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Steps: Asking for Forgivness

Posted on | October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment


Here’s my new post for XXXChurch.com

Steps: Asking For Forgiveness

By Chris Kozacek on Mon, Oct 19th 09 at 09:21PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

As I mentioned in my last post “When Your Secrets are Revealed…,” – I wanted to take a few looks at the practical things that might come out of it, in no particular order.

The questions that always come up (including the ones I asked) when talking about asking for forgiveness from those affected by our sin are:

-“What if they won’t forgive me?”
-“I didn’t do anything that bad, did I?”
-“Won’t bringing it back up just create more problems or conflict?”
-“I don’t know how to find them, so what should I do?”
-“They won’t even talk to me, so how can I ever try?”
-“They ruined my life by heaping all sorts of judgment and public condemnation on me and wouldn’t show me any mercy, so why should I ask for their forgiveness?”
-“It’s not like my struggle with porn ever really affected anyone else, what am I asking for forgiveness for?”
-“I’m scared to go to them, how do I even start?”

These are just a sample of questions I have either heard, or thought myself. Some are questions out of fear, some out of pride, and some are just not sure where to start.

It is never easy to go and ask for forgiveness from others – especially when… - read more

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- XXXChurch.com Blog
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