Power of Forgiveness
Remember, Jesus taught us in our Lord's prayer forgive others their trespasses so our own sins can
be forgiven
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Matthew 6:14-15 says,
If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your father in heaven will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your father will not forgive the wrongs you have done.
For our sins to be forgiven we must forgive all thise who one way or the other have offended us, not minding how much or how bad they have hurt us. God's love foe mankind has covered all iniquities, just rhe way he swnt his son to die for us, so our sins can be forgiven and we should sin no more.
Keeping in mind every hurt or pain someone has inflicted on you, will weigh you down and make you lose focus on your main aim in life. Because you are always looking for a way to retaliate and not focusingon better things to do in life. Your prayer life begins to diminish, fellowship with God gets tiring and you see yourself losing faith. But Jesus has come to take our burdwn away, he said in Matthew 11:28-29
Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and i will give you rest. Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit and you will find rest.
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That burden of unforgiveness in our heart, that tries to weigh us down. We should go to God in prayers and ask him to give us the strength to forgive, In 1 John 1:9 , but if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right, he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrong doings. God's promise to forgive us if we forgive others is everlasting, because no one is free from sin. In our daily activities,we meet different people, see different things. Some of Our actions, thought, words and what we see, one way or the other makes us sin against God, God always forgive us because we are mere mortals and we are prone to temptations. When we strive hard to stay away from sin, we show God our genuine service to his existence and shows we are keeping his commandments.
Psalms 55:22 says it all
leave your trouble with the lord, and he will defend you, he never lets honest people be defeated.
Conclusión
Remember when Jesus told a parable about a servant who owed his master some amount of money, he was arrested by his master and the ordered that he be put in prison with his family but he asked for forgiveness from his master and the master let his debt pass. On his way home he met a fellow servant who owed him some money too and he grabbed him by the neck and tld him to pay him back what he owed, the felow servant begged to be guven some time to gather thw monwy but he won't take any of it. He took his fellow servant and put him in person.
When his master heard about it, he put him and his family in prison too, until he could pay what he owed. He was forgiven of his debt but failed to forgive his fellow brother. In the same way,this applies to us. For give others and your own sins will be forgiven.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us.
When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
Thanks for sharing
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OSWe believe forgiveness is the best form of love in any relationship.
It takes a strong person to say they're sorry and an even stronger person to forgive.
Thanks for sharing hornblende
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OSTo forgive is divine. You have to forgive your neighbors, even if they sin against you.
For without forgiving your neighbor of the sin they committed against you, the almighty God our creator won't forgive us of our sins. You can imagine when your creator don't forgive you of your sins and his not by your side, that's very dangerous.
So you have to forgive those who sin against you,for God to forgive you of your sins.
That burden of unforgiveness in our heart, that tries to weigh us down. We should go to God in prayers and ask him to give us the strength to forgive
Its not too late to Fall back to God and Redeem the Time Lost.
Eternity is too Long for us to spend the rest of our lifes @ the wrong place
When we run back to Jesus. He is always ready to accept us with a wide open arms.. Thanks why I love him..
Thanks for this post @hornblende
We cannot walk through the life journey without seeing people that will offend us.
We witnessed betrayal every time.
Is not an easy thing to forgive but the God through His Holy Spirit always made it easy to forgive.
God has commanded us to forgive even 7/77 times a day.
We just have to learn how to tolerate others in other not to be offended easily and we need to keep looking unto God who is the judge.
Ours is to forgive and enjoy peace of mind and have our flow with God.
Forgiveness transforms anger and hurt into healing and peace. Forgiveness can help you overcome feelings of depression, anxiety, and rage, as well as personal and relational conflicts. It is about making the conscious decision to let go of a grudge. Why would anyone want to forgive someone who has wronged her in the past? It is not about letting someone off the hook for a wrongdoing, or forgetting about the past, or forgetting about the pain. It certainly does not mean that you stick around for future maltreatment from a boss, a partner, parent, or friend. It is about setting yourself free so that you can move forward in your own life. Joan Borysenko said in an interview, “You can forgive someone who wronged you and still call the police and testify in court.” Forgiveness requires a deep inquiry within ourselves about “our story.”
To excuse is divine. You need to pardon your neighbors, regardless of whether they sin against you.
For without pardoning your neighbor of the wrongdoing they conferred against you, the omnipotent God our maker won't excuse us of our transgressions.
Unforgiveness always hinder us from receiving good things from the father. As God forgives us when we sin He also expect us to do same for our neighbours. whatever sins we forgive we are released from and whatever sin we don't forgive we eventually become victims of the same sin.
one thing about forgiveness is that it gives peace of mind.
We just have to forgive, the person might not worth it but because of our relationship with God and where we are going to.
Forgiveness is very paramount, letting go of the hurt, annoyance or whatever might be the cause of you being crossed with a person,forgiveness sure brings about peace in our hearts rather than the heavy burden of anger.
We do no not want to be like the servant in the parable, just as God forgive us our sins, we should be able to forgive others