Discipleship Training Course

PHASE 1 – TAKE THE JOURNEY
Ask God for the power to forgive and set free. He doesn‟t
expect us to do it alone. Its only through His power and
grace that we can fully release.
A great step is to ask someone to pray with you. Bringing it
into the light brings great freedom.
James 5:16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each
other so that you may be healed.
True forgiveness requires of us to find mercy and
compassion in our own hearts.
Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive
mercy.
(Mercy - compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone
whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.)
If we do not forgive, we clearly do not have an understanding of
His forgiveness of us, and not understanding the complete work of
the cross.
In doing that, “we” decide the level of impact the cross has in
someone‟s life. In essence we are playing God. Deciding who
deserves grace and forgiveness or not.
As we see in this next diagram. Gods forgiveness flows to us
through the cross of Jesus Christ and if we choke forgiveness
towards anyone who has wronged us in any way, we are choking
our own forgiveness from God.
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