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Friday, April 9, 2010

Forgiving those that have harmed you

If I do not forgive those that trespass  again me, while God forgive me?
If I can not show compassion to another how can I expect God to show me grace and mercy?

For those who was forgiven much, much is expect of us.

  Forgive Others As God Has Forgiven You


In Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if
anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave
you, so you also must do.

Forgiving others for deep hurts seems to be one of the hardest
things a human being can do. In fact -- very few are successful
in forgiving.


God commands us to forgive.  God knows how
terribly destructive it is for us to harbor unforgiveness. Not
forgiving someone begins a root of anger and hate that will grow and sprout a tree that its fruit

is bitter..


Knowing that, God strictly tells us to forgive. But how can we?
We are just human, and we don't feel like forgiving when
someone has wronged us severely.

While it may seem to you and  I to be impossible, but remember

this God does not allow us to shoulder more than we can bare.
We can forgive others, but we must learn to accept that it is the 
will of our Heaven Father to forgive as he forgave you and I.

Next, when you are wronged, you need to ask the Lord to help
you forgive the person who hurt you. Having done that, you must
make a firm decision to quit holding anything against that
person.

Forgiveness is not a feeling but a decision to quit holding
something against someone. When you forgive you must release
them and forget it.

You must forgive by faith, after asking God to help you.
Feelings always follow faith -- not the other way around.

How can we humans forgive others just as God has forgiven us?
Having God's help is necessary. Only His love in our hearts can
enable us.

You must forgive others -- no matter what they have done. To
not forgive hurts you. You must forgive.

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