Ask Forgiveness

This is the discussion we made for the last Ed's Story video that has been released thus far, "Ask Forgiveness" - I hope that these discussions can be a useful  blessing for you and your community

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Ed’s Story - Ask Forgiveness

Initial reactions to this video?

Why do you think Ed felt the need to make this list of everybody he knew he had offended and work his way through it, forgiving and asking forgiveness?

If you made a similar list today, how long would it be?

Do you ever lose sight of the importance of your relationships over whose right and whose wrong? Share.

Has asking for forgiveness ever been hard for you? Why?  Is there a story you are willing to share about the difficulty of forgiveness? 

“I think forgiveness is a great idea until you have someone to forgive, then it’s very difficult, you have to humble yourself and admit that you’re wrong, you have to look at the person in their eyeballs and that is intimidating.”

Honestly, do you ever struggle in humbling yourself?

“Having gone through the list I am much slower to judge and much quicker to listen, if we lived in a world like that there would be harmony and peace.”

What are your reactions to this?     In what areas of our lives can we be slower to judge and more quick to listen?

Final thoughts on this discussion?

“There are consequences to the choices we make, forgiveness and forgiving people do not overrule those consequences, but it’s still the right thing to do.”

Challenge: Make a list of those you've wronged. Be honest with God and yourself about it. Through the loving grace of God, begin working your way through the list seeking forgiveness and reconciliation.