Forgiveness

Getting God's forgiveness is simple ..

If we confess. .. He is sure and Just and shall forgive. 1 John 1:9 (ESV)

So stop whipping yourself emotionally it won't make you right before God 1 grams worth. 

Nor will it right the wrong. ..

Accept there's absolutely nothing to do or to be done by you to obtain that forgiveness, God knows that. Just confess ie acknowledge openly before God you did wrong and He 'God' is right ask him to forgive.

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Accept it.

Brush the dust off you're feet and sin no more...

You Must Forgive

'...The Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.' Colossians 3:13 NLT

By washing the dirt from His disciples' feet, Jesus demonstrated His willingness to forgive their sin before they even committed it.

This takes love to its highest level. 

You say,

'I am not the guilty party here.' 

Neither was Jesus. Of the men in that room, only One was worthy of having His feet washed. And He was the One who washed the feet. The genius of Jesus' example is that the burden of bridge-building falls on the strong one, not the weak one.  

And do you know what happens?  

More often than not, if the one in the right volunteers to wash the feet of the one in the wrong, both parties get on their knees.  

Don't we all think we are right? Hence we wash each other's feet.

Understand this:

relationships don't thrive because the guilty are punished, but because the innocent are merciful. The mercy of Christ preceded His disciples' mistakes, and our mercy must precede the mistakes of others too. Those in the circle of Christ had no doubt of His love, and those in our circles should have no doubt about ours either. 

Paul writes, 

'Be kind and loving to each other, and forgive each other just as God forgave you in Christ' (Ephesians 4:32 NCV). 

Because Christ has forgiven us, we can forgive others. Because He has a forgiving heart, we can have a forgiving heart. When Christ truly lives within us, we have no better alternative.  

There is incredible power in the words, 'I forgive you; I love you; let's move on'.

Are there any sitting around your table today who need to be assured of your forgiveness?

Soul Food: 2 Kings 18:17 - 20:21, Matt 21:33-46, Ps 115, Pro 8:1-3

Written by Bob & Debby Gass
Tuesday, 18 March 2014

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Keeping score

Stop 

If someone has hurt you, don't spend the next ten years of your life hurting yourself by hanging on to that offense. Most likely, the other person isn't even thinking about you, while you dwell on the incident for years. That only hurts one person, you.

When we walk in unforgiveness, we try to "keep score," viewing ourselves as better than the other person.
Back in the early days of our marriage, when Dave and I were fussing and fuming at each other, I would bring up stuff that happened years before and Dave would say, "Where do you keep all that stuff?" Well, I had a place, and it was all in there eating at me. And every new thing Dave did wrong would get added to this list, and it kept growing until it became a bitter giant in my heart.

If you're hurting from the pain of unforgiveness today, ask God to help you stop keeping score. You can let go of your bitterness today.

Prayer Starter: God, I don't want to keep score anymore and let my unforgiveness hurt me. I release it to You and ask You to help me walk in Your love, which keeps "no account of the evil done to it."

By Joyce Meyer