Good Morning Everyone,
Have any of you ever made any mistakes?
How about wretched mistakes that cost you
or someone you love dearly? Did it make you
feel utterly guilty and unworthy? Were you able
to forgive yourself?
I am sure almost everyone who is taking time
to read this today has experienced unforgiveness
of themselves or being unable to forgive others,
to some degree.
What does unforgiveness do to us? It ties us in
knots internally. It binds us to the person we cannot
forgive in countless ways. It makes us focus on
what they did and rehearse it in our minds. It makes
us become embittered, and angry, because instead
of moving on, we have become entrenched in the muddy
territory of unforgiveness.
When this reigns in our heart, spirit or mind,
whether it is that we cannot forgive others or ourselves
it has become a cancer to our spirit. It has become
sin. We, in our desire to nurture unforgiveness
have once again crucified Christ to the cross, saying
your debt for our sins and others was not good enough.
We are telling him, I will handle it myself, and carry on
in this tradition of self rule, unforgiveness, bondage
and living beneath the destiny God has called us too.
Did you recognize this, this very morning when you
thought of someone who hurt you and how angry you are?
Did you recognize unforgiveness of yourself today
from past mistakes, no matter how great or small they were?
Did you not know Jesus paid the price on the cross?
We must be about our Father's business.
If he can abundantly pardon and forgive, and WE
say he DWELLS within us, then we are either telling
the truth or we are a liar. If HE DWELLS in US, so
should FORGIVENESS.
It's that simple. No other words needed.
You either mean business with God or you are away
from Him. You either forgive or you do not.
You either receive his forgiveness or you walk in your sin,
separated from God, now and forever unless you repent,
LET GO OF UNFORGIVENESS AND THE PAST,
and receive the finished work of Christ on the cross.
Let me plant in your heart what God wants for you
as far as the concept of forgiveness today.
Be gentle and forbearing with one another and,
if one has a difference (grievance or complaint)
against another, readily pardoning each other
(forgiving quickly, easily); even as the LORD
has FREELY FORGIVEN YOU, so MUST you
also forgive.
Colossians 3:13
And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything
against any one (or yourself), forgive him and
LET IT DROP -- leave it, LET IT GO, in order
that your Father Who is in heaven may also forgive you,
your own failings and shortcomings and let them drop.
Mark 11:25
This verse means God will not forgive us unless we forgive
others. If He, in his great mercy, who is all perfect,
can forgive us, who are fickle and flawed, how then
can we withhold the gift of mercy and unforgiveness
to each other?
Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:7
Today my friend, remember this precious day of Easter
coming up, where Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice
for us all. He took all the filthy sins ever to be committed
or thought of upon his body for us on the cross, and
his blood, shed for you and me, cleanses us from that
sin if we receive it.
NO one will ever love you like this. IN dedication
to his love, we should live by his principles, the highest
is to forgive easily, love fervently and be A Light.
Let it go. Be free. God loves you dearly,
and wants you free today.
Can you sacrifice clinging to that which weighs you down
and move on with your life? Can you let go of grudges,
opinions, hurts, and anger? Can you move on for
Christ's sake, for your testimony to others, and to
be free within?
Oh why would anyone cling to that which is painful,
hurtful and destructive and neglect that which is good?
Please, let go.
love
millie
Ps. If you cannot let go of your hurt and pain,
how can it profit you? It is draining you!!
Recognize it and do something about it, for your
soul's sake, and for the glory of Christ.
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The Unlocked Door
Author: Robert Strand
In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of teens today, got tired of
home and the restraints of her parents. The daughter rejected her family's
religious lifestyle and said, "I don't want your God. I give up. I'm leaving!"
She left home, deciding to become a woman of the world. Before long,
however, she was dejected and unable to find a job, so she took to the
streets to sell her body as a prostitute.
The years passed by, her father died, her mother grew older, and the
daughter became more and more entrenched in her way of life. No contact was
made between mother and daughter during these years. The mother, having
heard of her daughter's whereabouts, made her way to the skid-row section
of the city in search of her daughter. She stopped at each of the rescue
missions with a simple request. "Would you allow me to put up this
picture?" It was a picture of the smiling, gray-haired mother with a
handwritten message at the bottom: "I love you still...come home!"
Months went by, and nothing happened. Then one day the daughter wandered
into a rescue mission for a needed meal. She sat absent-mindedly listening
to the service, all the while letting her eyes wander over to the bulletin
board. There she saw the picture and thought, 'Could that be my mother?'
She couldn't wait until the service was over. She stood and went to look.
It was her mother, and there were those words, "I love you still...come
home!" As she stood in front of the picture, she wept. It was too good to
be true.
By this time it was night, but she was so touched by the message that she
started walking home. When she arrived it was early in the morning. She was
afraid and made her way timidly, not really knowing what to do. As she
knocked, the door flew open on its own. She thought someone must have
broken into the house.
Concerned for her mother's safety, the young woman ran to the bedroom and
found her still sleeping. She shook her mother awake and said, "It's me!
It's me! I'm home!"
The mother couldn't believe her eyes. She wiped her tears and they fell
into each other's arms. The daughter said, "I was so worried! The door was
open and I thought someone had broken in!"
The mother replied gently, "No dear. From the day you left, that door has
never been locked."
Jesus is the door to heaven and He is open to your entering in. You much
reach for Him to enter... and He will welcome you with open arms.
Have you entered into the grace and mercy that He so lovingly gives?
"I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go
in and out, and find pasture." - John 10:9
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