Mark 11:25 (NKJV) 25 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
Are we holding anything in our hearts that needs to go?
For instance, did someone mistreat us, abuse us physically or verbally? Have we been cheated on or looked down upon as never amounting to anything? Have we been punished for something we did not do?
If we don’t forgive the person who has done these things, said these things or caused these things, we will not be free in our own hearts.
Things that happen in life can harden our hearts so badly that it can cause us to stop living. We stop having fun. We stop laughing.
Unforgiveness robs us of our joy because we are bound to whatever it was that hurt us. By not forgiving and letting it go it has a hold, a grip on our hearts.
The very act of forgiving someone brings freedom to us. Even though we are setting them free, we are getting free ourselves.
That is why God does not ask us to forgive, but He tells us to. Nothing we can tell Him will excuse our unforgiveness.
We have to let what they did to us go, put it behind us and move on. We cannot make them pay us back by punishing them. We cannot keep bringing it up and reminding them of it. We cannot continue to be mad at them and hold a grudge until we think they have made it right.
We don’t have to be best friends with them, or even be around them. But we have to forgive what they have done to us.
It is not ours to deal with. They will have to answer for themselves for the things they have done. And we don’t need to know about it when it does happen.
Set them free. Let go of the bitterness and the unforgiveness that just causes us hardship, sadness and even sickness.
Today is a new day. Enjoy your life.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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