Mike Schmid - March 22, 2023
When It's Hard to Forgive
Christ clearly calls us to forgive all who wrong us. But how do we do this when the hurt is deep? When we just don’t feel like it? When we can’t work up in ourselves the will? Does it mean that we have to pretend whatever happened never happened? We will take another deep look at the call to forgive, two types of forgiveness, and how to follow our forgiving Lord as broken people in a broken world.
From Series: "Forgive"
Jesus calls us to forgive one another as we have been forgiven. In The Lord’s Prayer, He turns that around and instructs us to ask to be forgiven in the same way we forgive others. What is very clear is that it is very important to the Lord that His followers lead lives of mercy and forgiveness in our dealings with others. But how do we do this? Doesn’t forgiveness let people off the hook? What if I don’t feel like forgiving? Does God really expect me to forgive everyone? Our Lent Midweek series is entitled “Forgive: Why Should We and How Can We?” On the Wednesdays of Lent we will explore forgiveness, both the forgiveness we have received from the Lord and the forgiveness He calls us to extend to others.