Forgiveness
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Like the title, Yesterday pastor preached abt Forgiveness. Indeed this is a very important topic. You will never do what is important to you until you value.
We got to Let go of the past to embrace the future.
What is Forgiveness?
1)Real forgiveness is unconditional
Forgiveness is always your initiative
2)Forgiveness does not minimize the seriousness of the offence
3)Forgiveness isn’t resuming a relationship without change
3 things the offender must do to resume the relationship:
1)Repentance
Not only that I’m sorry but I’m wrong
2)Restitution
3)Rebuilding trust
Takes a long time for it to be rebuild again
4)Forgiveness isn’t forgetting what has happened
5)Forgiveness isn’t your right when I wasn’t the one hurt
Why must we forgive?
1)God has forgiven me
2)Bitterness and resentment will destroy my life
Life is 10% “what happened” & 90% how we react to it.
Values
1)what’s most important to you
2)what you stand for
3)what you are willing to pay the price for
Time with loved ones
Spiritual life
Education, these are the big rocks in life. We got to put in the big rocks before the small rocks can be put in. This tells us we got to priortise our time correctly. Once something important is lost to you, you might not be able to get it back again and time cannot be turned back.
How do you forgive?
1)Give up your right to get even
2)Learn how to set boundaries
3)Learn to respond to evil with good
4)Repeat these steps as long as necessary
Hope this post inspires you reader. Forgiveness is something hard but is someone all of us will surely go thru in life as all of us will get hurt and offended somehow by others. It applies to couples, marriages,friendship and all. Usual sayings go Forgive and forget, but it's hard to really Forget but we can forgive.
♥ 1/13/2008 03:49:00 PM
Forgiveness
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Like the title, Yesterday pastor preached abt Forgiveness. Indeed this is a very important topic. You will never do what is important to you until you value.
We got to Let go of the past to embrace the future.
What is Forgiveness?
1)Real forgiveness is unconditional
Forgiveness is always your initiative
2)Forgiveness does not minimize the seriousness of the offence
3)Forgiveness isn’t resuming a relationship without change
3 things the offender must do to resume the relationship:
1)Repentance
Not only that I’m sorry but I’m wrong
2)Restitution
3)Rebuilding trust
Takes a long time for it to be rebuild again
4)Forgiveness isn’t forgetting what has happened
5)Forgiveness isn’t your right when I wasn’t the one hurt
Why must we forgive?
1)God has forgiven me
2)Bitterness and resentment will destroy my life
Life is 10% “what happened” & 90% how we react to it.
Values
1)what’s most important to you
2)what you stand for
3)what you are willing to pay the price for
Time with loved ones
Spiritual life
Education, these are the big rocks in life. We got to put in the big rocks before the small rocks can be put in. This tells us we got to priortise our time correctly. Once something important is lost to you, you might not be able to get it back again and time cannot be turned back.
How do you forgive?
1)Give up your right to get even
2)Learn how to set boundaries
3)Learn to respond to evil with good
4)Repeat these steps as long as necessary
Hope this post inspires you reader. Forgiveness is something hard but is someone all of us will surely go thru in life as all of us will get hurt and offended somehow by others. It applies to couples, marriages,friendship and all. Usual sayings go Forgive and forget, but it's hard to really Forget but we can forgive.
♥ 1/13/2008 03:49:00 PM
