More about Forgiveness-Part 1

While I taught on forgiveness this weekend I realized it could easily be a 20-week series. There’s so much to cover. I pray we helped some of you take your first steps into the freeing act of forgiveness.

This week on the blog, I want to dive deeper into this critical decision of the heart.

David Augsburger, in his book Caring Enough to Forgive, profoundly states:

“Without forgiveness, community is only possible where people are safely and cautiously superficial.

With forgiveness, we are set free to meet genuinely, to interact authentically, to risk being fully present with each other in integrity.”

Forgiveness may feel awkward or down right difficult at times, but remember, it is what we’re called to do as followers of Jesus…who have been forgiven ourselves.

“If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.” (Matthew 6:14-15 NLT)