Forgiveness Lesson #17
Large group starts at 7 pm and Small groups start at 8 pm
Do you know the three kinds of forgiveness? Come join us tonight to get the answers.
Principle 6: Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others.
Step 8: We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
Step 9: We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother, then come and offer your gift.” (Matthew 5:23-24)
Leader’s Focus Question: What hurts from a past relationship are you still hanging on to and how can you let go of them?
Lesson Prayer:
Our Father, thank You for Your love, for Your freely given grace. Help me model Your ways when I make my amends to those I have hurt and offer my forgiveness to those who have injured me. Help me to set aside my selfishness and speak the truth in love. I pray that I would focus only on my part, my responsibility in the issue. I know that I can forgive others because You first forgave me. Thank you for loving me. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.