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(p. 145) to forgive would be unshaken. We don’t forgive because it benefits us. Those benefits may be a
welcome by-product. But our motivation to forgive is rooted in God’s call to forgive, our gratitude for
God’s forgiveness of us, and our desire to imitate Christ – the one who perfectly modeled forgiveness
and even now perfects our efforts to practice forgiveness.”

12.4 Let’s Practice

1. We need not wait for an apology to forgive. What does this mean?

2. How does forgiving positively affect our mental health?

3. How does forgiving positively impact our physical health?

4. What should be our motivation to forgive?

12.5 Let’s Personalize this Lesson. . .
Choose your response:
How has your understanding of forgiveness changed after today’s reading? With this new
knowledge, take time to pray and ask God if there are people in your life who you need to
forgive, or if there are people you have wronged who you need to ask forgiveness from.

Or

Writer Anne Lamott says, “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die.”
Explain what this means based on your reading about forgiveness.

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