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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?

Let’s get Personal…

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 whom 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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