Matthew 6:12 "This is how you are to pray,...'and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us...'"
Forgiving people who hurt you is tough to do! Have you ever been hurt, grievously so, physically, mentally or emotionally by anyone? Maybe your parent, child, spouse, brother or sister, friend, co-worker...or someone you don't even know, has seriously wronged you, causing you an incredible amount of pain...and you're still hurting today.
How can you possibly forgive when you are innocent and your offender is guilty?
We do have someone with that experience we can look to and trust for the correct answer? "Then Peter came up and asked Him, 'Lord, when my brother wrongs me, how often must I forgive him? Seven times?' 'No,' Jesus replied. 'not seven times; I say seventy times seven times.'" (Matthew 18:21-22) Of course that means forgive every time!
"If you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive you." (Matthew 6:14)
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