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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Increase comes from God

[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Freedom in forgiveness (2)

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Oke Chinye
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Read: PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14

Meditation verse:

“Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do,  forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things  which are ahead” (Philippians 3:13).

How do you begin your journey today towards forgiveness and wholeness?  

Accept God’s forgiveness: When God forgives us, He wipes the slate clean and  remembers the offence no more. So, you must accept God’s forgiveness and  move on, else you will continually dwell in self-condemnation. That voice of  condemnation within you belongs to the devil. The bible calls him the ‘accuser  of brethren’. Resist him and he will leave you alone (James 4:7).  

Forgive yourself: You must also forgive yourself before you can forgive others.  You must settle scores with yourself. Learn to pardon yourself for the very many  ways you may have messed up your life, you did not know any better. If you  knew it all, then you would be God. But you are not, you are human. You must  make peace with the old. With peace comes clarity, hope, and the inspiration to  dream again. The heart is a bucket of ideas and vision, but it must be guarded  with peace. With calmness, comes the ability to hear God’s voice.  

Forgive yourself and Let God’s peace guard you out of the storms of  unforgiveness. If you persist in the storm, your dreams, vision, relationships and  even your health may be destroyed. When Jesus was preparing to leave His  disciples, He said “peace I leave with you, My peace I give you, not as the world  giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid”  (John 14:27). On appearing to His disciples after His resurrection, again He said,  “peace be with you”. Peace is very important. 

Forgive others: You must forgive others if you want God to forgive you. “And  forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors” (Mathew 6:12). You are doing  yourself a favour by forgiving others. Forgiveness sets you free; it restores order  and wholeness within you. By forgiving them, you are opening your heart to  receive God’s blessings. Why not begin your journey towards forgiveness and  wholeness in this new month?

 

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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