FH Forgiveness
Letting go, releasing, resting
…in the presence of God, nothing stands between Him and us - we are forgiven. But we cannot feel His presence if anything is allowed to stand between ourselves and others.
ACCEPT
- And rest in the security of the fact of the forgiveness of God.
- You as a person, are accepted and loved by God.
- You have no need to justify yourself; just grow in that love.
ACKNOWLEDGE
- That unforgiveness is self-destructive.
- A forgiving spirit is essential for emotional, spiritual and physical well-being.
The inward flow of God’s forgiveness is impossible without the outward flow of forgiveness to others, for God cannot enter the frozen heart of the one who hates.
Unforgiving - Unforgiven
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Is a law of the Spiritual World
ACT
On the realisation that forgiveness means letting go of resentment, guilt and self justification. It is looking at another person in a way that has let go of the things that have been done that hurt
Forgiving is just like putting the rubbish out for collection. Only in this case it is alike cleaning up your personality, just like you brush your teeth or shower your body.
AFFIRM
- That forgiveness is your action, no one else’s.
- It begins in your own will and out of your own necessity.
- It can be done without even talking to the person by whom you have been hurt or against whom you feel resentment.
APPRECIATE
- That is takes time and effort. Work at it to achieve your goal by the grace of GOD.
- You have the potential.
Three Practical Exercises in Forgiving
- PRAY "Through the grace of God I now willingly and freely release ………. and I accept ________’s forgiveness of me. Send ______ my love and blessing. We are both now free in God’s love.
- For whatever you did (which I feel angry or hurt about, because I didn’t want it to happen), I now forgive you freely. I have decided that it shall be my gift to you.
- I recognise you needed something from me, now I give it to you freely as a gift. You do not owe me any debt of love or anything else."
More to do...
Visualise good things happening to the person you resent.
Feel the freedom of forgiveness in the whole of life.
Make a decree
I am releasing my hang-ups, resentments and fears. I am now releasing others through forgiveness.
When General Oglethorpe said to John Wesley, "I never forgive,"
Wesley replied, "Then I hope, sir, you never sin."
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