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Discover the transformative impact of forgiveness with insights from Mark 11:25. Learn how unforgiveness can trap you in mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual prisons. Release yourself through forgiveness, a moral response that grants pardon, absorbs pain, and works for good. Find freedom by choosing forgiveness, a path to resolving anger and restoring hope. Explore how forgiving others leads to personal healing and inner peace. Embrace the paradox of forgiveness and experience true liberation.
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Forgiveness Mark 11:25 Dr. Mark Adams, Superintendent
Power to Forgive Father, forgive them. They know not what they do.
Lack of Forgiveness Imprisons • Mental prison • Emotional prison • Physical prison • Spiritual prison
Forgiveness Sets Free And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. Mark 11:25
To FORGIVE is your moral response to another person’s injustice. How do we forgive?
Forgiveness is NOT . . . • Forgetting • Condoning • Excusing • Condemning • Justice • Reconciliation
Forgiveness • Grants pardon • (Mk.11.25) • Absorbs the pain • (Lk.14.27) • Works for good • (Rom.12.21) • Prays for peace • (Mt.5.44)
Living Forgiving “The forgiver discovers the paradox of forgiveness: as we give to others the gifts of mercy, generosity and moral love, we ourselves are healed.” Forgiveness is a Choice: Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope. An American Psychological Association Life Tool.
Who do you need to forgive today? And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. Mark 11:25