GM 2007_01_07 Building Better Relationships I

“Building Better Relationships” I: Letting go of your past

Scripture Readings:
2 Samuel 12:15-25
Philipians 3:12-14

Notes:

I cannot cling to the present if I am still holding on to my past.

3 Types of Emotional Garbage:
- We reheare our resentments
- We remember our regrets
- We reinforce our remorse

I. First, I must give up my Grudges
Ephesians 4:31-32
Job 5:2, 18:4

II. Second, I must give up my Grief
2 Samuel 12:16+18

1. Accept what cannot be changed
   2 Samuel 12:22-23
2. Play it down and Pray it up
   2 Samuel 12:20b
3. Focus on what is left, not what is lost
   2 Samuel 12:24

III. Third, I must give up my Guilt (Proverbs 16:32)
The Wrong way: Matthew 27:3+5
The Right way: Matthew 26:75

“God is far more willing to forgive our sins than we are to confess our sins.”
Rev. Paul J. Cutler

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