgiving Christian is a contradiction in terms. When you

see a professing Christian who stubbornly refuses to relinquish a

grudge, there’s good reason to question the genuineness of that

person’s faith.~ John F. MacArthur, Pastor

An unforgiving Christian is a contradiction in terms. When you

see a professing Christian who stubbornly refuses to relinquish a

grudge, there’s good reason to question the genuineness of that

person’s faith.~ John F. MacArthur, Pastor

We read, we hear, we believe a good theology of grace. But that’s not the way we live. The good news of the

gospel has not penetrated the level of our emotions.

~ David Seamands, Psychologist

We read, we hear, we believe a good theology of grace. But that’s not the way we live. The good news of the

gospel has not penetrated the level of our emotions.

~ David Seamands, Psychologist

Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love

covers a multitude of sins.

~ 1 Peter 4:8 (NASB)

Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love

covers a multitude of sins.

~ 1 Peter 4:8 (NASB)

Hatred stirs up strife,but love covers all offenses.

~ Proverbs 10:12 (RSV)

Hatred stirs up strife,but love covers all offenses.

~ Proverbs 10:12 (RSV)

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