Waterstone Church
Deep Space - Offering Grace
Worship: Experiencing God
Locations & Times
Waterstone Church - Longwood Campus
900 North St, Longwood, FL 32750, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Online Campus
Sunday 9:00 AM
Forgiving Others
Exploding Some Myths That Make Us Miserable
Is justifying, understanding, or explaining away somebody's behavior the same as forgiving them?
Time heals all wounds.
Is forgiving others denying that we have been hurt or pretending the hurt was no big deal?
To forgive others, we must go to them personally and confess our forgiveness.
Is justifying, understanding, or explaining away somebody's behavior the same as forgiving them?
Time heals all wounds.
Is forgiving others denying that we have been hurt or pretending the hurt was no big deal?
To forgive others, we must go to them personally and confess our forgiveness.
Forgiving Others:
Forgiveness is an act of the will that involves five steps.
Forgiveness is an act of the will that involves five steps.
1. Believe & Receive the Truth that _______________
2. Forgive the _______________
Release the person. Mentally, emotionally, physically.
Release the person. Mentally, emotionally, physically.
3. _______________ Others
Release that person or any person from any responsibility to meet our needs.
Release that person or any person from any responsibility to meet our needs.
4. View Others as _______________
5. Make Reconciliation
Two things are true until we settle the issue of forgiveness:
We will never have confidence when we approach our Heavenly Father.
We put others on the same level as us (works).
We will never have confidence when we approach our Heavenly Father.
We put others on the same level as us (works).
Why Offer Grace to Others?
God is Gracious to Me
The Alternative is Bitterness
Be careful that none of you fails to respond to the grace which God gives, for if he does there can very easily spring up in him a bitter spirit which is not only bad in itself but can also poison the lives of many others.
- Hebrews 12:15 (Phillips)
Be careful that none of you fails to respond to the grace which God gives, for if he does there can very easily spring up in him a bitter spirit which is not only bad in itself but can also poison the lives of many others.
- Hebrews 12:15 (Phillips)
ANSWERS
1. Believe & Receive the Truth that We Are Forgiven
2. Forgive the Debt
3. Accept Others
4. View Others as Tools
1. Believe & Receive the Truth that We Are Forgiven
2. Forgive the Debt
3. Accept Others
4. View Others as Tools