Today I want to share Jerry Savelle's website devotional!
FORGIVENESS IS A CHOICE
Be gentle and ready to forgive; never hold grudges.
Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. (Colossians
3:13 TLB)
There isn’t a person alive who hasn’t been wronged at some
point in their life. Whether the wrong is the result of a minor offence or a
major trauma, we all have a choice to make. We can either let the wrong that
was perpetrated against us cause us to sit down and wallow in pity, or we can
choose to get up, dust ourselves off, forgive, and keep going.
Forgiveness is a choice, and it’s never too late to make the
right choice.
You cannot expect any significant growth in your life until
you release yourself from the effects of the wrong that was committed against
you. Give it all to God: the anger, the resentment, the hurt, the shame, the
guilt—and whatever else it is that has kept you an emotional prisoner of the
past.
I realize it’s not easy to forgive when you’ve been treated
badly or abused in some way, but forgiveness is the very key to your freedom.
It is a powerful tool that God has provided for us so that we can remain free
from our past and in right standing with Him. That’s why Jesus said, “And when you
stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your
Father in heaven may forgive your sins” (Mark 11:25 NKJV).
You do not have to suffer the rest of your life for your own
past mistakes or the mistakes of others. What happened in your past does not
have to define your future. God is in the business of restoration, and He will
restore all you have lost if you will seek Him and believe His Word. Choose
today to forgive—not only others, but yourself as well.
Confession: Today I make the choice to forgive. I
choose to let go of the situation or person whose actions have held me captive.
I forgive by faith, by an act of my will. I refuse to be influenced by my feelings,
and I release all the anger, resentment, shame, guilt, and pain that I have
carried. I declare that I am now free!
AMEN! Fogiveness always sets a prisoner free! YOU! The enemy would like nothing better than to keep us in the bondage of unforgiveness. Refuse to give him any place in your life! More than anything, he hates it when we walk in forgiveness because it causes us to look like our Father! And it shows that he has no hold on us! I LOVE to show off God's infinite goodness by forgiving as I have been forgiven! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Uncomplicated":Shalom in Him!
