Hello dear friend,
Greetings to you in Jesus name!
From past few weeks God has been dealing and teaching me about His forgiveness produced by His love, I want to share everything the Lord has laid on my heart, hope you will be blessed as I am.
Forgiveness in one of the characteristics of God. The Bible says we are created in the image of God, this means the characteristics of God are also built within us.
You are forgiven!
Forgiveness is like a beautiful fragrant flower which still gives you its fragrance even after being crushed under your feet.
The Bible says,
If we confess our sins He is Faithful and Just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9.
He will not only forgive us of our sins but will make us new creation in Jesus Christ according to 2 Cor 5:17.
As far as east is from the west so far has He removed our sins from us. Ps 103:12.
I will forgive their wickedness and remember their sins no more. Heb 8:12.
God loved us so much that He forgave all our sins we ever committed in past and committing now and will ever commit in future, because He loves us! All you need to do is confess your sins to Him, just say “Father I am sorry” and the love of God embraces you.
You can forgive others!
Parents forgive their children no matter what they have done, children forgive their parents even though sometimes parents don’t understand them, and husband and wife forgive each other despite of what happened. The reason we can forgive is this relationships because they are rooted in love. Every relation who is rooted in the love of God will overcome unforgiveness.
Our forgiveness is so limited within the box. We can forgive only people who are close to us. I know this is a challenge but the truth is if you love someone you will forgive him/her without any difficulty.
The Bible says, you should love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you. Matt 5:44. If you can pray a prayer of blessing the power of hatredness is broken.
Jesus Prayed for the people who were persecuting Him, He said “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do”. Jesus could pray this prayer to the people who were beating Him cruelly, Mocking Him, Spitting Him and killing Him by nailing to the cross. If we call ourselves as the followers of Jesus, we should dare to follow Him till the death. Do you dare to walk in the footsteps of Jesus Christ our Lord!
How many times you have to forgive?
Once the disciple asked Jesus, How many times should we forgive? Jesus said, seventy-seven times (seventy times seven). Matt 18:22
We sin everyday against God and every time we go to Him, He is forgiving us and will forgive us as long as we are on this earth.
“Never ending love = Never ending forgiveness”
“If you are in peace with God, you will also live in peace with the people God brought your way”.
The only thing that stops us for forgiving someone is our ego; we always fight on who is right and who is wrong. As a child of God, you be the peace maker. You humble yourself, God will lift you up! Don’t fight to prove, you are right; when God looks down on you, He should testify that you are right. And His testimony is valid.
Why should you forgive?
The Bible says, bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Col 3:13
You are forgiven by God, you experienced His forgiveness through His never ending and unconditional love now as a person forgiven you have power to forgive others.
If you don’t forgive others of their sins, our heavenly Father will also not forgive. Matt 6: 12, 14, 15: This is very scary statement. Imagine if our sins are not forgiven, we would end up in hell because we all grieved God and fallen short of His standards by disobeying Him.
By forgiving you cannot change your past but you make a difference in your future.
The one who is forgiven by God has power to forgive others. Are you forgiven?
Results:
When you forgive someone with all your heart and ask God to take over that person or incident, you will set yourself free. You will live in divine peace. You will enjoy the love and power of God.
As you are reading this, I pray that God will give you grace to forgive everyone whom you have not forgiven, I prophecy this is the season of unity and restoration in Jesus name.
God bless you,
Jeevan n Leena
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Forgiveness, Jesus Christ, Love, Peace, Restoration
