Be on your Guard! Don’t be a stumbling block. Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

Be on your Guard! Don’t settle for rebuke.  Using your hurt as blackmail to hold someone hostage.  Feeling superior to others because they hurt you.  Feeling entitled to be a jerk to those who hurt you.  Using your hurt to become judge, jury, & executioner. Increase our faith! Remove that tree. Romans 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Increase our faith! Doing what ought to be done.  We forgive because God has forgiven us. Eph 4:30-32  We forgive because THEY need forgiveness. You can forgive the unforgivable if you remember that the people who have hurt you so deeply don’t at the deepest level know what they have really done to you. Forgiveness is what they need, and you are the only one who can give it to them. Ray Pritchard, In the Shadow of the Cross  We forgive because WE need forgiveness. The secret to forgiveness is to understand that in the ultimate sense, between you and the person who hurt you, there’s really no difference at all. None whatsoever. It is possible to forgive the unforgivable, but you’ve got to realize before you do it that Jesus forgave you when you were unforgivable. Ray Pritchard, In the Shadow of the Cross  When we forgive we remember their sins no more. Isaiah 43:25