Quote: "Forgiveness does not excuse a person's behavior! Forgiveness prevents their behavior from destroying your heart."

Title: THE NEW "F" WORD

Matthew 6:14-15. "Jesus said, For if you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you don't forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

"We seek forgiveness AS WE FORGIVE, not because we forgive."

In other words: Forgiveness comes through the process of forgiving others.

"Our expression of forgiveness does not gain salvation for us. We are to seek forgiveness in the same manner as we forgive others."

PRINCIPLE # 1- IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGIVE IN THE PHYSICAL REALM

Matthew 26:41- "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

"Human desires are often noble and right, yet our fallen state often overpowers our finest impulses by our fleshly nature." David Jeremiah

Colossians 3:1- "If then you have been raised with CHRIST, seek the things that are above, where CHRIST is.."

PRINCIPLE # 2: DON'T ALLOW YOUR LACK OF FORGIVENESS TO PREVENT YOU FROM YOUR ABUNDANCE OF FREEDOM.

MATTHEW 6:16- But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

I HAVE A NEW "F" WORD FOR YOU- I FORGIVE YOU!!!!!

"Forgiveness is the evidence of a regenerate heart"