Welcome back. You
see, I have here on my
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table a glass of water.
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Now if I were to
hold this water out,
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how heavy would
you say this water is?
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You might say,
It's about 8 ounces.
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Would you say
so? It's about a cup.
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And a cup isn't that heavy.
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It's maybe half a pound.
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But if I were to hold
the glass out like this,
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how heavy is that?
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Right now it's pretty light.
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It doesn't bother me.
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Now what if I
held it ten minutes?
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What would happen?
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I would probably
start to shake, right?
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Wouldn't you think so?
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What if I held it an hour?
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I'd probably be going like this.
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If you said, Jill, you
have to hold that a whole day,
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I would call that torture.
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Beyond that, I'm
sure I couldn't do that.
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I would think after an
hour I'd be really shaking.
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You know, when we hold onto
something that we don't feel
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forgiven, whether it's wondering
if we're forgiven inside,
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or forgiving other people, if
we hang onto this just a little
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bit and let it
go, it's not so heavy.
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If I held this for
a year, two years,...
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Now this is hypothetical.
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Obviously I could not
hold the water that long.
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What if I held
it for twenty years?
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How much heavier does it become?
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And how much more that spirit of
unforgiveness, that bitterness
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wraps itself; that
guilt, that shame wraps itself
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tightly around me.
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You know, God said
He came to set us free.
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He wants to set us free.
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So whether you've held your
glass of water a couple of days,
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or maybe you've held it fifty
years; no matter how long you've
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held it, the Lord Jesus
says, I want you to be free.
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I want to bring
deliverance to your heart.
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So this week I encourage
you to share with someone else
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the forgiveness
they can find in Jesus.
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God wants to bring forgiveness
to us, not that then we say,
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Well, I'm
forgiven, and we feel better.
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But to share what
God does in our heart,
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and how that can
impact someone else's life.
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As we share, as we
minister, we are blessed inside.
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We are
transformed in the process.
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Next week we're going to take a
look at forgiving other people.
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In conclusion, we
always end with Romans 15:13.
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Now may the God of hope
fill you with all joy and peace
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in believing, that
you may abound in hope,
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by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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We'll see you
next time. Bye Bye.
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