"Forgiveness flows from a forgiven heart."
Read:
Psalm 103:8-14
Forgiveness is something we've all had to deal with. It's not easy to forgive someone who has really hurt us badly. I could imagine some of us struggles to forgive people whom we have loved, give trust, care, and hope and yet they choose to hurt us in the least we could expect them to do, after all the things we had done for them. But if some people can forgive others, why can't we? whats the reason for not giving forgiveness to those people who has done wrong to our lives?(especially the one's who ask for it). Surely if others can do it. YOU can do it. It's only a matter of choice.
Luke 17:4 says, "If he sins against you seven times a day, and seven times comes back to you and says,'I repent,' FORGIVE HIM". Forgiveness flows from forgiven heart.
I had a friend who had done some hurtful things to me, and one day I prayed, "Lord, help me to love this person and not have any bad feelings toward her. Forgive me for the times I have". I can't explain the peace and freedom God gave me after I prayed those words!
Maybe you're the one who has done something hurtful to another. If the Lord shows you that you have, do what's necessary to make things right. God will help you do it and you'll be glad you did!
When David had some unconfessed sin in his life, he said, "When I kept silent, my bones wasted away"(Psalm 32:3). Then he confessed his sins to the Lord and God forgave him. Afterward, he said, "You will...surround me with songs of deliverence" and "rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous!"
Just as the Lord forgives our sins, let's forgive others and ask for forgiveness from others. Then let's go praise the Lord!
FORGIVENESS SETS YOU FREE!
Destination Points:
- Is there someone I need to forgive or ask for forgiveness from? What will I do to makes things right?
- Is there any unconfessed sin in my life? What will I do about it?
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