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Aug 9, 2009 - New Hope Evangelical Free Church of
Orange City, Iowa Series: God’s Plan to Change Me - “Fight the Good Fight” New Hope EFC Message #9: Co13:13, Eph 4:2-3, 32, Rom 12:9-21 & other texts
Fighting For Loving Relationships: Forbear & Forgive!
Intro:
*** In Col 3:13 God commands us to fight to maintain & ________ loving relationships with ______________ in our lives. God commands us to fight to maintain & ________ loving relationships:
I ... by playing good ________. Good________ means that we:
A. ... _________ significant problems in every relationship,
B. ...because everyone is sometimes a ____________! (both strange & a_______)
II. ... by playing good ________. Good ________means that we:
A. ... __________those who offend & sin against us, Good______ means that we:
C. ... we forbear & forgive those who sin against us ... because God, in Christ, forbears & forgives ____for our infinitely ________ offenses & sins against Himself.
D. …we forbear & forgive those who sin against us . . .because God, in Christ, _________ to settle accounts with our _________ in perfect justice, so we don’t have to.
Concl:
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