Blade Devotional
FORGIVE
Forgiveness benefits us in this life and the one to come.
FAMILY FRIDAY
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you with all malice. And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiven one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you – Ephesians 4:31-32
Unforgiveness breaks up marriages and homes. Show me any broken marriage and home and I’ll show you bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour and evil speaking. Strong families are built on forgiveness. Strong families are built by forgivers.
Spouses who don’t forgive, divorce. Family members who don’t forgive others break up homes. The root of unforgiveness is pride and hypocrisy. We expect God to forgive us when we sin but we don’t want to forgive others when they sin against us.
Forgiveness benefits us in this life and the one to come. Remember the Doctrine of Christ, if you forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father will forgive you your sins. But if you don’t forgive men their sins, neither will your Father forgive you your sins. Learn to forgive and save your family and your own life.
PRAYER
Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, help me to be a forgiver. Help me to forgive others just as You forgave me in Christ Jesus. Amen.