If We Are Not Willing To Forgive

[WalterandDebbie]

I was thinking, if I had posted this below or not, so I thought it may be a good idea to remind myself to put it online again to share.

If we are not willing to forgive others, we become spiritual cripples because God will not continue to forgive us. Here is what Jesus about this " For if you forgive people their trespasses their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if we do not forgive others their trespasses (their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go and giving up resentment), neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15

We must choose to forgive others if we are to get the forgiveness we so desperately need from our heavenly Father. As we forgive others, a barrier between us and the Lord comes down and we begin to receive more and more of His loving forgiveness.

 

[Pearl]

I think that forgiveness must surely be the greatest act of love that there is. Jesus showed his love for the men that crucified him and the crowd that cheered them on by asking his Father to forgive them. He himself is able to forgive the most horrendous of sins.

For us to forgive is to imitate Jesus our Lord. In cases like the one you have given, it isn’t easy, but is it ever easy to forgive? That’s not the point though is it? The point is that we obey. Jesus tells us, “But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.” Matthew 6:15
All we can do is to ask for God’s grace and love to fill our hearts and then make forgiveness something we actively choose to do, as these parents must have done, rather than waiting until we feel like forgiving.

And we should always remember that unforgiveness harms us much more than the person we refuse to forgive.

 

[Pearl]

If you want God to be merciful to you; you must be merciful to others. Below are four steps towards forgiving.

1 – Say it. To forgive you must first of all say it, even if you say it with gritted teeth and you don’t mean it.

2 – Mean it. Then you must ask God to give you the grace to mean it. It may take a long time but be committed to it and keep saying it until you really do mean it.

3 – Feel it. After a while you will begin to feel it , impossible as that may sound.

4 – Forget it. And in time with God’s help you can forget it and be free.

Forgiveness doesn’t mean the guilty are not guilty.

Say it on a daily basis – “I forgive him, I forgive him, I forgive him” – until you actually want it to happen. And in order to forgive first of all we need to pray about it and receive God’s grace..

Say it until you mean it. The pain of the hurts may get worse as the memories open up again, so be prepared for this to happen. But in time you will begin to feel the forgiveness in your heart.

Forgiving is good for us and we will start to feel better and will no longer be a victim but a victor.

To experience God’s forgiveness we must first forgive others. When we live in the benefit of God’s forgiveness good things happen to us and we begin to feel free. We start to live in the future instead of the past and we get our futures back.

 

[WalterandDebbie]

I think that forgiveness must surely be the greatest act of love that there is. Jesus showed his love for the men that crucified him and the crowd that cheered them on by asking his Father to forgive them. He himself is able to forgive the most horrendous of sins.

For us to forgive is to imitate Jesus our Lord. In cases like the one you have given, it isn’t easy, but is it ever easy to forgive? That’s not the point though is it? The point is that we obey. Jesus tells us, “But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.” Matthew 6:15
All we can do is to ask for God’s grace and love to fill our hearts and then make forgiveness something we actively choose to do, as these parents must have done, rather than waiting until we feel like forgiving.

And we should always remember that unforgiveness harms us much more than the person we refuse to forgive.

Amen

 

[Pearl]

We must choose to forgive others if we are to get the forgiveness we so desperately need from our heavenly Father. As we forgive others, a barrier between us and the Lord comes down and we begin to receive more and more of His loving forgiveness.

So true.

 

[WalterandDebbie]

I was thinking, if I had posted this below or not, so I thought it may be a good idea to remind myself to put it online again to share.

If we are not willing to forgive others, we become spiritual cripples because God will not continue to forgive us. Here is what Jesus about this " For if you forgive people their trespasses their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if we do not forgive others their trespasses (their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go and giving up resentment), neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15

We must choose to forgive others if we are to get the forgiveness we so desperately need from our heavenly Father. As we forgive others, a barrier between us and the Lord comes down and we begin to receive more and more of His loving forgiveness.

Amen, In words and deeds.

 

[farouk]

I was thinking, if I had posted this below or not, so I thought it may be a good idea to remind myself to put it online again to share.

If we are not willing to forgive others, we become spiritual cripples because God will not continue to forgive us. Here is what Jesus about this " For if you forgive people their trespasses their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if we do not forgive others their trespasses (their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go and giving up resentment), neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15

We must choose to forgive others if we are to get the forgiveness we so desperately need from our heavenly Father. As we forgive others, a barrier between us and the Lord comes down and we begin to receive more and more of His loving forgiveness.

Bitterness corrodes; but a Godward focus (Hebrews 11.2, etc.) can keep everything else in focus.

 

[WalterandDebbie]

So true.

Yes, It is so true, esp. when you get the time with that person to express yourself.