Navigating Relationships
Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song. 10,000 Reasons Matt Redman Sing Like Never Before: The Essential Collection You Are My King (Amazing Love) Newsboys Adoration: The Worship Album What a Beautiful Name Hillsong Worship Let There Be Light Great Are You Lord All Sons & Daughters All Sons & Daughters: Live Lord, Help Me Follow Tommy Walker Living In the Wonder
Emptying the Rocks in Your Backpack Navigating Emotionally Healthy Relationships (part 6) Ephesians 4:31-32
Review A New Commandment John 13:34 Love as Jesus loves
Review What Does Emotional Health Look Like? Luke 18:9-14 Humble people have big hearts, not big heads
Review A Successful Failure 1 Samuel 15:10-35 Be sure your inside matches your outside
Review How NOT to Deal with Conflict (part a) Ephesians 4:1-6 When it comes to conflict, be a 1 st responder
Review I lose You win I win You win I lose I win
Review: Go for the Win/Win Pray & ask Jesus to fill you with His Spirit Practice active listening Believe the best Limit your discussion to the situation at hand Learn to communicate w/o attacking Readily grant forgiveness
Review: Is it OK to compromise vs. Win/Win?
What is forgiveness?
What is forgiveness? Matthew 6:12 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
What is forgiveness? Forgiveness is releasing an offender from any debt they owe us
Why should we forgive others?
Why should we forgive others? We forgive others b/c we ourselves have been forgiven by God
Why should we forgive others? We forgive others b/c we ourselves have been forgiven by God Ephesians 4:31-32 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Why should we forgive others? We forgive others b/c we ourselves have been forgiven by God Ephesians 4:31-32 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Matthew 18:21-35 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?
Matthew 18:21-35 22 Jesus answered, I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
Matthew 18:21-35 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him [lit.-10,000 talents].
Matthew 18:21-35 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
Matthew 18:21-35 26 At this the servant fell on his knees before him. Be patient with me, he begged, and I will pay back everything. 27 The servant s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
Matthew 18:21-35 28 But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins [lit.-a hundred denarii].
Matthew 18:21-35 He grabbed him and began to choke him. Pay back what you owe me! he demanded. 29 His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.
Matthew 18:21-35 30 But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
Matthew 18:21-35 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.
Matthew 18:21-35 32 Then the master called the servant in. You wicked servant, he said, I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.
Matthew 18:21-35 33 Shouldn t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you? 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
Matthew 18:21-35 35 This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.
Why should we forgive others? We forgive others b/c we ourselves have been forgiven by God
Why should we forgive others? We forgive others b/c we ourselves have been forgiven by God 32 Then the master called the servant in. You wicked servant, he said, I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to.
Why should we forgive others? We forgive others b/c we ourselves have been forgiven by God 33 Shouldn t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?
Why should we forgive others? We forgive others b/c we ourselves have been forgiven by God 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
Why should we forgive others? We forgive others b/c we ourselves have been forgiven by God 35 This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.
Why should we forgive others? Forgiveness releases us from the bondage of bitterness
Why should we forgive others? Forgiveness releases us from the bondage of bitterness Ephesians 4:31-32 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Why should we forgive others? Forgiveness releases us from the bondage of bitterness Ephesians 4:31-32 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Why should we forgive others? Forgiveness releases us from the bondage of bitterness We forgive others not primarily for the sake of others, but rather we forgive others primarily for our own sake
conclusion
conclusion Forgiveness is emptying our backpacks of the rocks of offense