أعمال الرسل 17:9-18

Forgiveness is a process. It takes time, costly and hard. It is restoring of relationships by releasing a painful past with an attitude of love. Nothing keeps us in bondage to the past as much as our unwillingness to forgive. Refusal to forgive leads to bitterness of the soul. Forgiveness is freedom from bitterness and the propensity to get even. It reopens the future of new beginnings – a restart.

在6天的计划中探索《使徒行传》，以全新视角认识新约中的逼迫。了解早期基督徒如何将挑战视为推进福音的机会，而非阻碍。学习他们祷告、坚忍和放胆见证的回应，将试炼转化为上帝国度的胜利。这份灵修计划重新定义了逼迫的概念，鼓励以积极主动、满有能力的方式对待信仰。

New Year. A New Day. God created these transitions to remind us that He is the God of New Beginnings. If God can speak the world into existence, He can certainly speak into the darkness of your life, creating for you a new beginning. Don’t you just love fresh starts! Just like this reading plan. Enjoy!

Whether you’ve messed up a little or a lot by human standards, you’re a prime candidate to be used by God. In this 7-day Plan, we’ll learn about six individuals from the Bible whom God used despite where they came from, what their capabilities were, or how colossal their mistakes were.