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The Importance Of Forgiving

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As Christians, we are to provide endless forgiveness to those around us. Hanging onto that anger will only make you miserable. Providing forgiveness, instead of harboring the anger and hatred toward others, is not only act of kindness, but also the fulfillment of a commandment by Jesus Himself.
Being treated wrongly by others does not feel good and we tend to be reluctant to forgive them; however, forgiving will give you peace and will show others the love of Jesus Christ.
No stumbling zone
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God. I Corinthians 10:31-32

Paul was writing to the church of Corinth to remind them that everything they did needed to be for the glory of God and that they needed to be careful not to offend or hurt someone else’s Christian walk. Earlier in chapter 10, he reminded them of the history of their people and how God was not pleased with them for gorging themselves with food, getting drunk, their idolatry and sexual immorality.
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They're enemies for a reason, right? Our human nature leads us to love those who make us happy. The people who irritate us, are mean, who bully us or make us angry are so easy to hate. It's also easy to pull away from these people and to write them off or forget about them, but Jesus tells us that we are to love our enemies and, more importantly, to pray for those who persecute us. If you look up the word persecute, it means to afflict, torture, harass, worry or bother. Who in their right mind wants to pray for people who cause us such pain? It’s our human nature to forget about those people; however, Jesus set the standard that we are to follow. He loved, and died for, the very people who ignored, mocked, hated and beat Him. If anyone has the right to hate, it's Jesus; but He chooses to love us even in our darkest, most unlovable

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