{"id":8636,"date":"2013-07-18T15:30:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T15:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=8636"},"modified":"2013-07-18T15:31:56","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T15:31:56","slug":"overcoming-unforgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=8636","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Unforgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday I started an entry about forgiveness and today, Charles Stanley’s In Touch devotional was a key second point, I am republishing it here for you to read, pray about it, and consider it’s application to your life.<\/p>\n

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Matthew 6:9-15<\/span><\/h3>\n

New Living Translation (NLT)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9\u00a0<\/sup>Pray like this:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Father in heaven,<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0may your name be kept holy.<\/span>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>May your Kingdom come soon.<\/span>
\nMay your will be done on earth,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0as it is in heaven.<\/span>
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>Give us today the food we need,<\/span>
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>and forgive us our sins,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0as we have forgiven those who sin against us.<\/span>
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>And don\u2019t let us yield to temptation,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0but rescue us from the evil one.<\/span><\/p>\n

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14\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cIf you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. 15\u00a0<\/sup>But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Do you constantly struggle to forgive people who have wronged you? If so, you may be of the opinion that forgiveness is simply a feeling one can have in the face of conflict\u2014and that you are incapable of experiencing it. If that\u2019s your mindset, you are operating with a faulty understanding. Genuine forgiveness is not a feeling, but an action.<\/p>\n

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If you find it hard to forgive others, the following four guidelines can help:<\/p>\n

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1. Acknowledge and confess an unforgiving spirit<\/span>. <\/strong>No, it is not always easy to forgive. We are sometimes the target of tremendously hurtful offenses. However, we are not accountable for other people\u2019s behavior; we are responsible only for our own. God commanded us to be loving, forgiving people. If we hold a grudge, that is our problem and no one else\u2019s\u2014we must repent of this sin and ask God to help our unforgiveness.<\/p>\n

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2. Release the other person.<\/strong><\/span> Make a decision to release the offender in your mind. If you find yourself reliving details of the upsetting behavior, force yourself to stop.<\/p>\n

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3. Forgive the offender forgetfully.<\/strong><\/span> By keeping details fresh in your mind, you trap yourself in a cycle of pain. Choose instead to separate the individual from the painful memory.<\/p>\n

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4. Forgive with finality.<\/strong><\/span> Genuine forgiveness is complete. This means that you cannot \u201cforgive\u201d someone and then continually bring the subject up. Forgive him or her, and then move on.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve been holding onto bitterness, pray for the strength to forgive. Then do it\u2014without delay.<\/p>\n

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In Him,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I started an entry about forgiveness and today, Charles Stanley’s In Touch devotional was a key second point, I am republishing it here for you to read, pray about it, and consider it’s application to your life.   Matthew 6:9-15 New Living Translation (NLT) 9\u00a0Pray like this:\u00a0 Our Father in heaven, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0may your name […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8636"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8639,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8636\/revisions\/8639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}