The Reasons We Should Forgive (TMF:1268)

Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Peace to Live By: The Reasons We Should Forgive (TMF:1268) - Daniel Litton
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       What the Lord Jesus Christ wants us to understand, though, is that it is very necessary for us to forgive other people who have done us wrong when we go to prayer with God—as we put the Lord’s prayer into practice in our daily lives. It’s important for multiple reasons. Number one, it’s beneficial because it allows us to express to God what has happened, if we haven’t already, and then to forgive the person and move on. It’s good for our psyches, our brains. It’s also good because it allows us to stop thinking about the personal offense. We lay it out before God, perhaps needing to give it him if it was a larger offense and still bothering us, and then we move on. Number three, and most significant, by forgiving others their offenses against us, it allows God to forgive us our offenses. Yes, you have that right. Jesus tells us that we must forgive others first if we want to be forgiven by God of our offenses. Now, this is pretty humbling and mind-blowing at the same time.