CHOICE 6: The Relationship Choice
CHOICE 6: The Relationship Choice Matthew 18:21-35
6th CHOICE: THE RELATIONSHIP CHOICE I 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. The Carnegie Technological Institute has stated that 90% of all people who fail in their life's vocation fail because they cannot get along with people. – Lloyd Perry Matthew 5:7 (NIV) “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy” Matthew 5:9 (NIV) “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” TWO IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT FORGIVENESS: 1. Because I am __________________, I can __________________!
CHOICE 6: The Relationship Choice
Luke 6:37 (NIV) “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” James 2:13 (NIV) “because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” – C. S. Lewis “As long as we are unable to forgive we keep ourselves chained to the unforgiving. We give them rent free space in our mind, emotional shackles in our heart, and the right to torment us in the small hours of the night.” – Unknown
“The saddest people I know are those who are unable to forgive.” – John Perkins
Psalm 103:1 (NIV) “Bless the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, bless his holy name.” 2. The _________________ become the ______________________. Matt. 6:12 (NIV) “And forgive us our debts {sins}, as we also have forgiven our debtors {those who have sinned against us}.” Matt. 6:14-15 (NIV) “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” Mark 11:25 (NIV) “And when you stand praying, if you hold any thing against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
FORGIVENESS: The release of ______________ despite the _________________. HOW CAN I BECOME A FORGIVER? 1. __________________ it to the Cross. 2. _________________________ today.
6th CHOICE: THE RELATIONSHIP CHOICE I 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. The Carnegie Technological Institute has stated that 90% of all people who fail in their life's vocation fail because they cannot get along with people. – Lloyd Perry Matthew 5:7 (NIV) “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy” Matthew 5:9 (NIV) “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” TWO IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT FORGIVENESS: 1. Because I am __________________, I can __________________!
CHOICE 6: The Relationship Choice
Luke 6:37 (NIV) “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” James 2:13 (NIV) “because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” – C. S. Lewis “As long as we are unable to forgive we keep ourselves chained to the unforgiving. We give them rent free space in our mind, emotional shackles in our heart, and the right to torment us in the small hours of the night.” – Unknown
“The saddest people I know are those who are unable to forgive.” – John Perkins
Psalm 103:1 (NIV) “Bless the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, bless his holy name.” 2. The _________________ become the ______________________. Matt. 6:12 (NIV) “And forgive us our debts {sins}, as we also have forgiven our debtors {those who have sinned against us}.” Matt. 6:14-15 (NIV) “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.” Mark 11:25 (NIV) “And when you stand praying, if you hold any thing against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
FORGIVENESS: The release of ______________ despite the _________________. HOW CAN I BECOME A FORGIVER? 1. __________________ it to the Cross. 2. _________________________ today.
