Thought 191
Forgiving & for giving
Do you truly forgive and forget like Christ
does? I struggle at times with forgiving,
but it is the right thing to do. The only thing I know that works each time you
repeatedly pray it is, “God I know that I need to forgive this person, please
help me to forgive, I want to want to forgive ________,” and then continue to pray for blessings on their
life that you would want like a closer relationship with the Lord, a joyful
marriage, wisdom in finances, anything! You cannot pray blessings on someone
and stay mad at them for long.
For giving is to
give to people, ministries, or a cause. I would caution any Christian that is
giving to a charity that is not Christian own or run. The Church is supposed to
take care of widows and orphans, but today many secular groups are also doing
this because we have not been faithful. Should we support the world or should
we support the ones that God gave that responsibility to?
We’ve looked at two
different meanings of the forgiving—one is forgiveness and the other is for giving—which
impacted you the most and why? Is the Holy Spirit tugging on your heart about
anything in regards to what you’ve read?
