Forgiveness

Going to a Christian school gives us remarkable opportunities which are unheard of in public schools - it was Spiritual Emphasis Week at Xenia Christian with the theme of Project Forgiveness. Please read the following from Joe Batchelor, XCHS Principal:

Today was the final day of Project Forgiveness, our fall spiritual emphasis week. It is amazing how God works out His plans. When we had a last-minute speaker cancellation, Robb Fogg came to share his heart with our students. In his own inimitable style, he made four main points, sharing examples and testimony of what God has taught him: 1) I choose to forgive, 2) I choose continually to forgive, 3) I will wait on the Lord for my healing, 4) I will leave vengeance to God. In an extended response time, scores of Ambassadors responded to the Holy Spirit and asked others for forgiveness. I was humbled by the authenticity and sensitivity of our ambassadors.

On Wednesday, Pastor O’Guin of Mt. Zion church spoke on Matthew 18. He led us through a prayer for those who may have wronged us in the past, remembering that God has forgiven us for so much.

Today we had a chapel time this afternoon followed by times of prayer in hallways and classrooms to close out Spiritual Emphasis Week. 

Please pray for our students who need to ask forgiveness. Please pray for boldness and healing.

Please pray for those who need to forgive and let go, even when the offender has not asked for forgiveness. 

Please pray that our students cultivate a relationship with the Great Forgiver.

Colossians 3:13  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.