#3 What if....we could forgive?

I believe one of the most powerful words in the English language is forgiveness. We know the pain it causes when we don't receive it and the pain it extends when we choose not to give it. Even though I may not know you personally, this is what I do know about you. Forgiveness has the power to change you. It has the power to change me. When we forgive someone it doesn't necessarily mean we forget but we choose to no longer keep them hostage to our pain. As a pastor over the past 12 years there have been very few things as moving than when someone forgives another human being. As followers of Jesus we know the power of God's forgiveness extended to us not because we deserve it but because He chose to love us. What if you lived a life of forgiveness? What if the people that wronged you were released of needing to repay you? What if the pain that was inflicted on you could be healed? What if this week you chose to forgive...could it change you? What if it did!