🔥 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟭𝟭 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

 

🔥 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝟭𝟭 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗢𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡

"And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses." (Matthew 18:34-35, KJV)

In the brightness of this noontime hour, we pause to examine the hidden costs of our unforgiveness. It is far more expensive to hold on than to let go. Unforgiveness blocks our prayers, gives the enemy a foothold, and hands us over to tormentors—sickness, depression, anxiety, and loss of peace. But today, we choose to rise above. Like an eagle, we mount up on wings of forgiveness, refusing to be pulled down to the level of those who wounded us. Lift your voice and let us pray.

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟲

𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 [𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲] 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗬𝗼𝘂. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗻, 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱.

"But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matthew 6:15)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟳

𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝗜 𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁. 𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱.

"Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift." (Matthew 5:23-24)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟴

𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗜 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

"Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices." (2 Corinthians 2:11)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟵

𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗳 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀—𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆, 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲—𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗜 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀. 𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲. 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄.

"And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses." (Matthew 18:34-35)

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟬

𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗲

𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆, 𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗲. 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗽, 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝘆. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆.

"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗗 𝗞𝗔𝗦𝗨𝗞𝗨