Forgiveness Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! Switch editorYou have switched to source editingCloseYou can switch back to visual editing at any time by clicking on this icon.Visual editingSource editingMorePreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text=== Different types === There are various forms of forgiveness interventions.<ref name="Understanding concerns" /> One is where patients are forced to confront the entity{{vague|date=July 2023}} that prevents them from forgiving by using introspective techniques and expressing this to the therapist.<ref name="Understanding concerns" /><ref name="Wade Bailey Schaffer 2005" /> Another is getting the person to try to see things from the offender's point of view, so that they may understand the reasoning behind the offender's actions.<ref name="Understanding concerns" /><ref name="Wade Bailey Schaffer 2005" /> If they can do this, they might be able to forgive the offender more easily.<ref name="Understanding concerns" /><ref name="Wade Bailey Schaffer 2005" /> Researchers have studied forgiveness interventions in relationships and whether or not prayer increases forgiveness. One study found that praying for a friend or thinking positive thoughts about that person every day for four weeks positively boosts the chances of forgiving that friend or partner, which leads to a better relationship.<ref>{{multiref2 |1={{cite journal |last1=Lambert |first1=Nathaniel |title=Motivating Change in Relationships: Can Prayer Increase Forgiveness? |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41062174 |journal=Psychological Science |year=2010 |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=126–132 |location=Los Angeles, Calif.|publisher=SAGE Publications |doi=10.1177/0956797609355634 |jstor=41062174 |pmid=20424033 |s2cid=20228955}} |2={{cite journal|last1=Beach|first1=S.R.H.|last2=Fincham|first2=F.D.|last3=Hurt|first3=T.|last4=McNair|first4=L.M.|last5=Stanley|first5=S.M.|year=2008|title=Prayer and marital intervention: A conceptual framework|journal=Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology|volume=27|issue=7 |pages=641–669|doi=10.1521/jscp.2008.27.7.641 |pmid=20054450 |pmc=2802219}} }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page