daily prayer

Good morning! How are we faithing? It is very dangerous to harbor resentment and unforgiveness. We are all guilty at one time or another but we have got to let it go and forgive. I know it's hard to forgive the man who killed your child. I know it's hard to forgive that guy who beat you up and stole from you. It's also hard to forgive a terse word from your parent that cut deep. Many marriages blow up because of resentment for an infraction or even a perceived infraction and this ought not be. There are rudimentary lessons about forgiving all over the Word and we had better listen to them. We've talked before about forgiveness and how we must forgive how we want to be forgiven. This is so hard especially if we've carried that luggage for any length of time. We are not capable of loving completely as long as we hang on to unforgiveness. I have heard some horror stories from people and I do understand why they can't seem to let go but let me tell you, it will be their destruction if they do not. The Word is very explicit about this. We must forgive and if we can't, we have to find help spiritually and physically to do so and why? Because God told us to. Jesus forgave the people who not just killed but crucified him. David was "a man after Gods heart" and he committed adultery and had the husband killed and God forgave him. Elijah, Jonah, Samson, Peter, Paul and the list goes on and on, all forgiven. This is not always easy and it will hurt to revisit but like a cancer this unforgivrness harboring is eating you up. Forgiving is a command but it is also a path to peace. Do we/ they still pay in the flesh for sins? Yes indeed but even if no punishment takes place or even if it does, we MUST forgive. If you can't, get on those knees and ask God to heal you and to help you achieve that forgiving heart because those feelings of guilt, inadequacy, worthlessness will subside.

2 Chronicles 7:13-15
If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
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Mark 11:25-26
"And whenever you stand praying, forgive , if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your transgressions. ["But if you do not forgive , neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions."]
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Matthew 6:14-15
"For if you forgive men for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. "But if you do not forgive men, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.
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Those are tough verses when you are hurt so badly you shove it down so you don't have to see it but see the truth to this and ask yourself, "what has this unforgiveness done to me". By us hanging on to this unforgiveness the hurt keeps hurting and it ain't gonna get better...

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Oh Heavenly Father,
We come before you with heavy hearts today. We ask for forgiveness and for your grace and Holy Ghost come to us and heal the hurts. Lord we want to serve and do as you commanded but we are so hurt and so vanquished we just don't know how to forgive this hurt. Lord please come in such a powerful way that we are just overwhelmed with you love. In the name of Jesus we rebuke satan and his henchmen from these areas of our lives. We stand on your Word and expect healing as you promised. Lord we ask for you to hold us tight as we reach inside to touch things we'd rather not. Help us see truth and help us see the blood of Jesus covers ALL sin. Remove our anger from these issues so we can begin to heal, thank you Lord and it's in Jesus name we pray, Amen