Times of Eswatini

The power of forgivenes­s

- By V maVimBela

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here e˜eryone who is a child of asodwaenad­raebfeolri­eg˜i˜erenis cbaylltehd­etogfroarc­gei˜oef, haosdsǤ inhned hibalserus­anyssheo˜ret royf othne gwlohroy wofe hoad˜,ebufotuthn­rdofuag˜houthretog­rbaecefoor­fgi˜oedn, sforinorfulonduard­tuoinreees,“nuǯtoitdhi­oefosldrag­gnard˜ueoduugsre­tshitrnosu­oǤ guhsr oeusrusinh­srǤ iDzstswahbo­oddiyedoof n hthreisctr­wosesafore­r eašr’eeacstoedn tnoofot rtgoi˜foeragnid˜ew, eads onoǯtdhha˜aes sfoinrgnie˜renfreuesǤ­frorgiw˜ehnaetess˜er asinesththey­e ha˜sebecoenwriottnegde,dalhsaosif­otrhgei˜oenneǢ twhheoy

I Nare also free in their hearts fro the burhdeerne­fofrhee, a˜sy heraisrtie­adnnsewsse­Ǥ donǯt wh a˜redsaornee­aasonnotth­oerhaonl d gtorucodng­setsatnotǦ ly reind the one who has wronged fyaaon˜uyoougfrtu­ithdeeg’ireasrtiao­nbwǤ leassrdiso­audbshoǤ auDzst ean˜seeerorf˜haenldyt wofho hoansebyeb­euntforreg­fiu˜seendatgor­efoatrgsui˜e cshoanegoenien wcoho’oawriesodn­hǤ ihealesssaolnl is that if we ha˜e been forgi˜en the debt we owe to od for life, for the forgi˜eness of our sins, for all of threobulge­hsosuint lgifsew, seuǯr˜eelya, wcceucanufliantd­eda way to let that sense of ercy in˜ade ourorlig˜ie˜senanedssf­oisrgaib˜oeuotthlee­trtsinǤ g it go abnodudtef­icniding anhoetatlo­thyrew˜aeyngtoeǤd­etaǯsl

What is forgivenes­s? cwointhsuyoueryoaunǤ­georrsgoi˜tehnaetsis­tidsoaebso­nuǯt

Life according to the Spirit is not simply trying to do the right thing, nor is it trying to live according to God’s law.

Walking in the Spirit is the central metaphor for describing what it means to live as a Christian. The person who walks according to the Spirit will in fact have the essence of the law fulfilled in his life.

Set your minds on the things of the Spirit (Romans 8:5) focusing on ore ’ositi˜e things cfoyrcyleo­uorfsaelfw­bayystefe’e’liinnggolu­it eofytohue nsteredngt­tohswtrhiicehboancly tloea’drsot˜heeyoutor strie bacǤ orgi˜eness is about going through a ’rocess where you get to the ’lace where you let go of resentent, try to see the other ’erson in a new light, and ho’e for the best for theǤ nesosbetciauesse we sweiethith­onldlyfaos­rgaig˜ieftǦ

Forgivenes­s is a gift you give to yourself

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ne of the ain obstacles to forǦ gnia˜teunre sosf fiosrcgoi˜nefnuessis­oǤn oarbgoi˜uetntehses

What forgivenes­s is not?

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The question ‘how does one overcome the pull of the flesh?’ sounds like an old riddle: How can someone extract air out of a drinking glass?

The most direct way to get all the air out of a glass is by filling it with something else. You cannot extract thoughts that displease God from your mind, you need to be filled up with thoughts–with an entire mindset, that is oriented toward the things of the Spirit ( Gal. 5:22–23).

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Forgivenes­s is about going through a process where you get to a place where you let go of resentment.

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