10/21/2024
⛪️Sunday Service 10/20/24 ⛪️
The Word by: MC Phil
Title: Forgivness even when you don’t revive an apology
• Hebrews 6:10 KJV
[10] For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• In your way of doing good, God is watching and wont forget you.
• Dont stop doing good because of people who have hurt you.
• Mark 11:25 KJV
[25] And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
• This verse is a condition for God to forgive and hear us.
• Your blessings you cant reach them because you are holding things in your heart.
• Sometimes the reason your prayers are not being answered is because of you.
• Forgiveness in the absence of an apology is hard but learn to forgive regardless.
• Sometimes people will hurt you without them even knowing they did so.
• Don’t harbor people in your heart due to unforgivness.
• Forgiveness is a conscious decision to change your feelings and attitude so that you can move forward with your life.
• Forgiveness is a decision.
• Your progress is hindered by YOU holding things in your heart
• Bitterness is darkness, & darkness and light dont share same space🔥
• Make the decision to let go and live your life.
• Refusing to forgive makes people sick and even causes anxiety.
• You are open to many diseases sometimes because of unforgiveness.
BENEFITS OF FORGIVENESS:
• improved healthy, mental and physicially healthy, better relationships,
• If you fail to forgive it leads you to have less trust towards people.
• Forgiveness makes you more peaceful
• If you dont forgive, the person you’re holding onto will continue to have a stronghold over your life and control you.
• Jesus commands us to forgive for our OWN good.
• Fight to live according to Gods will and way.
• Dont let people change you.
• For the kingdom of God, learn to just do things dont wait to be applauded by men.
• Do not be weary in doing good. Do what you know God has gifted you to do.
• If it’s in your nature do it, do it.
• Dont do things for people, do it for your nature and to fulfill what God desires for you to do that is in your DNA.
• Continue doing things for God.
• Galatians 6:9 KJV
[9] And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• Ephesians 4:31-32 KJV
[31] Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: [32] and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
• God uses people be it for your success or breakthrough, and even the devil can use people as well
• The devil does not need to look from outside for people but he can use those from within (family, church, friends)
• The people who know your strengths or weaknesses, may be the ones that come and attack you
• By nature its hard to forgive and we are wired to retaliate, but you have to learn to let things go.
• Do not let your bitterness make you miss your blessings🔥
• According to us as people, we think forgiveness benefits the offender but it is actually for YOUR good.
• Do not think your tears will stop or make someone to suffer or miss the blessings of God (ex: hannah and penninah continue to multiply)
• God can even bless your enemies even in your presence
• Mark 11:25 KJV
[25] And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
• Isaiah 55:8 KJV
[8] For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
• Forgivenss is a decision, healing is a process🔥
• Parents do not pass inherited anger and bitterness to your children.
• As those kids grow they will start manifesting what you sowed in them.
• Sincere offenders: people who think they offended you and they quickly apologize, however they are there but are few in number
• Ignorant offenders: they dont know they offended you and they never had intention to offend you
• You can forgive from a distance because sometimes some people will continue to hurt you if you stay close because it is their nature to hurt others.
• You can make the decision to say, Lord l won’t continue suffering because of biterness and unforgiveness.
• Dont hurt other people.
• You will experience the full wrath of God if you continue to do evil towards others.
• Your life belongs to someone else, when you dont forgive and you dont even have your own life. You can be constantly thinking of that person and how they wronged you.
• 1 Peter 5:8 KJV
[8] Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• Your enemy is the devil, your sister, brother, ex husband, pastor etc.. is not your enemy
• Sometimes those people who hurt you are there to straighten you and also can be placed by God to help you grow.
• Pray to God to help you open your eyes to see beyond your bitteness or pain.
• You are never going to live an offense free life if you dont ask God to help you🔥
HOW DO YOU FORGIVE:
• ACKNOWLEDGE the hurt, ASK the holy spirit to help you, confess it
• Refuse to miss your blessings because of people and because of bitteness
• Unforgiveness and bitterness breds witchcraft.
• You can think you are Christian but live not at all like Christ because of what you’re carrying in your heart.
• Let us be Christlike, forgive and love like Christ.
