So don’t sit another day in your resentment.
If you don’t release your offender, you will begin to resemble your offender. pastor rick warren 2022 pastor rick warren sermon pastor rick warren testimonyThe Word FORGIVENESS II Pastor Rick Warren 2022Pastor Rick (born January 2. Instead, you refocus on God’s purpose for your life, which is greater than any problem or pain you might be currently facing.Īs long as you continue to focus on the person who has hurt you, that person controls you. You stop focusing on the hurt and the person who hurt you. Why? God’s love doesn’t keep track of wrongs (see 1 Corinthians 13). day in church, Pastor Rick Warren gave a sermon on forgiveness. You’ll need the love of Jesus to fill you up. Frees offender to do it again to ask forgiveness 10.
Humanly speaking, it’s nearly impossible to respond to evil with good. This is how you know you’ve fully released someone from the wrong that has been committed against you. This isn’t a one-time decision but a daily one that may even require moment-by-moment decisions. You deserve to retaliate, but you must commit not to do so. Leave that to God, for he has said that he will repay those who deserve it” (Romans 12:19 TLB). The Bible says, “Never avenge yourselves. The Bible says, “Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins” (Ecclesiastes 7:20 NLT). We treat that person like an animal.īut we’re all in the same boat. When we’re filled with resentment and bitterness and hurt, we tend to dehumanize the offender. When we hate somebody, we tend to lose our perspective about that person. Restoration of a relationship takes far more than forgiveness. Forgiveness is only your part, whether they respond or not, whether they ask for it or not, whether they even recognize they need it or not. So if God expects us to forgive others, what does healthy, biblical forgiveness look like? Here’s a four-part process that we should walk through as we’re dealing with pain brought upon by others. Forgiveness and a restoration of a relationship are two different things. Galatians 6:1 says, “Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently” (NIV). The Bible clearly calls us to forgive others. I’m convinced that if more people knew what real forgiveness looked like, they’d be much more willing to forgive instead of holding on to past hurts at an unhealthy level. I mentioned a few of these specific misconceptions in yesterday’s devotional. We struggle through all kinds of misconceptions about what it means to forgive others.
Too many of us don’t really understand what forgiveness is. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you” (Ephesians 4:31-32 NIV). “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
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