Good Forgivers - Greg Laurie Devotion - March 24, 2021

 

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Good Forgivers "If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins" (Matthew 6:14-15 NLT). The Bible gives us 76 different word pictures for forgiveness, but the main word the New Testament uses for it means "to release." In Scripture, to forgive means to write "canceled" over a debt. However, forgiveness isn't giving in to another person; it's getting free of that person. It isn't about whether he or she deserves your forgiveness. You may even think that you're hurting someone by harboring a grudge against them. But do you know who's really getting hurt? You are. It's like eating rat poison and waiting for the rat to die. When we harbor anger and bitterness toward someone who has hurt us, we're not destroying them. We're actually destroying ourselves. When you withhold forgiveness, it will eat you up inside. And if you don't forgive, then you're choosing to hate. One person put it this way: "The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. And the first to forget is the happiest." In fact, if you are married, then you really need to learn how to forgive. Someone once asked Billy Graham's wife, Ruth, what the secret was to a strong and lasting marriage. She replied that a successful marriage is made up of two good forgivers.   CONTINUE READING →

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