RESOLUTION FOR FORGIVENESS…

· HOW MANY OF YOU IN JANUARY…SET NEW YEAR’S

RESOUTIONS?

· SINCE WE ARE AT THE HALF WAY POINT OF ’04…CAN

YOU BELIEVE IT…?

· GOOD TIME TO DO A STATUS REPORT ON THOSE

RESOLUTIONS THAT WE SET FOR OURSELVES…

· HOW ARE WE DOING…?

· CAN YOU EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE?

· DO YOU KNOW THAT THE ROOT WORD

RESOLUTION/RESOLUTE = DEFINED AS “MARKED BY

DETERMINATION”

· HOW MANY OF US ARE “MARKED BY

DETERMINATION…TRULY WHEN WE SET OUR

RESOLUTIONS?

· AS MANY NEW YEARS’ RESOLUTIONS AS THERE ARE

PEOPLE…

· DEPENDING ON OUR UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES IS

USUALLY HOW WE DETERMINE OUR RESOLUTIONS FOR

TE COMING YEAR…EX:LOSE WT.;EXERCISE;EAT

BETTER;WORK ON HOUSE;ORGANIZED

· ALL SIMILAR LISTS…

· HOW MANY…WRITE DOWN…TO FORGIVE/HURT

· TODAY…”VENOM OF BITTERNESS”…UNFORGIVENESS

· RUSTY…TALKING THIS SUMMER ON RECONSTRUCTING

OURSELVES…TO DO THIS…SERIOUS REFLECTION…

· IF YOU ARE TRULY GOING TO REBUILD YOURSELF…1ST

ASK TOUGH ?’S…WHO DO I NEED TO FORGIVE?

· LISTS…(3) REASONS THAT WE TEND NOT TO FORGIVE

1. PRIDE/EGO

2. SELFISHNESS

3. DO NOT KNOW HOW…

· (3) THINGS UNFORGIVENESS DOES FOR US…

1. “EMOTIONAL BONDAGE”…FATIGUE

2. NO RELATIONSHIPS W/OTHERS

3. NO RELATONSHIP W/GOD

· (5) WAYS WE CONTINUE TO UNFORGIVE…

1. EXCUSES…NO TIME TO DWELL ON THAT

2. JUSTIFICATION…HE/SHE IS THE ONE

3. DENYING…NO BIG DEAL

4. TOLERANCE…“JUST THE WAY THEY ARE”

5. BELIEF THAT TIME HEALS

· BUSINESS OF FORGIVENESS…CAUSES US TO SCRIRM IN

YOUR SEATS…YOU KNOW SOMEONE TO FORGIVE…OLD

HURTS…STILL HURT

· UNTIL DEALING W/ OLD HURTS…CANNOT BEGIN THE

RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS…CANNOT BE FREE!!