BIBLE PASSAGE: Philemon 1:10-14
10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Meditation: Luke 5:21
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
THE MESSAGE
No amount of fasting can take the place of forgiveness. I have heard testimonies of people who said that they received what they had eagerly and longed hoped for after they forgave the offenders they had refused to forgive for many years. 2 Chronicles 16:9 says, "The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect towards Him." A perfect heart is a forgiving heart. it does not matter what anybody has done against you, you have done worse things against God, yet He forgave you.
Think of it this way, bearing a grudge against someone is like carry that person's full weight in your heart. No wonder you feel so bogged down and depressed; you are carrying a whole human being on your heart in pain! What if it is two people in your heart? There is a common saying that, to forgive is divine; yes this is true and you are divine because God's nature is in you if you are born again. And 2 Peter 1:4 says that we are partakers of the divine nature of God. May that nature begin to manifest in your life from now!
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Prayer Points
Lord Jesus, forgive me of every way I disobeyed Your instructions to forgive, I let go in Jesus‘ great name!
My Father, I receive grace to make excuses for people that have offended or will offend me in Jesus name!
Heavenly Father, by Your awesome Mercy prepare me for eternity with You, in the name of Jesus!
Prophetic Declaration for the day: Receive forgiveness as part of God’s nature in Jesus name!
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR PLAN: Hebrews 11, Isaiah 56, 57, 58