Forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart

"If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.” Matthew 6:14 (NLT).

Don’t let Satan keep you in darkness. He and his cronies have been lying to you long enough stirring up trouble within your family, among your friends, in your neighborhood, and in your workplace.

You can hardly go through a day without hearing someone talk about their list. It may be their bucket list, their list of things to do on their next day off, their grocery list, etc. Everyone has a list of some sort. But isn’t the list we need to be making the list of people we need to forgive and get on our knees and take it to the LORD in prayer?

It is imperative that we forgive. Jesus came to earth as God in the flesh and told us a lot about forgiveness. He gave us parables like the “Unmerciful Servant” and the example of his own life. His holy word is full of scripture on forgiveness.

Let the light of the LORD shine into the darkness of this world as you forgive others. The hardest part of forgiveness may be forgiving those who haven’t forgiven you. That must be done as well.

Don’t let forgiveness be the stumbling block between you and freedom. The last words of chapter 18 of the book of Matthew are “forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart." It’s a hard lesson to learn, but that is where it has to come from. Forgiving from your mouth isn’t enough.

Who do you need to forgive from your heart today?

But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too." Mark 11:25 (NLT).

Led By His Holy Spirit,

Rick Hawbaker
Praying 4 U Ministries †