WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FORGIVE? Forgiveness is so
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slide2. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FORGIVE?
Forgiveness is so vital to our Christian walk
Nature of true forgiveness<br>
slide3. It affects our
relationship and fellowship
with God
when we chose
not to forgive<br>
slide4. I John 4:20-21
If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.<br>
slide5. Unforgiveness can affect
our body and soul<br>
slide6. Psalm 32: 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long.
Proverbs 12: 5 Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.<br>
slide7. Forgiveness is the
key to answered prayers.<br>
slide8. Mark 11: 25-26
And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. "But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.<br>
slide9. When we do not forgive
we open the door
for the attack of the enemy<br>
slide10. 2 Corinthians 2: 10-11
Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11 in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.<br>
slide11. The measure we use
to forgive is what God
will use to forgive us<br>
slide12. Matthew 6: 14-15
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.<br>
slide13. Ephesians 4: 11
God is rich in mercy and He loved us so much.<br>
slide14. Micah 7: 18
Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.<br>
slide15. OUR MOTIVATION TO FORGIVE
MUST COME FROM
OUR RESPONSE TO THE
LOVE AND MERCY OF GOD<br>
slide16. Luke 6: 36- 37
Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.<br>
slide17. Colossians 3: 13
Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.<br>
slide18. BY EXTENDING FORGIVENESS TO OTHERS,
YOU HELP OTHERS SEE THE OVERFLOW
OF GOD’S LOVE AND MERCY<br>
slide19. Matthew 18:33-34
Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you? And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.<br>
slide20. Matthew 18: 35
So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.<br>
slide21. Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.<br>
slide22. James 2: 13
For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.<br>
Forgiveness is so vital to our Christian walk
Nature of true forgiveness<br>
slide3. It affects our
relationship and fellowship
with God
when we chose
not to forgive<br>
slide4. I John 4:20-21
If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.<br>
slide5. Unforgiveness can affect
our body and soul<br>
slide6. Psalm 32: 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long.
Proverbs 12: 5 Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.<br>
slide7. Forgiveness is the
key to answered prayers.<br>
slide8. Mark 11: 25-26
And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. "But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.<br>
slide9. When we do not forgive
we open the door
for the attack of the enemy<br>
slide10. 2 Corinthians 2: 10-11
Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11 in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.<br>
slide11. The measure we use
to forgive is what God
will use to forgive us<br>
slide12. Matthew 6: 14-15
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.<br>
slide13. Ephesians 4: 11
God is rich in mercy and He loved us so much.<br>
slide14. Micah 7: 18
Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.<br>
slide15. OUR MOTIVATION TO FORGIVE
MUST COME FROM
OUR RESPONSE TO THE
LOVE AND MERCY OF GOD<br>
slide16. Luke 6: 36- 37
Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.<br>
slide17. Colossians 3: 13
Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.<br>
slide18. BY EXTENDING FORGIVENESS TO OTHERS,
YOU HELP OTHERS SEE THE OVERFLOW
OF GOD’S LOVE AND MERCY<br>
slide19. Matthew 18:33-34
Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you? And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.<br>
slide20. Matthew 18: 35
So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.<br>
slide21. Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.<br>
slide22. James 2: 13
For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.<br>