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Provocation in the Strong’s Concordance means strife, contention

Temptation  in the Strong’s Concordance means despair, testing, proving, trial

Eze 11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

Eze 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

Eze 11:20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

And hardening our hearts is a "destable" thing to do for it is direct disobedience to God.---Sharon]

FORGIVENESS IS VALIDATING THE OFFENSE.

"Don’t ask, Don’t tell" is NOT a Biblical solution. 

--Recognize and acknowledge the hurt.

Psalms 77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

Psalms 77:7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

Psalms 77:8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

Psalms 77:9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

Psalms 77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity......................

"Forgiveness is not an emotion but an act of the will.  We can choose to forgive, whether we feel like it or not....

The fact that so much of our life was ruined because of the abuse we   received is difficult to accept, and it is rare to "feel" like forgiving those who have hurt us.

[First, after confessing and forsaking our anger and bitterness, we need to acknowledge our sin of unforgiveness, knowing that by not forgiving we are committing the sin of judgement  We need to claim I John 1:9 believing God will also cleanse us from this sin.]

Then we can say, "In the name of Christ I choose to forgive!"  even when every fiber of our being resists.  Because God commands forgiveness, we must forgive.  He will give us the grace to do what He commands."  --Doris VanStone,  "No Place To Cry")

--Face the pain.  Do not repress it.  Work backwards from the pain to forgiveness. 

2 Corinthians 2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

2 Corinthians 2:8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

2 Corinthians 2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

2 Corinthians 2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

2 Corinthians 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices

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