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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=quote-element align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;background:white'><span style='color:black'>Hello everyone: Praise the Lord! </span><i><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Luke 17:5 'And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.'<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'>It is very interesting to note that the apostles asked Jesus to increase their faith after He spoke of forgiveness. They observed all of the wonderful miracles Jesus performed and yet that never inspired them to ask for greate”r faith. Truly, walking in love and forgiveness with each other takes as much faith as any miracle we will ever believe for.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The basis of forgiveness is the love and mercy of God. It is only because God first loved and forgave us that we can love and forgive others. If we aren't walking in the forgiveness of God, we won't minister it to others. He forgave us before we repented or asked for forgiveness.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The scriptures admonish us to forgive as Christ has forgiven us. God offered His forgiveness towards us while we were yet sinners. Therefore, forgiveness was offered to all unconditionally. But only those who receive the offered forgiveness through repentance and faith are received as sons of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Likewise, we are to forgive others their trespasses, just as God has forgiven us our trespasses. We forgive whether or not the other person repents or wants our forgiveness. But we cannot restore such a person to complete relationship until there is repentance on his part. Failure to distinguish between forgiveness and restoration with their different conditions, has caused some people to make themselves vulnerable to unscrupulous people and suffer tragic results. In marriage, we should forgive our mate for anything, even adultery. But If there is no true repentance on our mate's part, it would be foolish to trust him or her in a sexually tempting situation. We should forgive a business partner for stealing from us whether or not he repents, but that doesn't mean we ought to put ourselves in a position to let him do it again. Complete restoration is dependent on repentance. Walk in forgiveness today. (Andrew Wommack Ministries).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Ephesians 4:32 tells us to “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'>God bless,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Dr. Joyce Taylor, VP, MSCC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Communities of Faith Leadership Team<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>