<P>                                   <STRONG>     KEYS TO LIFE PART 6</STRONG></P><P>                      <STRONG>RESTART (REPAIRING RELATIONSHIPS)</STRONG><BR><STRONG><U>Ephesians 4:31-32 (NLT)</U></STRONG> Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.</P><P>EVALUATE ALL MY RELATIONSHIPS, OFFER FORGIVENESS TO THOSE WHO’VE HURT ME AND MAKE AMENDS FOR HARM I’VE DONE TO OTHERS. </P><P><STRONG>PART 1: FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE HURT ME.</STRONG><BR>     <BR>             <STRONG>WHY?</STRONG>          </P><P>1. BECAUSE GOD HAS FORGIVEN ME.<BR>2. BECAUSE RESENTMENT DOESN’T WORK.<BR>3. BECAUSE I’LL NEED FORGIVENESS IN THE FUTURE.<BR>    <BR>             <STRONG>HOW?</STRONG>          <BR> <BR>1.  REVEAL MY HURT.<BR>2. RELEASE MY OFFENDER<BR>3. REPLACE MY HURT WITH GOD’S PEACE</P><P><STRONG><U>PART 2: MAKE AMENDS TO THOSE I’VE HURT.</U></STRONG><BR><STRONG><U>Hebrews 12:15 (NLT)</U></STRONG> …Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.</P><P>             <STRONG>WHY?</STRONG></P><P>UNRESOLVED RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE ROOT OF MY PROBLEM   AND THEY PREVENT RECOVERY FROM HAPPENING.<BR>    <BR>             <STRONG>HOW?</STRONG>  </P><P>1. MAKE A LIST OF THOSE I’VE HARMED AND WHAT I DID.<BR>2. THINK HOW I’D LIKE OTHERS TO MAKE AMENDS TO ME.<BR>3. REFOCUS MY LIFE.</P><P><STRONG><U>Philippians 3:13-14 (NLT)…</U></STRONG>but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,  I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.<BR></P>

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