this was on my birthday and i was really ministerd to ____
June 27, 2009
When You Pray, Give God Your Hurts
by Rick Warren
"If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father
in heaven will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others,
then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done" (Matthew
6:14-15 TEV).
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In your life, you will be hurt by others; sometimes intentionally,
sometimes unintentionally. How you handle that hurt determines your
happiness. When you bottle up hurt in your life and hold onto it, that
is called resentment. If somebody hurt you years ago and you're still
holding onto it, it will poison your life. For your own health and
happiness, you must learn to forgive.
The Bible says forgive and be forgiven. In fact, Jesus says, "If you
do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs
you have done" (Matthew 6:15 TEV). They're inter-related. It reminds
me of the story where someone told John Wesley, the founder of
Methodism, "I just can't forgive that person! They hurt me too badly."
Wesley's response was, "Then I hope you never sin."
For your own sake, let go of the past. If somebody hurt you, let go of
it, release them. That's one of the values of prayer. It helps you
unload. Forgiveness is the only way to get rid of the past. Forgive
them and let it go. Get on with life. Forgiveness erases the videotape
of that hurt memory that keeps playing over and over in your mind.
In my own marriage, the times I've felt closest to Kay, the times of
most intimacy and oneness, have been times after a major blow up.
We've worked the thing through, we've both confessed to each other and
asked forgiveness, and then we pray together. The oneness that comes
out of that kind of experience just can't be explained.
When we let go of our hurts and forgive others, we are reflecting the
grace of our heavenly Father who forgave us and continues to forgive
us. It means we've given God our love; we've given God our lives, and,
in doing that, we worship God.
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'Unless you change what you do, you will always have what you've got.'
- Jim Rohn
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