The Summit Church
Friends, Family and Foes - Display Your Superpower
Discussion Guide: Week 3 Friends, Family and Foes
Locations & Times
The Summit Church - Kernersville
4440 High Point Rd, Kernersville, NC 27284, USA
Thursday 6:30 PM
Sunday 9:30 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Forgiveness can be seen as a Superpower and is also Supernatural.
What makes it so?
What makes it so?
If forgiveness is supernatural (spiritual), describe what this process might look like with God and how one might attempt to forgive without Him.
According to Psalm 130:3-4 Who is guilty of sin and what happens when forgiveness is applied to us by God?
In your own words define forgiveness.
How does your definition of forgiveness line up with Jesus'?
See Matthew 18:21-22 or any other scripture references you can think of.
See Matthew 18:21-22 or any other scripture references you can think of.
Does forgiveness involve forgetting? Why or why not?
Tim Keller: “Forgiving means refusing to make them pay for
what they did. However, to refrain from lashing out at someone
when you want to do so with all your being is agony. It’s a form of
suffering. You absorb the debt, taking the cost of it completely on
yourself instead of taking it out on the other person. It hurts
terribly. Many people would say if feels like a kind of death. Yes,
but it’s a death that leads to resurrection instead of the life-long
living death of bitterness and cynicism.”
what they did. However, to refrain from lashing out at someone
when you want to do so with all your being is agony. It’s a form of
suffering. You absorb the debt, taking the cost of it completely on
yourself instead of taking it out on the other person. It hurts
terribly. Many people would say if feels like a kind of death. Yes,
but it’s a death that leads to resurrection instead of the life-long
living death of bitterness and cynicism.”
In your relationships where have you allowed bitterness or cynicism to take over vs forgiveness?
Describe a time when you have experienced the power of forgiveness to create a way forward in a relationship.
Forgiveness is a decision and a process. Talk about the difference between working on getting through it vs trying to "get over it".
Do you have a friend or family member who has turned foe?
How can you apply what you have learned and discussed together to that relationship?
Spend time praying as a group for God's Supernatural power to equip you to forgive as you decide to follow Him.
How can you apply what you have learned and discussed together to that relationship?
Spend time praying as a group for God's Supernatural power to equip you to forgive as you decide to follow Him.