God,
I want to go to that family dinner without the old hurt sitting next to me. I've held it for years, and it's heavier than I admit. I can't forgive them in my own strength. Start it in me. Help me let go a little more each day.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Bible verses about forgiveness
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
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