Forgiveness

Forgiveness is a powerful new discipleship resource that helps believers move from bitterness and disappointment into Christ-centered freedom, while also strengthening their courage to live out a biblical worldview in today’s civic and cultural battles.

What Forgiveness Is

• A biblically grounded small-group and personal study on dealing with bitterness, hurt, and disappointment through the story of Joseph and key forgiveness passages.
• Part of the Civil Servants / Defender Discipleship Series from Family Policy Institute of Washington, designed to shape a robust biblical worldview in the public square.

Core Themes And Benefits

• Walks participants through Joseph’s journey from betrayal to reconciliation, highlighting God’s sovereignty, eternal perspective, and redemptive purposes in injustice.
• Helps believers confront real wounds honestly—without sugarcoating sin—while learning to release revenge, guilt, and shame through Christ’s forgiveness.
• Guides readers to move from temporal thinking (anger, injustice, payback) to an eternal kingdom focus of grace, mercy, forgiveness, and peace.

How The Study Works

• Structured sessions follow Joseph’s story (Genesis 37–50) with focused sections like Private, Closer, Honest, Freedom, Perspective, Sovereignty, Save Face, Kindness, and God’s Forgiveness.
• Each section includes reflection questions that prompt heart-level application, such as identifying replayed thoughts, co-dependence, desire for revenge, and ways to speak kindly and comfort others.
• The study culminates in an inward plan (taking thoughts captive and submitting them to Christ) and an outward plan (specific, practical expressions of forgiveness mirroring how God has forgiven us).

Ideal Audience And Uses

• Perfect for church small groups, leadership teams, civic servants, and believers engaged in the political and cultural arenas where “politics gets personal” and bitterness is inevitable if not addressed.
• Useful for pastors, counselors, and ministry leaders discipling people through conflict, division, or disappointment in family, church, or civic contexts.
• Tailored especially for Christians in Washington and the broader Pacific Northwest who desire to defend and advance biblical values without losing tenderness of heart.

Partnering With FPIW

• Forgiveness is one resource within FPIW’s broader mission to defend and advance biblical values in Washington State, supported by financial partners who equip grassroots movements for real change.
• Churches and individuals can deepen their impact by becoming Washington Defenders—praying, signing initiatives, voting, engaging during session, recruiting new Defenders, and supporting FPIW financially.