Thank You Lord 'For-giving' me this Experience!

"Walk with Me in the freedom of forgiveness...If you carry a burden of guilt on your back, you are more likely to stumble and fall. At your request, I will remove the heavy load from you and bury it at the foot of the cross. (Then) you are undeniably free! Unconditional Love...frees you from both fears and sins. As you come to know Me more and more intimately, you grow increasingly free." Jesus Calling!

I love this truth! I love the freedom and release that comes with forgiveness. There is incredible deliverance that comes to those who are willing to honestly confess and humbly request forgiveness or grant it.

It can be the difference between being victorious over our sin and being victimized by our sin. A way that I continually remind myself whether good, bad or hurtful situations arise in my life is that it is all God-filtered. Instead of becoming a victim in the situation and holding blame to someone I look to God and become the victor in the situation through His sovereign hand and amazing grace over my life. My favorite phrase I have walked away with is...."Thank you Lord 'For-giving' me this Experience!" And when I do that, I understand that it is easier to forgive, because I know nothing can happen to me under the sun unless the Lord allows it. Many times our hurtful situations with other people is simply a test that God allows to produce a testimony when we can truly freely release others in those difficult situations! Even Jesus who was truly blameless before men while being persecuted before the cross stated, "..forgive them Father for they know not what they doing." Luke 23:24


I implore you to live a live worthy of His high calling and to daily walk with an
abundant mercy account - operating in a continual spirit of forgiveness. Matthew 18:23-25 tells us that "If we do not forgive people, we get turned over to the torturers." NOT only does forgiveness provide us a mind of peace, but a personal release to be free of being tied to someone else's sins.

It has been so eloquently stated that walking in unforgiveness is like 'drinking poison- and expecting the other person to die from it.'  Forgiveness is designed to actually save your own life! Be FREE - FORGIVE! And see God move in a mighty way in your life!