Forgiveness is a door. It's the way to peace and joy. But it's a small door, and it can't be entered without stooping—or kneeling. And sometimes it is very hard to find. When we hurt the people we love, how do we go about restoring the relationship?When we suffer the pain of betrayal or injury or rejection from someone else, how do we deal with the anger and resentment we feel? In this Bible Study, Douglas Connelly leads the way to help you discover, understand and practice what the Bible says about forgiveness.This eight-session Life Guide® Bible Study features questions for starting group discussions and for meeting God in personal reflection, together with leader's notes and a ‘Now or Later’ section in each study.For over three decades Life Guide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions—making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies PDF download with a single-user license; available from Inter Varsity Press and other resellers.
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Getting the Most Out of Forgiveness
Part One: How God Forgives Us
1. Our Forgiving Father – Luke 15:11-32
2. Why We Need Forgiveness – Ephesians 2:1-10
3. Confessing Our Sin – 1 John 1:5–2:2
4. The Shout of a Forgiven Man – Psalm 32
Part Two: How We Forgive Others
5 Out of Debt! – Matthew 18:21-35
6 When We Are Wounded – Matthew 18:15-20
7 As We Forgive Others – Matthew 6:5-15
8 Forgiving When We Don’t Feel Like It – Philemon
Leader’s Notes
Despre autor
Douglas Connelly (M.Div. and M.Th., Grace Theological Seminary) is senior pastor at Parkside Community Church in Sterling Heights, Michigan. A writer and speaker, Connelly has written many Bible study guides, including Good Evil, Miracles, Following Jesus and Heroes of Faith, all in the Life Guide Bible Study Series. Over 500, 000 copies of his Life Guide Bible Studies have been sold. His other books include The Bible for Blockheads (Zondervan).