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Originally Posted by zeek
The Lord taught us to pray, "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." Forgiveness is essential if we are to have a pure heart not occupied by resentment and hate. As the Lord said "Blessed are the pure of heart for they shall see God." That's the blessing I seek. That's "the hope that is in" me said with "gentleness and respect."
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This is true, but I would like to add a word of caution. While we are taught to forgive, this doesn’t mean we ignore our emotions. It’s important to work through your resentment and hate. Producing spiritual fruit requires effort and hard work, like cultivating soil in order to grow plants. When people offer simplistic Christian phrases as a way to address suffering, it can feel insincere and inadequate, like offering a fake apple to someone who is starving.
Videos like these unchained ones help do just that, it exposes things and allows for you work through them.