A Forgiving Heart

 

	“But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”
	—Matthew 6:15

Has anyone ever done something to you, or said something to you, or said something about you that harmed you so badly you simply can't imagine extending forgiveness to the one who harmed you?

Most of us have been hurt by others. Fewer of us have had someone try to utterly destroy us.

Imagine, just for a moment, how God must feel when He observes us purposefully rebelling against His laws. It’s as if we want to destroy Him. And yet, He forgives us through the precious blood of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

We really have no choice. As hard as it may seem, we absolutely must allow the Holy Spirit to create within us the willingness to forgive those who have harmed us. Please consider what Jesus said, as recorded in Matthew 6:14-15:

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Let us pray and ask God to give us forgiving hearts, so that when those who sin against us come to us and ask for our forgiveness we will already have had our hearts changed to hearts willing to extend that musch needed forgiveness.

 

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