HEBREWS 10:17
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Throughout 2017 Father God showed me my flaws. When God shows you ‘you’ He does it gently not with hostility, He gently brings to your remembrance an event. For me it was through conversations I had with individuals I had not spoken to in years. I remembered past behaviors that made sense at the time but I now realize were wrong. And then God showed me why?
HOSEA 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
As a child I was resentful of a lot of people and a lot of things. Though I had made a confession of fatih at the age of 9, Jesus did not become Lord of my life until I was 30. Looking back I understand the reason for my resentment was becaue of my limited understanding of things that were happening beyond my control. I took everything personally and reacted defensively. Once I discovered I could not control the ways of other people I turned my attention to the One who could at least influence the impact they had on my life.
MATTHEW 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
NOTE: I make know apologies for personalizing this post. It is my testimony that helps me to teach the truth about forgiveness.
We don’t change overnight, my transformation has been slow years in the making and I am not there yet. Today I have reached a point in which I can not only forgive others but I can forgive myself. I am not the same person I was forty years ago or even ten years ago. The difference? More than forgiveness is my desire to change my behavior and for that I had to understand why I was the way I WAS.
Our prayers go unanswered. We go through our Christian check list: I fellowship, I tithe, I read the Bible- check, check, check! Yet, things are not right. We even forgive everyone we think needs to be forgiven.
MARK 11:25-26
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. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
According to Hosea we perish for lack of knowledge not unforgiveness. We do need Father God’s forgiveness to receive answered prayers. What is the problem if the answer does not manifest?
PHILIPPIANS 4:19
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
If you are like me then you are not willing to settle for what evryone else has. I want everything He determined I should have before I was formed in my mother’s womb. There are things I need and I am going to get it from the One who has it.
Some believe that God says “No”, if you read my book BEFORE YOU PRAY FOR ME you will understand why I disagree with that idea. God does not hear everyone’s prayers but He does respond to His word. If you are returning His word to Him and you are not receiving what He promised the problem is not that God said know the problem is an earthly hindrance.
ISAIAH 55:11Father God will show you what is hindering your prayers if you ask. This is what happened to me. My mind was filled with strife: resentment, anger, frustration and hurt; these emotions manifested in such away that it caused unnecessary pain in loved ones. I have sought forgiveness and received it, but my prayers were still not being answered. When I asked Him, He showed me ‘me’.
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
ISAIAH 6:5-8
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
I now know what Father God through Jesus had to forgive me of, this knowledge has caused my heart to change towards people. I believe when you really forgive the love of God becomes stronger in you and it is because the God in you is shown no matter what is happening in your life that you are forgiven by Him. This understanding of forgiveness is what leads to what we call repentance, a change of heart and a change of lifestyle.
Because of what He has and currently does forgives me of I am able to show love and mercy towards other people. Yes, I have changed from the way I once was.
ACTS 17:30 THE EXPANDED BIBLE- - -written by Marsha L F Randolph
·In the past, people did not understand God, and he ignored this [or God overlooked such times of ignorance]. But now, God ·tells [commands] all people in the world to ·change their hearts and lives [repent].
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