{"id":151,"date":"2009-02-04T19:05:31","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T17:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galmin.co.za\/myblog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2009-02-04T19:05:31","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T17:05:31","slug":"thought-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/?p=151","title":{"rendered":"Thought 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today we are fasting from the thought that forgiveness is not that big of a deal. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I know we don\u2019t come out and say it, but in our minds, I believe many people allow unresolved conflict and bitter feelings to remain in them, without realizing how much it robs us of the life God wants us to enjoy. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Forgiveness is the gateway to so much of God\u2019s blessing in our lives, just as unforgiveness is a gateway into so much negative in our lives. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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An unforgiving heart is poison to your spirit, soul and body. Hebrews 12:15 says that a root of bitterness springs up and defiles many. <\/span>It doesn\u2019t just defile many other people, but it defiles MANY OTHER AREAS OF OUR LIFE.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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The thought that forgiveness is optional or that we can get around to it when we get a chance has to be eliminated from our mindsets.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s do so today!<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Faith works through forgiveness– One of the most important verses about faith is in Mark 11:24 which says, \u201cAll things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they shall be granted.\u201d <\/span>But notice what it says next\u2026 <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mark 11:25 says, \u201cAnd when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him…\u201d So you see, forgiveness is the gateway to answered prayer. <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Deal with it today. <\/span>Ephesians 4:29 says, \u201cdon\u2019t let the sun go down on your anger.\u201d <\/span>There\u2019s a reason that we need to forgive and be forgiven BEFORE the sun goes down. Our hearts are not designed to carry grudges longer than a day. <\/span>This is why so many people are weighed down with stress, anger and depression. A relationship is unresolved. <\/span>A heart is hardened. <\/span>A bitter feeling is being carried into our tomorrow. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Accept the fact that you were forgiven BECAUSE of the blood of Jesus. <\/span>Therefore, forgive others for the same reason\u2014not because they deserved it. Forgiveness is a gift. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Forgiveness is the gateway to our inheritance. (Acts 26:17) <\/span>As we realize we are forgiven, we experience His blessing and inheritance in our lives. <\/span>As we forgive others, we empower them to experience it too. <\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

6.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>YOU HAVE THE POWER TO FORGIVE. God gave us the Holy Spirit, so that we could forgive as He did. In John 20:22-23 it says, \u201cHe breathed on them and said, receive the Holy Spirit. Whoever sins you forgive are forgiven, and whoever sins you retain are retained.\u201d This is as much a part of the great commission as preaching the gospel\u2014it\u2019s the very act of forgiving people. <\/span>When you forgive, cancel, someone’s sins, then you shine light of God\u2019s grace upon their darkened heart, enabling them to see that God really IS good; that He loves them; that He wants to share His life with them.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>THINK IT & SAY IT:<\/span><\/p>\n

My faith works because I refuse to hold anything against anyone. <\/span>When I pray, I choose to forgive because forgiveness is the gateway to answered prayer. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I refuse to let the poison of unforgiveness defile me and others around me. <\/span>I will not let a day go by where I hold bitter feelings in my heart toward anyone. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

God loves me, and wants me to pour out my heart toward Him. <\/span>I can confess it all to Him, and be cleansed from unforgiveness and resentment. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I accept the blood of Jesus as the only way to be forgiven, and I extend forgiveness to others through that same blood. I have the power to forgive and cancel someone\u2019s sin, through the Holy Spirit in me. I release, this day, every person who I have ever held anything against. <\/span>I am free and so are they! <\/span>In Jesus\u2019 Name.<\/span><\/p>\n