DO YOU HOLD GRUDGES OR DO YOU FORGIVE?

Unforgiveness






I Choose To Forgive and Forget!
If people do not speak to you and slander you in the company of others .....I choose to LET IT GO in Jesus name. THIS NEXT VERSE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON TO DO THIS.
JESUS FORGAVE US MUCH.

Matthew 6/14) For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15)But if you DO NOT forgive men their sins, your Father WILL NOT forgive your sins.


MANY haven't learned how to surrender it to the Lord, in some cases they refuse to surrender it. The problem with not surrendering grudges to the Lord is that God can't forgive that person until they do. They must lay it on the alter, and don't go back, ask God for strength, that He will shed abroad His Love in their heart toward that person, and learn to pray for their enemies, and persecutors, this can't be done within one's on power, one must humble themselves, and let Christ live through them.



Grudges can also be used as a form of protection. The ego is heavily involved also. As long as the person holds the grudge they don't have to talk to or speak to the person who has done them wrong(or so they feel) they don't have to confront the problem. They allow the so-called victim to go on and do what they need to do, before coming to grips with what has happened.A grudge bearer could just be very immature and not know how to handle conflict. Grudges serve many purposes. But they are evil and don't work in the long run. God said we must forgive and we must! Forgiveness is one hard lesson for Christians to learn. If we don't do it well we must keep practicing until we master it.