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05-21-11
Forgiveness 4 (5/21)
Go First
Virtue: Forgiveness - deciding that someone who has wronged you doesn't have to pay.
Memory Verse: "Forgive the things you are holding against one another. Forgive, just as the Lord forgave you." Colossians 3:13, NIrV
Bible Story: Go First (Jesus teaches about forgiveness) Matthew 5:1-2,23-24
Bottom Line: Don't wait to start making things right with others.
This week wraps up forgiveness - (1) deciding that someone who has wronged you doesn’t have to pay. We're capping the month off with something else Jesus said about forgiveness: Go first. If you've done something to someone, go first to that person to make your apologies, even before bringing a gift to God. If someone has done something to you, go first - take the first step toward forgiveness. If you're both at fault, it doesn't matter. Go first. Don't wait to start making things right with others. (2) In essence, Jesus was saying giving to God (of our money, of our praise, of how we live) is so important that we can't let wrong relationships mess it up. God would rather us put a temporary hold on our giving to Him in order to go make things right with someone else. Forgiveness is what Jesus died for, after all - our forgiveness. (3) So this week, focus on helping your kids see how important it is to go first - to be the first to forgive or say you're sorry.(4) When they do, not only will it strengthen their relationships with others, it'll strengthen their relationship with their heavenly Father.
Virtue: Forgiveness - deciding that someone who has wronged you doesn't have to pay.
Memory Verse: "Forgive the things you are holding against one another. Forgive, just as the Lord forgave you." Colossians 3:13, NIrV
Bible Story: Go First (Jesus teaches about forgiveness) Matthew 5:1-2,23-24
Bottom Line: Don't wait to start making things right with others.
This week wraps up forgiveness - (1) deciding that someone who has wronged you doesn’t have to pay. We're capping the month off with something else Jesus said about forgiveness: Go first. If you've done something to someone, go first to that person to make your apologies, even before bringing a gift to God. If someone has done something to you, go first - take the first step toward forgiveness. If you're both at fault, it doesn't matter. Go first. Don't wait to start making things right with others. (2) In essence, Jesus was saying giving to God (of our money, of our praise, of how we live) is so important that we can't let wrong relationships mess it up. God would rather us put a temporary hold on our giving to Him in order to go make things right with someone else. Forgiveness is what Jesus died for, after all - our forgiveness. (3) So this week, focus on helping your kids see how important it is to go first - to be the first to forgive or say you're sorry.(4) When they do, not only will it strengthen their relationships with others, it'll strengthen their relationship with their heavenly Father.
