Doug takes a deep dive into practicing forgiveness. He outlines the process for forgiveness sharing that forgiveness is not optional but a command from God in the Our Father.

Listener question

• Al - I disagree with you. If someone breaks into my house, I forgive you. If it comes to murder, I think its delusional to think you can forgive a murder. (20:14)
• Sebastian - I am struggling to forgive someone. I have been renting from close family members and they have decided not to have kids but judge us for having 5 children. (24:38)
• Judy - My daughter was murdered by her boyfriend. I forgave him right away. I am not going to let his actions send me to hell because I couldn’t forgive him. (40:13)
• John - How do you forgive someone who hasn’t asked for it or who doesn’t think they need to be forgiven. (44:19)
• Mike - Comment for Sebastian: Something you could do is to think about the only way they could get to heaven was by your actions would you do it? (47:19)

Resources:

Marriage Unhindered

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Rekindled Hearts Marriage Bundle

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Happy Marriage for Life

https://www.happymarriageforlife.com/

The process of forgiveness

1. Identify who you need to forgive.
2. Examine your anger.
3. Make the decision to forgive, weighing the pros and cons.
4. Pray deeply about forgiveness.