27/08/2026
🤍 Our third lesson was about “THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS,” shared by Sister Praise.
Before introducing the lesson, she invited everyone to play a fun game called “The Wind Blows.” 🌬️ where she read different statements, and whoever was related to them stood up and exchanged seats with someone else who also stood up while the rest remain seated.
The statements were:
• 🤍 “I find it easy to forgive.”
• 😊 “I once forgave someone who hurt me and felt much better afterwards.”
📖 What does the Bible say about forgiveness?
Ephesians 4:32
“Be kind to one another, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you.”
Like the story from the Bible, “The Parable of the Lost Son” in Luke 15. A son demanded his inheritance from his father early, left home, and wasted everything he had. Eventually, he found himself hungry, broken, and with nowhere else to go. He gathered his courage and decided to return home even though he felt ashamed. But before he could even reach his father, his father saw him from a distance, ran to him, embraced him, welcomed him home and forgave him for everything he did.
That is exactly how God loves us. Even though we fall short and make mistakes, He is always ready to forgive us and give us another chance. ✝️
💭 Let’s take time to ask ourselves these questions:
1. Has someone ever hurt you, making it difficult to forgive them?
2. Have you ever hurt someone but never apologised?
3. Was there a time when you forgave someone? How did you feel afterwards?
4. How do you think forgiveness helps us grow?
5. How does it feel when someone comes to you and asks for forgiveness?
❤️ The main message is this: we all get hurt sometimes—that is part of life. But how we choose to respond is what truly matters.
Forgiveness does not mean that what happened was okay. It means we choose to move forward.
When you ask for forgiveness and it’s not accepted, remember that you have done your part. The rest is between that person and God.
🌉 Forgiveness becomes a bridge that leads to healing, freedom, and inner peace.
💖 It reflects love, maturity, humility, and courage. As followers of Christ, forgiveness is not just something we talk about—it is something we are called to live out every day.
📝 To end the lesson, each one wrote a heartfelt letter to someone they feel they have hurt and needed to apologise to or to someone they had chosen to forgive.
