Exploring Christianity: Forgiveness What is Forgiveness? Our ability to forgive is in direct proportion to our acknowledgement that we’re debtors, too.

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Exploring Christianity: Forgiveness

What is Forgiveness? Our ability to forgive is in direct proportion to our acknowledgement that we’re debtors, too.

What is Forgiveness? Living in this truth empowers us to forgive others.

Why Choose to Forgive Acknowledging our own humanity first enables us to live in honesty with ourselves.

Why Choose to Forgive Forgiveness aids our own recovery.

Why Choose to Forgive Forgiveness releases the wrongdoer’s power over to you.

Why Choose to Forgive Forgiveness doesn’t mean the hurt was right.

Conclusion