Quenching the SpiritWritten by Joyce C. Lock
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort feebleminded, support weak, be patient toward all men. See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
| | Forgive And Make Room For New ExperiencesWritten by Judi Singleton
The process of forgiveness sets us free. It makes room in our lives for new experiences. When we harbor resentments they take up a lot of time and space in our minds that could be filled with other things that we would enjoy more I am sure like love, compassion, and joy. Think on other hand if we seldom took offense how freeing that would be. It would allow us more time and space and illiminate if not entirely from our lives need to forgive. To detach lovingly from another person when they offend you is a powerful tool. You can realize that you have power to react or not. Not only will it give you a great deal of time and energy not to have to forgive but it will give you power by making choice not to be offended in first place.There are four steps to forgiveness: 1. You nuture self-justified anger blaming other person for hurting you. You forget at this point you had a choice how to react. We want to make person who made us feel bad undo this thing in past that hurt us. Now that is not realistic as no one can go back and change past we must deal with person in here and now. Aslong as are unwilling to forgive we give person we won't forgive rent-free space in our minds, emotional shackles on our hearts, and right to torment us in small hours of night. 2. Stage two is when you see you are hurting yourself with your anger and it no longer feels good. Perhaps you are feeling emotionally unwell or physically from anger itself. You at this point see other person's point of view or you decide anger is just not worth it so you forgive. You can forgive others or yourself in this way.
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