“Bear with each other
and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive
as the Lord forgave you.”
Colossians 3:13
Has someone offended
or hurt you recently?
Are you tempted to
get even?
At one time or
another we have all been hurt and we have all tried to take matters into our
own hands.
Forgiveness takes
those issues out of our hands and places them in Gods’
That is where they
belong.
Holding forgiveness
is more than just unhealthy.
It is downright
dangerous!
Few scriptures carry
a more sobering warning than this –
“But if you do not
forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”
Matthew 6:15
That’s one of those
verses we wish wasn’t in there.
But it is, and it
points to how important our forgiving others matters to God.
It is immensely easy
to build walls of unforgiveness in our life.
Not so easy though to
demolish what we have constructed.
When it comes to unforgiveness
it is best to leave that construction career behind.
Are you ready to demolish
those walls?
Father:
Reveal to me any I
have refused to forgive.
I ask that you help
me to place them in your hands.
I forgive them.
No longing holding
the grudges, hurts and offenses I have nursed for so long.
As I forgive them I
ask that you forgive me for my disobedience in holding on to those offenses.
In Jesus Name
Amen!
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