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If Your Brother Or Sister Sins Against You, Rebuke Them,
And If They Repent,
Forgive Them.
Brokenness, a repentant heart, and forgiveness are the keys to all successful relationships.
Scripture
Luke 17
Observation
Brokenness,
a repentant heart, and forgiveness are the keys to all successful
relationships.
Three
of the most important phrases for any successful relationships are: I love
you. I am sorry. Will you forgive me?
One
of our best life long friends crossed the line late in his marriage and committed
adultery with a co-worker and left his wife to live with this younger woman.
His wife, also one of our life long best friends waited for her husband. She
waited a year and a half. I can remember my friend’s phone call when he called
me to tell me that he had decided to go back with his wife if she would have
him back.
Today
my friend and his wife have a wonderful relationship. They help couples that
are struggling in their marriages. They serve out of brokenness.
I
marvel at what God can do when a man and woman humble themselves, come to a
place of repentance and brokenness, and learn the lesson of forgiveness.
I
heard this week of another man who is communicating with his wife and saying
that he would like to come back home to her if she would have him back.
My
counsel to her would be this:
- Let him come home if you detect and see true brokenness and repentance in his life.
- Is he willing to do everything and anything to make your marriage work? This would include going to marriage preparation classes or counseling sessions.
- He would commit to getting help with any addictions that have hurt their relationship.
- Is he willing to commit to being involved in ministry together, not just church attendance.
Evidence
of true repentance is brokenness. I love you. I am sorry. Will you forgive me?
Application
I
will practice these 3 phrases with Kathy this week. I love you. I am sorry.
Will you forgive me?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I have watched You heal marriages. This year we have witnessed a
miracle in a young couple’s marriage. Marriage is Your idea. Relationships work
when there is repentance and forgiveness. Help those that I am thinking about
right now. Heal their relationships. I pray that they would put You first in
their lives. Help them reach the point of brokenness so they can experience all
that You want them to experience. I pray for a miracle. I pray for healing.
Amen.
Daily Bible Reading Genesis 42,43; Psalms 5; Luke 17;
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