🔥 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟭𝟬 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

 

🔥 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟭𝟬 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more."

(Hebrews 8:12, KJV)

In the brightness of this noontime hour, we pause to examine the state of our hearts. The question before us is not whether we have forgiven, but whether we have truly released. Have our emotions changed? Has our speech softened? Can we pray for their well-being? Today, we choose not to remember and not to remind. We silence the inner accuser, we guard our tongues, and we dare to bless those who once cursed us. Lift your voice and let us pray.

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟲

𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 [𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲] 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱. 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.

"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." (Hebrews 8:12)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟳

𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗬𝗲𝘁)

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁. 𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 [𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲] 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿.

"Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words." (2 Timothy 4:14-15)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟴

𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝘆 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝗜 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂. 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 [𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲]. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹.

"And he spake kindly unto them." (Genesis 50:21 - paraphrased for feeling)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟵

𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 [𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲]. 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲. 𝗜𝗳 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱.

"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." (Ephesians 4:29)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟬

𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 [𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲]. 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱.

"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;" (Matthew 5:44)

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗗 𝗞𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗞𝗨