Weekly Inspiration

Wednesday ~ November 25, 2009

True Forgiveness

Mark 11:25 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses."

Weekly Inspiring Thought: Forgive offender, release them to God, and don't feed unforgiveness.

Weekly Reflection: When you forgive, is it from the heart (genuine) or does unforgiveness still have a home in your heart?

PART of forgiveness is letting go and not bringing that topic back up (as if to relive that pain all over again). If one truly forgives, we are to let it go. Release our burdens to the Lord. Once God forgives, He keeps no record (remembers no more) of our sins. The very fact that He requires us to forgive those that have wronged us, before, He forgives us (if we do not forgive, then God will not forgive us), shows me that we are to forgive in the manner that He does. Do not speak on (give the details, relive the event) over and over again.

HOW would you feel if someone tells you they forgive you, but years later, they bring it back up again? Would you feel like that persons forgiveness wasn't genuine? God doesn't do us like that. Once He forgives us, He remembers no more. He expects us to do as He does....forgive and remember no more. For it is Written:

Jeremiah 31:34 (nkjv)No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”


AND He said it doesn't matter how many times a person offends (hurts) you. If they ask for forgiveness, we are to forgive (not keep score or say they ran out of chances). Amen. Please make time to meditate on the following verses:


Matthew 18:25-35 (tniv)
25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
26 "The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' 27 The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
28 "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded.
29 "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'
30 "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.
32 "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
35 "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive a brother or sister from your heart."


Luke 11:4 (nlt)
4 and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And don’t let us yield to temptation.


Luke 17:3 (tniv)
3 So watch yourselves.
"If a brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them.


John 20:23 (nkjv)
23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”


2 Corinthians 2:10 (nlt)
10 When you forgive this man, I forgive him, too. And when I forgive whatever needs to be forgiven, I do so with Christ’s authority for your benefit,


Matthew 18:21-22 (nkjv)
21 Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven."


Matthew 6:15 (nkjv)But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

GOD brings us through situations to mold us. Grow us up into strong men and women of God. We all have stories of horror to share. However, that is not why God takes us through. There is a time and place for everything (see: Ecclesiates 3:1). If you meet someone who may be going through what you have been delivered from, then share and explain how God brought you through it (Witnessing Tool!). There is freedom in Christ Jesus. Joy, peace and love. There is no room for unforgiveness in the life of a believer. Let it go and exhale and have a Happy Thanksgiving! Amen.


Shannon E. Robinson
"By this all will know that you are My disciples,
if you have love for one another."(John 13:35, nkjv)

In God We Trust!

John 3:16

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." ~JOHN 14:6