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Forgiveness

I teach a lot about forgiveness because it is one of the things most important to Jesus.

Matthew 6:14-15 (King James Version)

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Mark 11:25-26 (King James Version)

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

So you see by the above verses how seriously Jesus takes forgiveness. It is one thing Jesus said we are to do, He died to forgive us, to receive that forgiveness we also must forgive those who have sinned against us. Not forgiving others is one of it not the greatest hindrance to our answered prayers. Our choice to forgive is easy… it is a yes I will forgive or no I will not forgive. But the results and our actions and the condition of our hearts goes much deeper.

Listen to what I am teaching, please! I see so many people living in failure. Christian people, good people, they do not understand why they are failing. They are trying to do everything they believe they should. But somehow things are not working in their lives. MANY, MANY, MANY times it is because they are not honestly forgiving others. If only I could bring you to see the truth of this! Forgiveness is a BIG DEAL! It is where the enemy treads; he will taunt you with the pain of the sin done to you. Before God he will accuse you of not forgiving them. Because when he taunts you with the hurt you have suffered at the hand of whoever hurt you… it will bring back that hurt and you will become angry or sad. You will fall into his trap of unforgiveness! How you ask… I am glad you ask that!

Because when the enemy taunted you with the pain of the sin against you, you did not respond with “I have forgiven this sin!” “I do not hold this against this person anymore!” “God I remind you that I have completely forgiven this person and I thank You that You have forgiven me through the blood of Jesus!” … that is how. The enemy is cunning and will do anything to keep us from receiving God’s blessings. To stop our prayers from being effective and this is one of the main ways he does this. Forgiveness is something we must do daily and keep doing as long as something comes up that is offensive to us! This is so very serious my sisters and brothers! Please think about how often the enemy quietly reminds you of a hurt in your life, and he also keeps marriages torn up by this method. Forgiveness in marriage is absolutely one of the most important things that we must do.

Now let me say this… think… what can you do to change one thing about the hurt that happened to you last? If someone said something ugly to you, or stole something from you, or whatever the sin against you was, what can you do to change that? NOTHING! It is over, it is past. It is wrong yes… very wrong… forgiving does not make the sin right, nor does it change the thing done. It is undeserved favor, grace. Isn’t that what Jesus did for each and every one of us??? He forgave us … we did not deserve to be forgiven! Nor did Jesus forgiveness take away the wrong act we did. That is what forgiveness is… undeserved favor, grace. It is better to forgive those that hurt you than to harbor it and let it ruin YOUR life! The ones that hurt you do not care what happens to you. So if you hold a grudge against them they don’t care. But it hurts you daily in your prayer life and your victory walk with Jesus. FORGIVE! You will feel better and you will walk in God’s blessings!

Life is to short to lose time with loved ones because of a hurt or stupid thing they did to you or you did to them. Ask forgiveness, give forgiveness. Keep the love flowing in your family forgive one another. We all make mistakes, we all hurt each other at times and many of those times we do not even realize we hurt someone. Remember that next time you feel someone said something hurtful to you, they truly may not have meant it to hurt you. We all view things differently, we come from different kinds of back grounds. Talking about things can help us understand each other. If your wife or your husband said something that hurt you ask them what they meant or why they feel that way? Talk it out, it will give you both time to learn more about each other. And then forgive.

Please check back as I place new teaching up regularly. If you have any questions or need prayer please feel free to email me! Thank you for visiting my website. Always remember if you want to know what kind of person you are … look at yourself when you are alone! God sees you always… He knows you always and He loves you! Seek to know Him more and you will be blessed.

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