Forgiveness is not made possible by our *determination,* but by our *cooperation* with what God has already done for us. When we refuse to let God’s forgiveness flow through us to other people, it becomes a heavy weight that can cause anxiety, fear, depression. Forgiveness isn’t dependent on anot...

The best time to forgive is before we're ever offended. What our minds are focused on and what our mouths speak reveal who we are mastered by. Forgiveness is both a decision and a process. Forgiveness should be one of the *first* steps in our healing process, not the *last*.

We can't change what we have experienced, but we can choose how the experiences change us. Just because we think something is true doesn't make it true. Our skewed perceptions can lead to our inability to completely heal from past hurts. We need God's help to change the way we think about ourselv...

With God, there's always a meanwhile. In other words, there's a physical reality we see in front of us, but meanwhile, there's also a spiritual reality of what our good God is always doing. Even if we don't know how everything's going to turn out, we can know that the goodness of God will sustain...

It's hard to be fruitful while we're holding onto what's hurtful. Unforgiveness will have a compounding effect in our life and in the lives of those we interact with...far beyond what we even know. Releasing our right to be offended is an act of trust in God.

We forgive people from the overflow of what we really believe to be true about Christ. Do we see people as Christ sees them? Do we see ourselves as fellow-humans in need of Christ too? Do we believe Christ can redeem the situation, even if we are wronged? We can't control what people do to us. Bu...