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25 Affirmations about Forgiveness
Dr. Ray Pritchard
Author, Speaker, President of Keep Believing Ministries
A friend who has gone through a hard time sent me a list of things he has learned about forgiveness. Most of what follows comes from my friend, but I have rephrased a few things and added a few items of my own. This is obviously not a comprehensive statement about forgiveness—just a place to begin. What would you add to this list?
- If you wait to forgive until you feel like forgiving, you will never forgive.
- Without God’s grace, we will never forgive.
- Forgiveness is necessary but it isn’t easy.
- Forgiveness is first of all between us and God.
- God does not intend that all of life should be pleasant.
- Nothing gets rid of pride like adversity.
- Nobody understands the art of revenge like the Lord.
- There is coming a day when every dispute will be resolved. When you understand this, you are freed from feeling like you have to personally solve every issue here on this earth.
- Good theology is imperative. What you think about God determines how you respond in the hard times.
- God is good. If you don’t believe that, it will be next to impossible to forgive others.
- God is sovereign. There are no mistakes in God’s economy, and no detail, no matter how small, goes unnoticed by Him.
- God’s grace is always sufficient.
- There is an old saying: "Time heals all.” That isn’t always true.
- Forgiving and forgetting are not the same thing.
- Nothing makes a person more aware of other people’s feelings than a broken heart.
- When you have been wronged, there is nothing worse than feeling like you have been abandoned.
- Forgiveness is a gift I give to someone who doesn’t deserve it. If they deserved forgiveness, they wouldn’t need it.
- True forgiveness costs a great deal, but unforgiveness costs much more.
- Bitterness poisons everything.
- I don’t see myself the way I really am.
- I am more like my enemies than I like to admit.
- If I have trouble loving my enemies, I should remember that I am someone else’s enemy.
- God uses our enemies to make us more like Jesus.
- You are never more like Jesus than when you forgive.
- We never come to the end of needing forgiveness or needing to forgive.
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safegas43
10/7/2009 2:21 PM
Excellent,and timely.Certainly supports sound biblical doctrine. I truly believe if we can just prayerfully and oftimes,tearfully,get past the pain and apply through the Spirit of Truth,Prov,3:5-7,God will through His awesome power enable us to forgive,regardless of the chronicity of the circumstance.But in obedience to His Word just follow through and as our beloved pastor/friend Dr Charles Stanley says "Obey God and the consequences to Him" Even if the offender does not respond ,you have done your part. There is something that so amazingly freeing.A renewed joy,peace and a love . GOD Is MORE THAN WONDERFUL""""" Experientially,I Know that nothing can a brother or sister in Christ,of our peace and joy in the Lord,faster than an unforgiving spirit.And we are told to seek it early and let not the sun go down on our anger.If we fail to ask the Lord to help us yo see the frailty in ourself ,then that very seed of anger will grow into a crop of bitterness.TRUST GOD
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yellasun
9/4/2009 12:47 PM
oh this is what i needed..i just a a rough to weeks and this helped me see things clearly
refpil
9/4/2009 11:00 AM
What helps in forgiveness is naming how that person have hurt you. In my case, someone did something that I felt destroyed my dreams at that time and I still feel this way.
However, as I look back, it was really the way it was done that hurt me. I lost my job which I thought I was meant for. Now, I feel that my work now is more in line with who I am. I think now, its not that I lost my job, it was more of being pushed out into a very trying situation (we relocated and have to relocate back). If I was given a chance to at least make a more peaceful exit, it would have been better.
Time may not heal but may give additional perspective.
However, as I look back, it was really the way it was done that hurt me. I lost my job which I thought I was meant for. Now, I feel that my work now is more in line with who I am. I think now, its not that I lost my job, it was more of being pushed out into a very trying situation (we relocated and have to relocate back). If I was given a chance to at least make a more peaceful exit, it would have been better.
Time may not heal but may give additional perspective.
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