Getting Past Your Past
Lesson 3: Faith and Forgiveness
August 11, 2019
What’s Behind Can Hinder What’s Ahead
Mark 11:12 The next day, when they left Bethany, Jesus became hungry. 13 In the distance he saw a fig tree with leaves. He went to see if he could find any figs on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves because it wasn't the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, “No one will ever eat fruit from you again!” His disciples heard this. God’s Word Translation
Mark 11:20 While Jesus and his disciples were walking early in the morning, they saw that the fig tree had dried up. 21 Peter remembered what Jesus had said, so he said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has dried up.” 22 Jesus said to them, “Have faith in God! God’s Word Translation
Mark 11:23 I can guarantee this truth: This is what will be done for someone who doesn't doubt but believes what he says will happen: He can say to this mountain, ‘Be uprooted and thrown into the sea,' and it will be done for him. 24 That's why I tell you to have faith that you have already received whatever you pray for, and it will be yours. God’s Word Translation
Luke 17:5 One day the apostles said to the Lord, "We need more faith; tell us how to get it." 6 "If your faith were only the size of a mustard seed," Jesus answered, "it would be large enough to uproot that mulberry tree over there and send it hurtling into the sea! Your command would bring immediate results! Living Bible
2 Corinthians 4:13 The following is written, “I believed; therefore, I spoke.” We have that same spirit of faith. We also believe; therefore, we also speak. God’s Word Translation
Mark 11:24 That's why I tell you to have faith that you have already received whatever you pray for, and it will be yours. God’s Word Translation
1 John 5:14 We are confident that God listens to us if we ask for anything that has his approval. 15 We know that he listens to our requests. So we know that we already have what we ask him for. God’s Word Translation
Mark 11:25 Whenever you pray, forgive anything you have against anyone. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your failures.” God’s Word Translation
Matthew 6:14 "In prayer there is a connection between what God does and what you do. You can't get forgiveness from God, for instance, without also forgiving others. The Message
1 Peter 3:7 The same goes for you husbands: Be good husbands to your wives. Honor them, delight in them. As women they lack some of your advantages. But in the new life of God's grace, you're equals. Treat your wives, then, as equals so your prayers don't run aground. The Message
"That your prayers be not cut off" (a.t.) or rendered fruitless.
(The Complete Word Study Dictionary)
1 John 4:20 If anyone boasts, "I love God," and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won't love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can't see? 21 The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You've got to love both. The Message