“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” Mark 11:25 (KJV)
Do we ever find ourselves holding unforgiveness in our hearts? Do you know that if we don’t forgive others neither will God forgive us? A thought may go through our minds, but look at what that person did to me? What about what we have done to others? We all have fallen short of God’s glory, yet He lovingly extends grace and lifts us back up. A lack of unforgiveness towards someone else quickly becomes a hindrance to our prayer life. If we are not seeing answers to our prayers maybe it’s time that we check to see whether we have any unforgiveness in our hearts towards anyone. Unforgiveness also ties us to a deep wound that can’t begin to heal until we release the other person. Do you know that God forgave the murderers, the rapists, the sex offenders, the most detestable acts we can imagine? God also forgives the Pharisees of their pride, judgmental spirit, self-righteousness, etc. These things too are detestable to God, yet He forgives any sin that we confess and repent of. We must have the same mercy and grace on others as God has for us. When we come to God in prayer, we must come to God humbly asking Him to forgive us of our sins and forgiving others also, as we remember that we too have offended others.
“Lord, I choose to walk in forgiveness that You too may forgive me for my sins. Thank You that my sins are forgiven the moment I repent.”
For His Glory
Linda Reyes Shepherd
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Oh, to think that there would be anything standing in the way of our not being forgiven by Our Heavenly Father! We must keep short accounts with Him for we know not when it could be too late… May HE bless us all !!! Love.
By: Virginia S. Burford on December 5, 2012
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