Seventy X Seven = ?: A Real Look at Real Forgiveness

By Glenda Pray

Life happens to all of us. Oftentimes we are ill prepared to deal with the brute-force winds of trouble that can leave us wounded and maimed. Being hurt can gouge the very life out of our lives.

It is a true saying that hurt people, hurt people. Humans are daily at risk of hurts being inflicted upon us by parental, sibling, marital, peer, coworker, or church relationships.

One of the greatest threats to divine fulfillment and living a fulfilling life is unforgiveness. Its tentacles attach to every area of our lives, choking Gods potential, power, purpose, and promise right out of us. It is an untreated disease in our world and sad to say, so often in the church.

Many are our afflictions, but God has promised to deliver us out of them all. He wants to heal our hurts and set us free from unforgiveness. I believe that the door of escape from the things that afflict and cripple our lives is being forgiven and giving forgiveness.

If you or someone you know struggles with unforgiveness and bitterness, this book can help. It is a candid conversation, a practical perspective, a challenge for the heart, a refreshing for the soul, and much more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Nov 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781512719949

Glenda Pray

Glenda Pray has served in various ministry roles for over thirty-five years, including founder/senior pastor, church elder and business affairs director. Her broad leadership background and experience has prepared and sharpened the gifting and calling to the body of Christ that is evident on her life and in her writing style. She is an anointed teacher and a visionary who executes her assignment with grace, maturity, wisdom, and excellence. She has recently obtained an AS degree and continues specialized studies through Grace Bible College and Seminary.

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WestBow Press rev. date:   11/19/2015

CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1    Forgiveness Is Sometimes Easier Said Than Done, But It Is Doable

Chapter 2    Forgiveness Is A Requirement, Not An Option

Chapter 3    Forgiveness Is Not For Counting But For Continuing

Chapter 4    Forgiveness Starts With A Decision And Ends With Freedom

Chapter 5    The Deeper The Wound, The Greater The Work

Chapter 6    Time Doesn’t Change Everything

Chapter 7    A Real Look At Real Forgiveness

Chapter 8    First, A Look At Unforgiveness

Chapter 9    I Thought I Had Already Forgiven

Chapter 10    Getting Free

Chapter 11    Staying Free

Chapter 12    Character Traits Of Biblical Forgiveness

Conclusion

Receiving Forgiveness—Prayer Of Salvation

Releasing Forgiveness—Prayer Of Freedom

To those I love, to those who love me, and to all who are ensnared by the tentacles of unforgiving hearts.

May your liberty be swift, complete, and permanent.

Life begins at conception,

but living life

begins at forgiven

FOREWORD

I have been in full-time pastoral ministry for more than thirty-five years, but during that time, I have met very few people with the insights of Glenda Pray who have had the ability to communicate with others in a way that they too can share in and experience what she has discovered in God’s Word!

In Seventy x Seven = ? A Real Look at Real Forgiveness, she skillfully and very clearly unpacks scriptural truth while adding personal experience and real-life wisdom concerning one of the greatest challenges facing the body of Christ in the hour in which we live. That challenge is to walk in true kingdom forgiveness, because, as Glenda writes, true life begins at forgiven!

By combining biblical application with everyday examples of forgiveness and providing readers with thought-provoking questions for their own lives, Glenda encourages us to also journey with her to freedom and empowerment through