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Got Life A newsletter about spiritual enrichment for the Body of Christ

A Monthly Newsletter God’s Saving Grace An address from the senior pastor.

Salvation Is My Choice Page 2

What’s Going On The monthly calendar, birthdays and anniversaries, and Daniel’s Fast resource information. Page 3

April ‘10 Church Information NLTC ministry staff, service information and statement of faith. Page 6

Little Chocolate Boy Charles Ademolu’s monthly column Page 5

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Two times maybe, but the third time you will say, “Oh boy. You are getting on my nerves”.

The Power of Forgiveness, A Command From God: Part 2 By Catherine Powell

The power of forgiveness means the authority The Lord’s Prayer says in Luke 11:4, “and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us”. You are asking for God to do the same thing you are committing to do for others. You are asking forgiveness for yourself as you forgive others. If you can’t forgive, you can’t get forgiveness. I don’t think anyone wants to not be forgiven by God or man. God does not forgive us because we forgive others, but solely because of his great mercy. When we understand his mercy, we will want to be like him. Having received forgiveness, we will pass April

“and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us”.

it on to others. Those who are unwilling to forgive have not become one with Christ who was willing to forgive even those who crucified him (Luke 23:34). In reading Luke 17:4 you can’t get any simpler than that. If someone does you wrong seven times in one day and apologized, just forgive him because if it were you, and you said “I’m sorry, forgive me”, you would want forgiveness. Some of us would probably say one time I’ll grant you forgiveness.

You know the apostles had to ask God to increase their faith in the next verse. Why? Because it takes faith to actually believe that if one person continues to do you wrong, especially in one day, that it’s God and that God is truly at work here, not only on you, but the other person too. People, this is everybody’s training ground, and everyone is being trained daily. If you just let go and know that God got this, you can smile every time instead of frowning and getting mad. I would certainly hate for God to get mad at the things we do and tell us, “Oh my son, or daughter, I’m going to make you pay for that”. This is what we do. Or He might say He’s not going to speak to them, or they had better not ask me for Continue on page 7 1