Overcoming Offence 2
Last week I talked about how offence was wide spread and especially in churches. This is a
very important issue considering what the Word of God says concerning Un-forgiveness.
Matt 6:14-15 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses. NKJV
This is Jesus speaking here and He explains the seriousness of not forgiving. You will not
be forgiven by your Father in heaven. But if you do forgive, then you will be forgiven. This is
one of the key strategies that the enemy uses to destroy. There is a power in agreement.
The enemy uses this strategy to destroy unity in a church, marriage, business etc…..
2 Cor 5:19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their
trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. NKJV
We must keep the true goal of the ministry in focus. It is the Ministry of Reconciliation. What
does reconciliation mean? It is a coming together. This can only happen in an atmosphere
of forgiveness. We did not deserve to be forgiven, but God so loved us, He made a way for
us to be forgiven. Forgiveness is not a feeling, it is a choice. If you wait until you feel like it, it
will never happen. You must make the choice and continue to remind yourself when you
find yourself being snagged by the rabbit trail of the mind. This will take work. Years ago
when I was really snagged in un-forgiveness, the Lord gave me a strategy to overcome
those all consuming thoughts that try to drag you back into the swamp of un-forgiveness.
He told me to pray for the person whenever I found myself going down that rabbit trail. This
particular situation took me over a month to truly become free, but whenever I did find myself
stirred up, I would then start praying that God would bless them. It was in that situation and
strategy that I realized that it was very hard to stay in un-forgiveness when I would pray for
them! Cont…. next week
Last week I talked about how offence was wide spread and especially in churches. This is a
very important issue considering what the Word of God says concerning Un-forgiveness.
Matt 6:14-15 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses. NKJV
This is Jesus speaking here and He explains the seriousness of not forgiving. You will not
be forgiven by your Father in heaven. But if you do forgive, then you will be forgiven. This is
one of the key strategies that the enemy uses to destroy. There is a power in agreement.
The enemy uses this strategy to destroy unity in a church, marriage, business etc…..
2 Cor 5:19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their
trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. NKJV
We must keep the true goal of the ministry in focus. It is the Ministry of Reconciliation. What
does reconciliation mean? It is a coming together. This can only happen in an atmosphere
of forgiveness. We did not deserve to be forgiven, but God so loved us, He made a way for
us to be forgiven. Forgiveness is not a feeling, it is a choice. If you wait until you feel like it, it
will never happen. You must make the choice and continue to remind yourself when you
find yourself being snagged by the rabbit trail of the mind. This will take work. Years ago
when I was really snagged in un-forgiveness, the Lord gave me a strategy to overcome
those all consuming thoughts that try to drag you back into the swamp of un-forgiveness.
He told me to pray for the person whenever I found myself going down that rabbit trail. This
particular situation took me over a month to truly become free, but whenever I did find myself
stirred up, I would then start praying that God would bless them. It was in that situation and
strategy that I realized that it was very hard to stay in un-forgiveness when I would pray for
them! Cont…. next week
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