I Just Can't Forgive That Person For What They Did To Me!

  

QUOTATION

 

“As I used to tell my brother Ronnie, don't play a con game with God. You can't say, well, I'll do it later or feel you can roll the dice and just wait until another time to make that important decision. You may not have that option in the future!”

 

Barry Denzil Haney

 

SCRIPTURE

 

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

 

Matthew 6:14-15

 

REFLECTION

 

I just can’t forgive that person for what they did to me!

 

Many in our world are bound by the chains of unforgiveness. Like the cancer invading our flesh, unforgiveness is a cancer invading, and insinuating its tendrils into the very heart of our soul! In Matthew 6:14-15, God makes it very clear that until we forgive others, He will not have a relationship with us!

 

In her article entitled “Forgiveness: How it Manifests in our Health, Well-being, and Longevity”, Kathi Norman shares the following: 

 

“Failing to forgive, or unforgiveness, is the practice of engaging in ruminative thoughts of anger, vengeance, hate, and resentment that have unproductive outcomes for the ruminator, such as increased anxiety, depression, elevated blood pressure, vascular resistance, decreased immune response, and worse outcomes in coronary artery disease.”¹

 

 

In Ephesians 4:31, Paul instructs us to do the following:

 

“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”

 

Failing to forgive someone, allows the person to subconsciously control you. You can break the mental chains causing a separation from God when you forgive!

 

PRAYER

 

Our Heavenly Father,

 

Help us to forgive those who have trespassed against us!

Although we may have been hurt and betrayed by others,

Help us to break the mental chains separating us from God,

Help us to be chain breakers!

 

Although we cannot understand why you allow us to suffer,

We are comforted by the knowledge that through our suffering 

You allow us to turn to You in repentance. Then we are able

To spend an eternity with You in a loving relationship!

 

In precious name Jesus our Lord and Savior,

 

Amen!

 

 

SONG OF WORSHIP

 

Chain Breaker – Zach Williams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WtV1XtqsW0

 

God Bless You,

Barry

 

1Norman, Kathi. “Forgiveness: How It Manifests in Our Health, Well-Being, and Longevity.” University of Pennsylvania Scholarly Commons, August 8, 2017.