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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
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Forgiveness lays the basic foundation for any
continuing relationship. Dr. Chuck Lynch,
Theologian
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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
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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
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The practice of forgiveness is our most
important contribution to the healing of the
world. Marianne Williamson
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The first person to benefit from forgiving is
the one who does it. Lewis B. Smedes,
Psychologist
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I suffer. Someone must be to blame for
it. Nietzsche
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Love is an act of endless forgiveness.
Peter Ustinov, Actor
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True forgiveness is the hardest thing in the
universe. David Augsburger, Psychologist
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than it is to
forgive a friend. William Blake
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Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys
them so much. Oscar Wilde
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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 Gods
forgiveness ver often really consists in asking
God to accept our excuses. C. S. Lewis,
Philosopher
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We live in a world that is in desperate need
of a truthful embodiment of costly
forgiveness. L. Gregory Jones, Theologian
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Forgiveness is not an occasional act it is an
attitude. Martin Luther King Jr.
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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
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Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek
forgiveness still more. Otto von Bismarck
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the
attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi
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Forgiveness is the obligation of the
forgiven. Robert Jeffress, Pastor
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Bear with each other and forgive whatever
grievances you may have against one another.
Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians
313 (TNIV)
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How We Respond To Hurt Rumination Thinking
ourselves to death. Retribution I dont get
mad, I get even. Repression Im fine,
really. Just fine. Forgiveness The key to
relationship.
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Relationship is The meaning of life. The DNA
of the universe. The only thing that lasts.
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We all stumble in many ways. James 32
(TNIV)
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Forgiveness lays the basic foundation for any
continuing relationship. Dr. Chuck Lynch,
Theologian
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Hebrew / Greek Words Nasah / Aphiemi to
carry away to send away Salach / Charizomai
to pardon to grant grace
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FORGIVENESS The choice to set aside the debt
of someones wrongdoing against you the
cancellation of a relational debt.
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Be kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in Christ God
forgave you. Ephesians 432 (TNIV)
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Bear with each other and forgive whatever
grievances you may have against one another.
Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Colossians
313 (TNIV)
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The fundamental orientation of Christian life
is that we are forgiven. L. Gregory Jones,
Theologian
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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
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An unforgiving Christian is a contradiction in
terms. When you see a professing Christian who
stubbornly refuses to relinquish a grudge,
theres good reason to question the genuineness
of that persons faith. John F. MacArthur,
Pastor
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We read, we hear, we believe a good theology of
grace. But thats not the way we live. The good
news of the gospel has not penetrated the level
of our emotions. David Seamands, Psychologist
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Above all, keep fervent in your love for one
another, because love covers a multitude of
sins. 1 Peter 48 (NASB)
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Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all
offenses. Proverbs 1012 (RSV)
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