Unforgiveness = Satans Advantage

Good morning, afternoon, or evening (whenever you are reading this) brothers and sisters in Christ! I wanted to touch on something that may not be too popular a subject, but is the cause of most of our woes, and lack of relationship with God, UNFORGIVENESS! Unforgiveness can eventually cause a COMPLETE disconnect from our Savior! When you hear people say "Forgiveness is for you, and NOT FOR THE OTHER PERSON," that can't be further from the truth! Forgiving someone doesn't mean they get away with what they have done to you! I REPEAT, FORGIVING DOES NOT MEAN THE PERSON GETS AWAY WITH WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO YOU!!! PERIOD!!! Forgiving someone is for you and you alone! God will take care of your enemies, He will avenge you! Most of the time He will allow you to witness it! Unforgiveness in our hearts only gives satan the advantage! Having that in our hearts makes us VERY VULNERABLE to the attacks of the enemy! The devil plays on our emotions heavily! That is his favorite mode of attack, and unforgiveness is almost like a guarantee that he will succeed in his attack! It is the breeding ground for hate and anger, and one thing leads to another! That is what he is hoping for! Unforgiveness is like having on the full armor of God, and there being a piece of the armor CUT OUT AROUND YOUR HEART missing! So every other part of your body is covered, and your heart is COMPLETELY EXPOSED!  The heart is the most VULNERABLE organ in the human body, because its what is keeping us ALIVE, right. Our blood flows through our heart, it is our motor, it keeps us running throughout everyday! It's the same way spiritually! Unforgiveness is a HEART CONDITION! If a heart problem goes unchecked, it WILL kill us! If the unforgiveness in our hearts goes unchecked, if we keep nurturing it with our thoughts and feelings of revenge. If we allow ourselves to replay the incident over and over, obsessing about the GET BACK, instead of the healing, we will eventually DIE SPIRITUALLY! The devils job is to create separation between us and God, PERIOD! Unforgiveness is just the fertile soil he needs to make that happen! Things like CHURCH HURT, is one of his favorites! That literally prevents people from serving God, and going to church! Forgiving people who have hurt us (usually the people closest to us), is another piece of the puzzle! Forgiving OURSELVES is sometimes the hardest of them all!! That is why we have to ask God to soften our hearts, and then ALLOW HIM TO DO SO! Simply saying that you forgive, or saying I WILL forgive does not work! We have to allow God to come into our hearts, to take away our hearts of stone and replace it with a soft fleshy heart! We will be UNABLE to forgive if we do not allow God to change us from the inside out! TO COMPLETELY SUBMIT that part of ourselves to Him! God will take that hurt and pain, and replace it with JOY and PEACE! He will take the betrayal, and replace it with His LOYALTY! God will take the sorrow and pain, and replace it with LOVE and HAPPINESS! Forgiveness is a posture of the heart! It nurtures every good thing that is going to keep our spiritual heart healthy and pumping! Forgive others like God has forgiven us! Imagine if He treated us like we treat people who have done us wrong. If God can forgive us our sins, then we MUST forgive others! We should forgive, so that God can continue to forgive us DAILY! LET GO AND LET GOD! PRAY WITHOUT CEASING! GIVE IT TO GOD! The word of God was not lying when it said in Psalms 23 in the first part or verse 5, "Thou preparest  a table before me IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES!" That will ONLY HAPPEN.......IF WE FORGIVE!!!!! God bless you and I love you DEARLY!! Please remember GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE!!!

Us forgiving OTHERS

Ephesians 4:31-32

"Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, FORGIVING each other, just as Christ God forgave you"

Colossians 3:13

"Bearing with one another and, if any one has a complaint against another, FORGIVING EACH OTHER; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must FORGIVE"

Luke 17:3-4

"But I say to you who HEAR, love you enemies, do good to those who hate you!"

(This is a VERY hard one, if you make it hard! Believe that God will BLESS you beyond what  you are able to handle!!!)

GOD FORGIVING US

Hebrews 10:17

"Then he adds: Their sins and lawless acts I will remember NO MORE!"

Daniel 9:9

"The Lord our God is merciful and FORGIVING, even though WE HAVE REBELLED AGAINST HIM"

Luke 6:37

"Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; FORGIVE and you will be FORGIVEN."