Forgiveness

Ed note: Forgiveness is another action that sustains a man's life, and without it he becomes embittered by life. -Pst. Godman Akinlabi 

When a man is hurt or bitter, it is as though his mind is shielded from everything that's good in life. At the point, he finds it difficult to appreciate anything good and the only energy he'd be radiating would be 'hardness'.

'This could be witnessed in say a man who refuses to forgive his spouse and in the process becomes bitter and oblivious to all the good things in his marriage. He shuts himself out on everything and everyone, and in the process offers himself nothing but disservice'.

Although i'm not married yet, i've witnessed people live bitterly prior to an awful decision, and i can tell that it's one of the regrettable-errors to be made by anyone.

The irony of forgiveness is that it prevents one from receiving and accepting forgiveness in return as at when due. A quick look at our Lord's prayer explains it better, "forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us". In other words, you can't get grace if you don't extend grace to others -it's that simple.

In the light of the truth, you can get angry or choose to express your disappointment, however, "be angry but don't sin". That is, express your displeasure without seeking to draw blood from the other person.

Although, it's humanly to want to take revenge, but for every disagreement you have a choice to either throw-caution-to-the-wind or end it on the spot.

Just as you're not less a man if you choose to express your disappointment in a thing or someone, offering a sacrifice of peace doesn't make you a coward either. In fact, it makes you a better man and reveals how strong you are in dealing with matters generally. Also, it further speaks of the better man that is on your inside, and this you need show more often.

N.B: Everyone can get angry and destroy what's been built over the years, but that doesn't have to be you.

Choose right, Live right!!!

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Dear Christians

Dear Christians, if you believe the bible is God's word to you, i urge you to study it and stick to it alone.

Witches and wizards are not stronger than the devil, and the bible tells us that the strongest of them had been defeated. This is so straight forward but our twisted minds won't accept this cheaply because of the twisted messages we've heard over time. The devil has successfully gotten us preoccupied with binding and casting of demons such that he's able to perpetuate his tricks unnoticed. The greatest form of bondage we have found ourselves is the bondage of ignorance. And you must know that no bondage can withstand the power of accurate knowledge.
Often times, some preachers still teaches that you're in bondage to enemies and family problems even when you're a believer. But i'd like you to check the bible for yourself, if there were to be anything information written in such format? Of course not. Anyone who is saved is saved completely (once have you being saved, and forever are you saved completely).
Here is the trick, the devil wants us to believe wrongly and faith works wherever it is applied. There's been a serious proliferation of the doctrines of men and not Christ's, and because transformation can only come by the renewal of the spirit of our minds (Ephesians 4:23), the devil is attacking our minds. Apostle paul said that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds, 2 Corinthians 10v4.
However, the next verse is a continuation of the former and it says CASTING DOWN EVERY IMAGINATION THAT EXALTS ITSELF ABOVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND BRINGING TO CAPTIVITY  EVERY THOUGHT TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST.
A few things are obvious: that the strong holds are not family causes but imaginations and thoughts (doctrines of men that wants to be exalted above the knowledge of God).,
2. That we're to bring them to captivity and not our so called enemies.
This tells you and i that the battle field is in our minds and you must be prepared to guard it.
The more fear inspired prayers, the more demonic activity you'll have in your life. All I've been saying is, "you're not in bondage to any family enemy", if you're, it's cause of your ignorance of what Christ had done.
Prayer is good, but praying with knowledge is better.