Forgiveness

Tonight the sermon was GREAT! It was based on forgiveness. We read in Matthew 6:8-15. Here are my notes I took:

Matthew 6:8-15~ Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
After this manner therefore pray ye: our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
For if we forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

When you let things fester inside of you it has a tendency to control you. When you get hurt by someone, don't hold it inside, it's only a waste of time and strength. Don't leave things unreconciled and unresolved. When you leave things to build up inside of you it's like a cancer, it eats at you and only gets worse and gets you more angry. Did you ever stop and think of how much God has forgiven you? And yet, you can't forgive someone else? We are always going to have disagreements with people we come across in relationships, friendships, people we work with, just life, but if you don't get things resolved it will end in bitterness. If you refuse to forgive when forgiveness is requested the Father doesn't' want to forgive us either. Always remember...what you cause not only effects you but the people around you as well. So forgive.

You know, it is so funny, when I got home I was telling daddy how I had liked the sermon and he says "Oh, who have you not forgiven?" I just chuckled. There is not anyone at this point that I need to forgive anything of but it is always nice to be reminded and refreshed upon the things of the Lord. Now I get to just store it away and save it for a later time all the while reflecting upon it's promises.