Lord, How Often Should I Forgive Someone Who Sins Against Me?

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1 Chronicles 14; 1 Chronicles 15; Psalm 132; Matthew 18 

Lord,

How Often Should I Forgive 

Someone Who Sins Against Me? 

Scripture

Matthew 18 

²¹ Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?”

²² “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!

Observation

 We learned last night in our life group REAL MARRIAGE that the alternative to forgiveness is bitterness and the alternative to bitterness is forgiveness. When you and I refuse to forgive someone the roots of bitterness begin to sink down deep into our hearts.

I heard someone say that refusing to forgive someone is like drinking poison and then thinking that the poison is going to hurt the other person.

Bitterness destroys. It destroys relationships. It destroys marriages. It destroys businesses. It even destroys churches.

You and I are not hurting the other person when we refuse to forgive. We are hurting ourselves.

Application

I will ask the Lord to help me with forgiveness.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, You know that sometimes I don’t want to forgive someone when they wrong me. You know that I want to get even. Give me the ability to forgive as You have forgiven me. Don’t let the root of bitterness take a foothold in my life. Help those that are close to me forgive those that have harmed them. Show them that they are only hurting themselves by refusing to forgive.

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