Precious Teens

Creating a positive environment for youth ages to thrive.

Teaching teens to rely and depend on God in natural situations (death of a loved one, workplace challenges, family crisis, etc.)

05/02/2011

7. Forgiveness is freedom.

There is nothing more free than when God says to you Your sins are forgiven. Equally freeing is when you can forgive others immediately. Forgiveness is an act of the will. If you will supply the desire to forgive others, Christ will supply the emotional freedom.

05/02/2011

6. Forgiveness is a present event.

Time heals all wounds too often encourages a lengthy process that may even add more resentments and bitterness over time. Don’t delay in forgiving someone. For Christians, forgiveness is a lifestyle. It is something that is here and now – not for tomorrow, but for today

05/02/2011

5. Forgiveness includes actions.

Jesus not only pronounced forgiveness on His people, He actually won forgiveness by going to the cross.

05/02/2011

4. Forgiveness costs.

The forgiveness we received was costly – it cost Jesus His life. To ask for forgiveness, or to grant it, is often difficult. It’s more than just saying I’m sorry, or I forgive you. It means giving up the hatred and resentment that sometimes, sadly, one may even enjoy harboring. It’s hard because it doesn’t always fit into the judicial way of thinking; forgiveness doesn’t always seem fair.

05/02/2011

3. Forgiveness is not conditional.

God’s forgiveness is not conditional on whether we forgive others. If it were, we would never be forgiven. His forgiveness is acceptance – without any exception.

05/02/2011

2. Forgiveness and forgetting don’t necessarily happen together.

Forgetting should never be a test of whether a person has forgiven. The miracle of forgiveness is that, with God’s help, you can forgive even while you still remember. Paul said, God demonstrates His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Rom. 5:8).

05/02/2011

1. Forgiveness does not tolerate wrongdoing.

Some Christians have become too easy on sin – and on sinners. Tolerating sin is itself a sin. If we truly care about people and their salvation, we need to care about whether they’re living according to God’s Word. This attitude should make you helpful, not judgmental.

05/02/2011

We live in a time when few know much about forgiveness because more and more people are making excuses for their wrongdoing, refusing even to admit that they sin. If they do something wrong, it’s blamed on someone else or on the situation. Christians, more than ever, need to share and demonstrate God’s Word about forgiveness

04/26/2011

|SAY THESE WORDS AFTER ME| I declare I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, I will not be misrepresented, I refuse to be killed, I refuse to die pre-maturely in the name of the Lord Jesus, I declare it is written, I shall not die but I will live to declare the goodness of the Lord. Amen!!!
by the Bishop Duncan N. Williams