would
you follow me in a simple prayer? would
you say, “dear JESUS, i’ve been holding on to this grudge for too long. when i
think of that person it still hurts. but
i want to give it up today. i want to
let it go. i want to give up my grudges
today. i want to quit keeping a record
of wrongs in my marriage. LORD, i ask
you to forgive me for taking out my resentment on people who weren’t even
involved in it...” maybe someone in your
family. just because some man hurt you
doesn’t mean every man wants to hurt you.
just because some lady let you down doesn’t mean every lady wants to let
you down. would you say, “GOD, i want to
give up my grudges today.”
how
about grief? all of us have had losses
in life. all of us are going to face
other losses as we go on in life. it’s a
part of life. and it’s legitimate to
mourn and to grieve. but would you say, “GOD, help me to accept the fact that it
cannot be changed. that the past is past
and help me to focus on what i have left, not on what i’ve lost. help me to play it down and pray it up.”
and
then would you give GOD your guilt?
JESUS CHRIST died to set you free from guilt. and GOD specializes in new beginnings. your past is past. it doesn’t matter where you have come from,
GOD brought you here o the front porch today and you can leave here as a new
person. would you say, “GOD, please
forgive every single sin i’ve ever done.”
if HE brings one to mind agree with each one. be specific.
those thoughts that are hitting your mind right now ask forgiveness for
each. your past is past. and then as you’ve asked for forgiveness
would you say, “GOD help me to accept YOUr forgiveness and to forgive
myself.” and the proof of that is, “LORD,
help me to offer forgiveness to other people.”
JESUS CHRIST wants you to know
HIM in a personal way. HE wants you to
have a relationship with HIM. you cannot
have the ultimate in relationships with other people until first you have a
right relationship with GOD. would you
say, “JESUS CHRIST, i don’t understand it all but would you put YOUr SPIRIT in
my life today? make YOUrself real to me
today. i invite YOU into my heart and
life. i want to be a CHRISTian. i want to believe in YOU. i want YOU to guide me in my
relationships. thank YOU for loving me
and dying for me.”
FATHER,
thank YOU for YOUr word. now apply it
this week in our lives as YOU only can do.
let us have relationships that are healthy and wholesome and fulfilling. for we pray this in JESUS’ name. amen.
just a
thought from the front porch…
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