
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”
James 4:8
Why a Christian Mentoring App?
FORGIVENESS PREACHING SERIES
How Jesus responds to offense and hurt
BIBLE VERSES
When I feel offended and hurt
“For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.”
(Psalm 86:5)
“And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
(Mark 11:25)
“And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”
(Matthew 6:12)
“For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.”
(Matthew 6:14)
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”
(Ephesians 4:32)
“Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.”
(Colossians 3:13)
SAINT QUOTES
When I feel offended and hurt
“If a person finds it very hard to forgive injuries, let them look at a Crucifix, and think that Christ shed all His Blood for them.”
+St. Philip Neri
“Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them.”
+St. Don Bosco
“He who knows how to forgive prepares for himself many graces from God. As often as I look upon the cross, so often will I forgive with all my heart.”
+St. Faustina Kowalska
“Our errors are grains of sand beside the great mountain of God’s mercy.”
+St. John Vianney
“If you are suffering from a bad man’s injustice, forgive him, lest there be two bad men.”
+St. Augustine
“Unforgiveness adds to our anger, nurtures our sin, and hates what is good. It is a rusty arrow and poison for the soul. It puts all virtue to flight.”
+St. Francis of Paola
Relinquishment PREACHING SERIES
How Jesus responds to worry, fear & anxiety
BIBLE VERSES
When I feel anxious and afraid
"Cast all your anxiety on God because he cares for you."
(1Peter 5:7)
"Do not be anxious about your life. Which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? Your heavenly Father knows [all] that you need."
Matthew 6: 25,27, 32
”In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety."
(Psalm 55:18)
”Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run and not get tired. They will walk and not become weary.”
(Isaiah 40:31)
”And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."
(Matthew 10:28-31)
SAINT QUOTES
When I feel anxious and afraid
”If certain thoughts bother you, it is devil who causes you to worry, and not God, Who, being the spirit of peace, grants you tranquility."
+St. Padre Pio
”Go forth in peace, for you have followed the good road. Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. Blessed be you, my God, for having created me."
+St. Clare of Assisi
“Do not have any anxiety about the future. Leave everything in God’s hands for he will take care of you.”
+St. John the Baptist de La Salle
”And of what should we be afraid? Our captain on this battlefield is Christ Jesus. We have discovered what we have to do. Christ has bound our enemies for us and weakened them that they cannot overcome us unless we so choose to let them. So we must fight courageously and mark ourselves with the sign of the most Holy Cross."
+St. Catherine of Sienna
”Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?"
+St. Gerard Majella
”If we have any natural defect, either in mind or body, let us not grieve and feel sorry for ourselves. Who can tell whether, if we had been given a larger share of ability or stronger health, or greater wealth, we would have possessed them to the destruction of our soul!"
+St. Alphonsus Liquori