Month: January 2014

Luke 6:37 (NKJV) “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”

This scripture is used so often to teach about judging or not judging others. But today we’re going to talk about a different topic.

Forgiveness.

Forgiveness is something we taught about just a few days ago, but as we turn the corner into the new year, let’s talk about it once more, just to make sure we all get the new year started on the right foot.

Forgiveness is something we all need to learn how to do. Most of us already know this. But what doesn’t seem to get taught is how to understand that forgiveness is not just a choice or a decision that’s made, but it’s also a process.

When we talk about forgiveness, we need to know that we are each responsible for making the choice to forgive others. But once we make that decision, the actual act and process of forgiveness, as a whole, doesn’t necessarily happen instantly.

We start by deciding to forgive a person and then we have to walk it out, day by day, a little tiny bit at a time. Over time, whether it takes days, weeks, months or years, forgiveness will happen if we work at it and determine in our heart and mind to forgive them and ask God to heal the wounds inside of us from whatever pain the other person inflicted upon us.

So start the year off by choosing to forgive someone and then walk it out during the remainder of the year, a little bit at a time.

Happy 2014, everyone. May God’s blessings be upon your life in abundance.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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