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1 | knowing forgiveness to others | Matt 6:12 | Renovate Me | 110896 | ||
I have a great need to forgive my ex-wife and close family members. How can I know that I am complete in my forgiveness? I brought my ex thru immersion baptism since our divorce, yet I cannot forget the relationship with my daughter that she denied me when she broke her vows. I work for my brother, a born again believer, yet he consistently persecutes me for my pre-Christian behavior and I am unable to forget the psychological damage that I have lived with in my past that led to alcoholism, depression and serious drug abuse. I feel deficient in my prayer life and feel the Holy Spirit does not hear me because I possibly am not letting go of my anger even though I do not feel mad since my dedication to Christ Thank you for your response |
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2 | knowing forgiveness to others | Matt 6:12 | prayon | 110910 | ||
Greetings renovateme, Eph 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the world's rulers, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in high places. What you are experiencing are attacks of the enemy. When one knows they are in line with God's word we are a threat to the devil. The last thing he wants is for us to be in that place. I would venture to say that as concerned as you are about it you are walking in forgiveness. If you weren't so concerned about it you would not be seeking help. When someone hurts us as in the situation with your daughter is is hard to forgive but I sincerely believe that you have. The most important thing is to re-establish the relationship with your daughter now, and I am guessing you have. If you were still harboring unforgiveness I don't believe that you would of led your ex to the lLord. Again in the situation with your brother that is the work of the enemy trying to keep you from walking in God's love. Somebody once told me to pretend that when you asked forgiveness for something from God that He cast that sin into a lake. In front of the lake is a sign that says "No Fishing!" Once you have asked forgiveness you have been forgiven. No if's, no ands, no buts. YOu are totally forgiven and your slate has been wiped clean. If He did not forgive us when we asked (with a sincere heart of course) then His trip to the cross would of been of no value. So that if any one is in Christ, that one is a new creature; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new (NKJ 2Co 5:17) or God's Word Bible even puts it better: "Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence." You are a new creature! The old has gone according to God's word! Put the past behind you and whenever the devil tries to rear his ugly head ask the Holy Spirit to put him back in his place. Christ promises us that when we are born again He sends the comforter to us. He would not send Him (the comforter) to us to live in us and not hear us. That is just another attack of the enemy. He does hear you! You say yourself that you do not feel angry so why do you say you are holding on to your anger? You are not - you say so yourself. The anger is past - you are the new creature the bible talks about. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you to forget. He will. If you ask every time that it comes to mind I promise you that it will come to mind less and less. The devil will come to realize that you are not available for that kind of attack any more. I sometimes think that I am horribly deficient in my prayer life. When I do feel like that I just ask the Holy Spirit for help. I truly believe that it helps immensely to pray in tongues. (that is another topic if you were to ask about it). I would suggest that you do what I do when you feel like your prayers aren't good enough - just talk to Jesus like you would talk to your best friend. Get angry with Him if the need be, it is OK, after all He already knows you are angry - it's not like you can hide it from Him. Just talk to Him like He is sitting across from you - tell Him your concerns. aLook at what the word says about how you feel and if you can't find it in the word get on the forum and ask. We are here to help you when the need arises. You are the awesome child of a King! prayon |
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3 | knowing forgiveness to others | Matt 6:12 | Renovate Me | 110917 | ||
Thank you, Prayon, your reply is truly an answer to my prayers. Your comforting words will go farther than you realize and I pray that you will be blessed abundantly for all that you do. your eternal brother. |
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4 | knowing forgiveness to others | Matt 6:12 | prayon | 111015 | ||
You are very welcome. prayon | ||||||