Can you give me some Christian advice on how to forgive?

Forgiveness is a choice. The best teaching on forgiveness is in the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 18:





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If you think of it like tearing up an ';IOU'; - someone owes you, because they hurt you, but you, as an act of your will, tear up the note saying what they owe you.


You may not feel like it, but you choose to do it, to please the Lord. AND, you do it with the understanding that God will forgive you in the same manner you forgive others.


So ask yourself: ';How do I want God to forgive me?';


If you answer is ';Completely, totally, perfectly, forever, no strings attached'; - that is how God wants to forgive you, because that is what the cross of Jesus was all about - He totally paid your eternal sin debt - and now He asks you to forgive others.


One way to prove it to yourself, is to return good for the evil someone else did to you. Remember though, you must depend on God to keep your heart right in the matter; otherwise you risk getting puffed up with pride.


If you understand the story in Matthew, you will realize you owe God a debt you could never repay; so no matter what anyone else has done to you, compared to the sins God has forgiven you, it is only like forgiving a few bucks.Can you give me some Christian advice on how to forgive?
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Forgiveness is an act of Grace, it comes from God. Even when we forgive others, it is still an act of Grace from God, as of ourselves it is nearly impossible to fully forgive.





To forgive, we simply ask God sincerely and wholeheartedly for the grace of forgiveness to pass through the situation where forgiveness is needed. We can then leave the rest to God.





.Can you give me some Christian advice on how to forgive?
Before you can forgive anyone you must forgive yourself. For if you forgive someone for something they did to harm you or make you angry, then you said or did something to antagonize them to that point. It might have been unconscious of you, and you didn't realize it, but really think and when you forgive, you can say I hope you forgive me also if I said or did anything to bring this anger out of you. There are three sides to a story, your side, the other persons side and the truth. No one can be right all the time. So forgive from your heart.


Sometimes we forgive even if it wasn't our fault, just to keep the peace. God bless you.
its never easy to forgive some people and always depends on the situation and what has happened. My advice would be analyse it and then try to see it from their perspective and you may be able to resolve the problem. Failing that then i would just leave things as they are so that yourself and the other involved don't have any unnecessary arguments. Hope this helps!!!!
No, but I can give you my advice.


Some things you can't forgive. Betrayal, for example, because the trust and respect goes with it. But if it's a mistake, the person(s) have shown remorse, tried to make amends with you, then all you have to decide is whether a) you still believe in them and b) if your heart wants to forgive them.


But make sure you think it through and look at it from their point of view as well.


It's as personal as your own beliefs. Only you can decide to forgive.
There's no 'how' when it comes to forgiving, there's just deciding to forgive!


The Lord's Prayer says ';forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us'; if we want God to forgive us, then we must forgive others.


its also stated in the bible that if someone sins against us 7 times in a day, and comes to apologise those 7 times we must forgive. apart from it being a stated law, it also is very rewarding cos of the inner peace it brings.





make it a habit to forgive others and u will live a much peaceful life!
One of the greatest examples of forgiveness in the Bible is that of Joseph in the Bible Book of Genesis.





His brothers sold him into slavery. Years later he became the Prime Minister in Egypt when his brothers come to him during a famine asking for food they don't recognize him. He tested them first to see if they had repented then after seeing they felt really sorry about it he forgave them.





Joseph had a perfect balance he didn't hold it against them forever.


But he also didn't let sentiment get in the way and just let it go.


They had to be genuinely sorry.





Also don't hold honest mistakes against other.


we don't want God holding are small mistakes against us.
Learn humility and tolerance, as emulated by Jesus. He's the perfection of humility, tolerance - and ultimately, unconditional love, from which humility and tolerance spring from. The truth of this can be seen in the very fact that, when Jesus was being crucified, he prayed, ';Please forgive them, dear Father, for they know not what they do.';





Know that nobody is essentially bad and .. well, try to do things for other people and know that other people, including yourself- are not perfect, so we all tend to make mistakes.
Absolutely. You must do it as soon as you can, don't wait until you feel like forgiving, that may never happen. Pray like this;





Father, I choose to forgive .................... for .......................... It made me feel ...................... I repent of my unforgiveness and claim back any ground the enemy may have made in my life through this.








Forgiveness is for your sake, not the offender's. The enemy would like you to hold on to bitterness forever, don't give him what he wants. Forgiveness doesn't mean 'letting them off' and it doesn't mean you have to be buddies.





You will know you have truly forgiven when you ask God to help you and afterwards the anger will go away.
Not easy. Nevertheless important as not doing so is more likely to punish you than the person you want to forgive.


Each time you think of this person, picture them apologising to you for what they have done %26amp; work out how you will respond. This will get you ready to forgive when the time comes.


Even God requires our repentance.
Matthew18v23-35 ';That is why the kingdom of the heavens has become like a man, a king, that wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. 24 When he started to settle them, there was brought in a man who owed him ten thousand talents [=60,000,000 de‧nar′i‧i]. 25 But because he did not have the means to pay [it] back, his master ordered him and his wife and his children and all the things he had to be sold and payment to be made. 26 Therefore the slave fell down and began to do obeisance to him, saying, ‘Be patient with me and I will pay back everything to you.’ 27 Moved to pity at this, the master of that slave let him off and canceled his debt. 28 But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves that was owing him a hundred de‧nar′i‧i; and, grabbing him, he began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back whatever you owe.’ 29 Therefore his fellow slave fell down and began to entreat him, saying, ‘Be patient with me and I will pay you back.’ 30 However, he was not willing, but went off and had him thrown into prison until he should pay back what was owing. 31 When, therefore, his fellow slaves saw the things that had happened, they became very much grieved, and they went and made clear to their master all the things that had happened. 32 Then his master summoned him and said to him, ‘Wicked slave, I canceled all that debt for you, when you entreated me. 33 Ought you not, in turn, to have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I also had mercy on you?’ 34 With that his master, provoked to wrath, delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay back all that was owing. 35 In like manner my heavenly Father will also deal with YOU if YOU do not forgive each one his brother from YOUR hearts.”


The point of the illustration is that we owe God an enormous debt which we cannot pay back but God is willing to forgive us. If our brother sins against us in a small way should we not forgive from our hearts.
The bible makes it clear that we will be forgiven in the same measure that we forgive. The Lord's Prayers says ';Forgive us OUR trespasses as WE forgiven THOSE who trespass against US.'; There is a condition to forgiveness here.





However, unlike God who can forgive and FORGET, He hasn't given us the ability to forget. I think that this is so that we learn from the experience of being hurt and, when necessary - even after we have forgiven someone - we keep a distance so that the offense cannot be repeated. This depends very much of what the offense was of course. There are many times when we must forgive and still work alongside the offender or live our daily lives WITH the offender.
forgiving is a challenge to us as christians and is very hard to so.have some quite time to yourself and ask God for guidance and u must remember what you do not set free God wont set free as well


when forgiving do it whole hearted and don't just say words





God bless
Instantly forgive total losers for everything wrong they do to you, and then vent all your unexpressed anger at homosexuals and women.
Persecute the non belivers and quote random bible verses that even you don't understand, after of course shaming gays and taking away money from people who need it.
The action comes first, the feeling comes second. Say you forgive them, and trust me, you will.
How about: ';Forgive';
If they've asked for forgiveness, go to them and forgive them.
Forgive because you have been forgiven.
Even if someone has wronged you, look at their point of view first and try to forgive them
Forgiveness takes a lot of thought.


Really Ethan, you are so smart.