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When did you first experience God's forgiveness in your life or specifically in your

marriage so you could learn to offer that forgiveness to your spouse?

I'm John Fuller along with Greg and Smalley and I remember when we were on

our honey and we were in the Ozark Mountains up kind of where you Greg and Aaron used to live it was so beautiful, and it was about day three, and that was the first major blow-up that we had.

Dina wanted to buy something, and I had all these logical reasons why we shouldn't buy that and it became a very very

chilly event and I had asked for forgiveness now I'm sure if I I brought that scenario up she would remember it and

smile and say yeah that was so a long ago and I don't know but I've got to learn to experience forgiveness

in my life and she offered it then and I have felt it since but forgiveness is really

important for a married couple but we have lots of opportunities to practice

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