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Hope for the Heart
Forgiveness: The Freedom to Let Go
"I forgive you." These three little words are so simple, so complex, and yet so powerful! Forgiveness gives us permission to let go of recent irritations or long−held grudges of minor offenses or festering hurts that keep us up at night. Relationships filled with resentment ultimately perish. Relationships filled with forgiveness ultimately prevail. Learn how you can be an expression of God's grace by forgiving others and find the freedom He intended you to have.
June Hunt starts this mini−book with a definitions section where she explains each word associated with forgiveness. Learn all forms of forgiveness and the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. Also included in the definitions section are Biblical examples where Jesus forgave sinners and how we can follow his example. Forgiveness isn't based on a feeling, but rather on the fact that God calls us to forgive.
Forgiveness will shed light on the characteristics of an unforgiving heart and the high cost of unforgiveness versus the high reward of forgiveness. Read the captivating story of how Corrie Ten Boom, a woman who survived a Nazi concentration camp, and forgave one of her prison guards. Losing her father and sister to that same concentration camp made forgiving this man very hard, for it was only by the grace of God that helped her choose to forgive rather than to be entrapped in bitterness.
The last section titled ,"Steps to Solution," gives you practical advice on how to have a heart of forgiveness with:
4 stages of forgiveness
Forgiveness vs. reconciliation
Honesty required for reconciliation
A sample prayer to forgive your offender
7 ways to sustain a forgiving heart
And much more.
Look for all 25 titles in the Hope For The Heart Biblical Counseling Library. These mini-books are for people who seek freedom from codependency, anger, conflict, verbal and emotional abuse, depression, or other problems.
June Hunt starts this mini−book with a definitions section where she explains each word associated with forgiveness. Learn all forms of forgiveness and the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. Also included in the definitions section are Biblical examples where Jesus forgave sinners and how we can follow his example. Forgiveness isn't based on a feeling, but rather on the fact that God calls us to forgive.
Forgiveness will shed light on the characteristics of an unforgiving heart and the high cost of unforgiveness versus the high reward of forgiveness. Read the captivating story of how Corrie Ten Boom, a woman who survived a Nazi concentration camp, and forgave one of her prison guards. Losing her father and sister to that same concentration camp made forgiving this man very hard, for it was only by the grace of God that helped her choose to forgive rather than to be entrapped in bitterness.
The last section titled ,"Steps to Solution," gives you practical advice on how to have a heart of forgiveness with:
4 stages of forgiveness
Forgiveness vs. reconciliation
Honesty required for reconciliation
A sample prayer to forgive your offender
7 ways to sustain a forgiving heart
And much more.
Look for all 25 titles in the Hope For The Heart Biblical Counseling Library. These mini-books are for people who seek freedom from codependency, anger, conflict, verbal and emotional abuse, depression, or other problems.
83 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 4, 2013
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About the author
June Hunt
318 books44 followersJUNE HUNT is founder of Hope for the Heart, a worldwide biblical counseling ministry, and hosts the award-winning radio program by the same name. Her numerous books include Seeing Yourself Through God’s Eyes, Healing the Hurting Heart, Bonding with Your Teen through Boundaries, and Hope for Your Heart.
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July 5, 2013
Quick read with lots of good tidbits, stories, scripture.
April 11, 2015
This small well has surprisingly deep waters. Hunt, careful to define the terms of forgiveness in a readable way, chooses stirring examples and explores the question of forgiveness from several angles. With prayers and chock full of Scripture, this practical booklet would serve well for small group study or as an extended tract of sorts for those struggling with unforgiveness.
August 6, 2015
Another little book that packs a punch.
September 1, 2023
Convicting and so important.
“Blaming others is a favorite tactic to justify unforgiveness. You can become too comfortable in the unnatural habitat of self-righteousness and self-pity. Your past hurts, though buried, are still very much alive. And because they are not released in God's way, oddly enough, you become like your offender (but you are blind to it). Not forgiving your offender is an offense to God, thereby making you an offender to God as well! The Bible says to confess and renounce this sin.”
“Blaming others is a favorite tactic to justify unforgiveness. You can become too comfortable in the unnatural habitat of self-righteousness and self-pity. Your past hurts, though buried, are still very much alive. And because they are not released in God's way, oddly enough, you become like your offender (but you are blind to it). Not forgiving your offender is an offense to God, thereby making you an offender to God as well! The Bible says to confess and renounce this sin.”
January 20, 2026
this is a great book for starting a journey of what seems to be impossible forgiveness. I'm about to read more I'm not there yet why I gave it a 4 but it did help a lot . I recommend it . short read too!
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