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How Do You Forgive Someone Who Hurt You?
Final sermon in our forgiveness series. This isn't directly about forgiveness, it's about RESTORATION. But when you restore someone, forgiveness is almost always involved.
GALATIANS 6:1-5 gives us 5 things to do:
1. RESTORE GENTLY
Usually when we forgive, we're forgiving an offense against US. That brings up anger. But Paul says: forgive GENTLY.
Leave your anger at the door. Yes, you're angry. That's okay. But when you talk about forgiveness, that's NOT the time to express your anger.
Start with FACTS. "You did this." State what happened. THEN talk about feelings: "When you did this, this is…
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