The Power of Forgiveness
Life is made up of seasons. The power of forgiveness is one that carries us through a lot of these. People will be people, and we will be wronged. No matter how well you start a race, the grandest significance is placed on how you finish it.
As we finish one season, let us finish it stronger than we started. We are going to be dealing with issues. This season is just one stage of this race, a new one is coming.
However, before we move into the next chapter, we ought to close some pages in order to make way for new adventures in the next chapter. This is what we will be doing in this series leading to the end of this year. As always we intend to make each day’s teaching and prayer short and precise.
Forgiveness
You may have been hurt in this year or in years before, but do not carry that hurt into your future.
A Practical Path to forgiveness
Let us make this practical, get a paper and pen right now. Write down every single person or situation that has hurt you this year. Take your time, do not leave anything or anyone out. Once you have them down, it is time to let it go! It is great that you have acknowledged the source of your pain, that’s a great step in healing.
No matter how strong or weak you maybe, what you carry will always determine the speed at which you will travel. The only time heavy weights will help you go faster is when you are going down!
You are rising in the coming season, let go of anything that will weigh you down. It may be pain and heartache from the past, it has slowed you down long enough.
It may be the company you keep around you, take a moment to write down individuals who are not pushing you forward or pulling you up. I have learned in this year, to keep around me only two kinds of people. Those who inspire me and those who I inspire. Anyone else is surplus.
You are on this earth for a limited time, do not waste any precious moment on anyone who is not contributing to your growth!
Some people and past situations and hurt work like a leash. You can only move further when you are off the leash. The leash will always set a limitation on how far forward you can go as long as you are attached to it
You have no business being attached to anyone and anything that will be a leash to you! You are called to move forward and upwards, you are not called to stagnancy and limitations. Some stagnancy in life is because of the company or the pain we hold on to.
Matthew 11:28: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Now get that paper you wrote on. Let us pray:
Prayer
Father, I thank you for this wonderful teaching. I thank you for wanting me to move forward and up in all I do. From this moment on I ask that you cut ties that I have with anyone and anything that is holding me back from moving ahead.
Father, prune me of all stagnancy and leashes in my life. In the coming season, I will move forward! I will move at top speed with nothing slowing me down! All secret sin, all hurt, all grudges, all pain I give them to you Lord. I am weary from carrying them,
Amen
Now I want you to call each thing or person on your list by name, and say I release you or I forgive you, whichever applies. Tear the paper. In the name of Jesus, I declare you free, and whoever the son of man sets free is free indeed, Thank you, Jesus, for setting us free.
Bible Verses About Forgiveness
The Bible is filled with examples and teaching about forgiveness. As a child, I remember reading that you had to forgive 77 times. This made me start counting how many times people would mess up.
It sort of starts to drive you crazy after a while. The goal is not to keep a record of wrongs. Neither is it to let people take advantage of you. Over the years my yardstick has become Christ himself. How many times have I messed up? How many times has he forgiven me?
Colossians 1:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
14 in whom we have redemption [a]through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Psalm 25:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
A Plea for Deliverance and Forgiveness
A Psalm of David.
25 To You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
Psalm 32:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Joy of Forgiveness
A Psalm of David. A Contemplation.
32 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
Psalm 39:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”
Psalm 106:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Joy in Forgiveness of Israel’s Sins
106 Praise the Lord!
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
Psalm 130:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
4 But there is forgiveness with You,That You may be feared.
Daniel 9:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.
Mark 3:29 New King James Version (NKJV)
29 but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation”—
Mark 11:25 New King James Version (NKJV)
Forgiveness and Prayer
25 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
Acts 5:31 New King James Version (NKJV)
31 Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Acts 13:38 New King James Version (NKJV)
38 Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins;
Acts 26:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
18 to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified[a] by faith in Me.’
2 Corinthians 2:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Paul Urges Forgiveness
2 But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.
Ephesians 1:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
Colossians 1:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
14 in whom we have redemption [a]through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
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