Healing Choice #6 “The Relationship Choice” (Part One) I Evaluate all my Relationships, Offer Forgiveness to those Who have Hurt me…

Healing Choice #6 “The Relationship Choice” (Part Two) … I Will Make Amends for Harm I’ve Done to Others, except when to do so would Harm them or others.

Steps 8 & 9 of the Christian “12 Steps” “We have made a list of all the persons we have harmed and are now willing to make amends to them all.” “We will make direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.”

(New Living Translation) Matthew 5:9 (New Living Translation) “God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.”

as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” Romans 12:18 “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”

making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright.” Proverbs 14:9 “Fools mock at making amends for sin,    but goodwill is found among the upright.”

Matthew 5: 23-24 23 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.”

Zacchaeus: A Portrait of Biblical Recovery Luke 19: 1-10

Luke 19: 8-9 8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”  9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house”

he will surely live; he will not die. Ezekiel 33: 15-16 15 “If he gives back what he took in pledge for a loan, returns what he has stolen, follows the decrees that give life, and does no evil, he will surely live; he will not die. 16 None of the sins he has committed will be remembered against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

Romans 13:8 “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.”

Types of Amends: Material or Physical Moral Wrongs “Acts of Omission”

Creating My “Amends List” The Person I Hurt Relationship To Me My Wrongdoing The Effect On Others On Me 1.) 2.) 3.)

Response Question #1: ‘on bad terms’ with in your life? Who are you currently ‘on bad terms’ with in your life? Is there anything that you can Say or Do to help make peace?

Response Question #2: you have hurt or offended, For those that you know you have hurt or offended, Are you willing to Freely and Humbly ask for their Forgiveness?