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    Forgive Forget Fruitful: Turning Offences and Tragedies Into Divine Opportunities
    Forgive Forget Fruitful: Turning Offences and Tragedies Into Divine Opportunities
    Forgive Forget Fruitful: Turning Offences and Tragedies Into Divine Opportunities
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    Forgive Forget Fruitful: Turning Offences and Tragedies Into Divine Opportunities

    By John Lewis and Wayne Alcorn

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    This book is highly practical. It gives application to Biblical principles in the area of handling offences, hurts and tragedies. We all go through difficult times that we didn’t ask for or even imagine would ever happen to us. Our choice is either to be a victim or an over-comer.

    Combining Biblical truth, life experience and personal research, the author outlines a necessary process of moving through those negative experiences to a place of freedom where we recapture the purpose God always intended.

    In Matthew 6:9-13 Jesus gave us a wonderful pattern to follow, when we come before ‘our Father in Heaven’ in prayer. It includes praise and petition, along with a cry, ‘forgive us...as we forgive others’. Jesus makes it clear, we have an obligation – if we live under the Father’s forgiveness, we have to live out His forgiveness.

    Find the faith to forgive, the freedom to forget and the foundation to be fruitful.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJun 16, 2017
    ISBN9780994260772
    Forgive Forget Fruitful: Turning Offences and Tragedies Into Divine Opportunities
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    John Lewis

    JOHN ROBERT LEWIS (1940-2020) was a politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1963 to 1966.

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      Forgive Forget Fruitful - John Lewis

      What others are saying about this book…

      "I wish I could say there is no need for this book in the church. I cannot. The beauty and benefit of forgiveness seems to have been lost. Many have become experts in avoiding the problem or the people who have caused hurt, but while this may feel like healing it never gets to the root of the problem. Rev. John Lewis does not skirt around the issue, but carefully pre-sets the Scriptural basis for forgiveness and the profound fruitfulness that can result.

      I encourage everyone to read this book and find the healing that has been freely made available for us through Jesus."

      Rev. Dr Lex Akers

      Senior Pastor, Hills Wesleyan Church;

      District Superintendent, NSW District of the WMC

      "After 45 years in Christian ministry, I know too well the truth of a huge number of people who are hurt and offended in church life or in their personal life. I often grieve their pain and loss and pray for their healing and return. In Forgive Forget Fruitful, John Lewis addresses the real issues that can see a return to spiritual, emotional and physical health.

      This is a must-read book for those who have been hurt and offended and those who reach out to them, as well as those of us who may have caused the hurt or offence."

      James Condon

      Commissioner, Territorial Commander,

      The Salvation Army – Australia Eastern Territory

      This book is a must read for everyone especially Christians. We live tortured lives when we can’t forgive because we can’t forget all the hurts in our lives. HURTS inflicted by others or brought on by ourselves will render us FRUITLESS and a fruitless life is useless. Please read and be FREE!

      Rev. Robert Lim

      Founding Pastor, Evangel Family Church, Singapore;

      former Assistant Superintendent of Assemblies of God Singapore

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      Forgive Forget Fruitful

      Turning Offences and Tragedies into Divine Opportunities

      Copyright © 2016 by John Lewis

      Print ISBN: 978-0-9942607-6-5

      eBook ISBN: 978-0-9942607-7-2

      Under International Copyright Law, all rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, including by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise in whole or in part without permission in writing from the publisher, except in the case of sermon preparation, reviews or articles and brief quotations embodied in critical articles. The use of occasional page copying for personal or group study is permitted and encouraged. Permission will be granted upon request.

      Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations in this book are from the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV). Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

      The Message (MSG). Copyright © 1993. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

      New King James Version (NKJV). Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Amplified Bible. The Amplified New Testament. Copyright © 1958, 1987 by Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

      Printed in Australia, United Kingdom and the United States of America. Distributed globally through all major outlets.

      Cover design: Dave Stone

      Layout: Jonathan Gould

      Contents

      What others are saying about this book…

      Foreword

      Introduction

      1 Life Has Many and Varied Offences and Hurts

      2 Facing the Facts – Offences Will Come

      3 Offences in the Church are a Fact

      4 Forgiveness – A Path of Hope

      5 Forgiveness – The First Step to Recovery

      6 Lessons From Joseph on How to Implement Forgiveness

      7 A Major Turning Point in Joseph’s Life

      8 The Power of Relinquishing Revenge

      9 Forgiveness Sets You Free From Victimisation

      10 Forgiveness Allows for God’s Vengeance

      11 Forgiving Ourselves

      12 Forgiveness Can Open the Door to Forgetting and Fruitfulness

      13 Living Beyond Perceived Unfairness

      14 Forget the Trouble in my Father’s Household

      15 The Similarity Between Joseph and Jesus

      16 God’s Grace for an Ephraim

      17 The Significance of the Right Hand of Blessing on Ephraim

      About the Author

      Foreword

      John Lewis has been a mentor and friend to me from the time I entered full time ministry over 30 years ago. He has an incredible passion for the Church and fellow Pastors. With many years as a Senior Pastor of a large church and, more recently, a mentor of pastors, John has a wealth of experience in assisting people navigate the realities of life.

      His book, Forgive Forget Fruitful, outlines practical application to Biblical principles, particularly in the area of handling offence, hurt and tragedy. The reality of life is that we all go through difficult times that we didn’t ask for or even imagine would ever happen to us. We can choose to be either a victim or an overcomer. Combining Biblical truth, life experience and personal research, John outlines a necessary process of moving through those negative experiences to a place of freedom where we recapture the purpose God always intended.

      In Matthew 6:9-13 Jesus gave us a magnificent pattern to follow, when we come before ‘our Father in Heaven’ in prayer. It included praise and petition, along with a cry, ‘forgive us...as we forgive others’. The point is clear. We have an obligation – if we live under the Father’s forgiveness, we have to live out His forgiveness.

      As you read through the following pages, you will discover great insight and your journey will not only take you to a place of wholeness but will also equip and empower you to walk this path with others. You will be inspired to look at difficult situations as opportunities to grow in your relationship with God and others.

      This book is a great resource as you embark on your own study on forgiveness.

      Wayne Alcorn

      National President, Australian Christian Churches

      Introduction

      This book was birthed out of my concern for the huge number of people that I know personally and others I observe that have been hurt and offended in life generally and in church life specifically. Unfortunately too many of them continue to carry those offences and the consequence has long-term detrimental effects upon their future happiness, wellbeing and destiny.

      Drawing from the life of Joseph, we can learn some valuable lessons in dealing with hurts and offences in life. Because of his brothers’ brutal and pitiless mistreatment of him, Joseph had every reason to become deeply offended and consumed with anger, bitterness and revenge. Yet Joseph chose to conduct himself from a Godly, rather than a hateful perspective. This perspective was a threefold principle that would not only protect him from a path of cynical revenge, but rather it would empower him to fulfil his Godly destination.

      This threefold principle in Joseph’s life I call a trilogy of forgive, forget and fruitful. This trilogy not only brought Joseph through the most inequitable circumstances of his life, but in fact caused him to triumph throughout these tragic events. Joseph was more than just a survivor; he eventually became a recipient of God’s double blessing, in family, financially and in National influence. This culminated in him being elevated to the Prime Minister of Egypt.

      The application of this Joseph’s trilogy is such an important factor and so applicable when faced with the realities of endeavouring to live a positive victorious life in the 21st Century. This trilogy if understood and worked out in our lives will

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