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Bishop Jakes - The Faith to Forgive |
Luke 17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. (KJV - sent from CadreBible)
Amazingly the saints find it hard to forgive.
If you pass several tests and you're still symptomatic- then further testing must be done.
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. (KJV - sent from CadreBible)
Offenses do come. It would be better to have a millstone around your neck and be cast into the sea than to harm the least of mine. You offended one of mine.
As one of His, you don't have to defend yourself.
People start out dping business amicably. Always remember to do the out clause going in. Plan on the offense before it comes - an arbitration clause.
God says, I have already put inside you a mechanism to deal with the offenses that will come. Your whole body begins to get sick because the body is impure.
What is clogged up in your heart that comes out in your speech...
The blckage is blocking your blessing.
Tells the apostles - the leaders - to throw off the offense if they are offended seven times a day.
- my defense is anger and bitterness and resentment
- I don't want you to think me as weak
- my anger is a gift; God said be angry but sin not
- the Bible says confront when something is wrong; you will not be able to release something that you do not confront
- once we stop this vicious cycle and you apologize, it gives me release
Leave my Judas alone. Sometimes my enemy tea he's me more than my friends. Of everything that hurts you, there is a partof it that teaches you. If you don't let go of the part that hurts you, it will make you sick. The more you let go of it, the more you will see God. Whatever you speak to is going to keep living.
The apostles have come to a high status - no longer disciples - but a small thinking. Great and wise in one area, but not in another. Your gifts could be on one level but your ability to cast off offense could be on a child's level.
You are stuck on the level of where you dealt with your last big offense. The reason olyou ate thtowung a tantrum at 38 is bc you were an 8 yr old when you learned how to deal with offense.
The apostles say 'Help my unbelief' or 'Increase my faith'. What does faith have to do with offense?
Your faith should inform your lifestyle. You're a Christian in your heart but you have a blockage. Offenses will come on the regular. You need a system of taking it, dealing with it, and moving on. You needn't have more faith in the offender than in the deliver.
Faith size of a mustard seed to move a mountain - that was the miracle. It takes the same amount of faith to move a tree. The mountain has no root. The root is stopping you from getting the blessing. Is the root more valuable to you than the blessing? If you are goin to walk in supernatural blessing, you have to get rid of it. Get rid if the bitterness.
Forgive us of our tresspasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us. The rope that you built to hang her will be the rope that will hang you. I will release you so that I am free to go on.
Jesus' death is the big one- he says 'Father forgive them' Why? He wants to throw off every offense so that he can get up.
This toxic waste that is tunneling through your bloodstream has got to go. RELEASE! So that you can be creative again. So that you can be free again.
Forgiveness is the gift you give yourself. It's not saying that you were right to hit me. It's not saying that I'm so weak that I'm going to let you run over top me. When I forgive you- it's not about you it's about me. I cut the cord so that I can be free and you can continue to be crazy. It's saying that it's too much energy to be upset with you every time you walk into the room.
People don't know how to forgive. Forgiveness is not a feeling, it is a decision. The reason people can't do it is because they are controlled by their feelings. The bitterness and the anger, and all those fruits that come from it...
It shouldn't contol you... Forgveness is about getting control back. As long as you control my mood- it means that my thermostat is in your room. People have trouble forgiving because their emotions are controlling them. Their emotions have been exalted above their decisions. Resist the temptation to be controlled by your emotions. When you first forgive them, you wont feel like you forgave them. You have to consistently resist your emotions to be free.
You will never feel forgiven until you learn to forgive. The gospel is the good news that the body can be forgiven.
He has the evidence - He saw you do it- and he still forgives you. He'll take you back like Hosea took Gomar, like the Father took the Prodigal Son. You can't believe that He'll forgive you bc you can't fogive other people. But His ways are above your ways.
17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. (KJV - sent from CadreBible)
Amazingly the saints find it hard to forgive.
If you pass several tests and you're still symptomatic- then further testing must be done.
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. (KJV - sent from CadreBible)
Offenses do come. It would be better to have a millstone around your neck and be cast into the sea than to harm the least of mine. You offended one of mine.
As one of His, you don't have to defend yourself.
People start out dping business amicably. Always remember to do the out clause going in. Plan on the offense before it comes - an arbitration clause.
God says, I have already put inside you a mechanism to deal with the offenses that will come. Your whole body begins to get sick because the body is impure.
What is clogged up in your heart that comes out in your speech...
The blckage is blocking your blessing.
Tells the apostles - the leaders - to throw off the offense if they are offended seven times a day.
- my defense is anger and bitterness and resentment
- I don't want you to think me as weak
- my anger is a gift; God said be angry but sin not
- the Bible says confront when something is wrong; you will not be able to release something that you do not confront
- once we stop this vicious cycle and you apologize, it gives me release
Leave my Judas alone. Sometimes my enemy tea he's me more than my friends. Of everything that hurts you, there is a partof it that teaches you. If you don't let go of the part that hurts you, it will make you sick. The more you let go of it, the more you will see God. Whatever you speak to is going to keep living.
The apostles have come to a high status - no longer disciples - but a small thinking. Great and wise in one area, but not in another. Your gifts could be on one level but your ability to cast off offense could be on a child's level.
You are stuck on the level of where you dealt with your last big offense. The reason olyou ate thtowung a tantrum at 38 is bc you were an 8 yr old when you learned how to deal with offense.
The apostles say 'Help my unbelief' or 'Increase my faith'. What does faith have to do with offense?
Your faith should inform your lifestyle. You're a Christian in your heart but you have a blockage. Offenses will come on the regular. You need a system of taking it, dealing with it, and moving on. You needn't have more faith in the offender than in the deliver.
Faith size of a mustard seed to move a mountain - that was the miracle. It takes the same amount of faith to move a tree. The mountain has no root. The root is stopping you from getting the blessing. Is the root more valuable to you than the blessing? If you are goin to walk in supernatural blessing, you have to get rid of it. Get rid if the bitterness.
Forgive us of our tresspasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us. The rope that you built to hang her will be the rope that will hang you. I will release you so that I am free to go on.
Jesus' death is the big one- he says 'Father forgive them' Why? He wants to throw off every offense so that he can get up.
This toxic waste that is tunneling through your bloodstream has got to go. RELEASE! So that you can be creative again. So that you can be free again.
Forgiveness is the gift you give yourself. It's not saying that you were right to hit me. It's not saying that I'm so weak that I'm going to let you run over top me. When I forgive you- it's not about you it's about me. I cut the cord so that I can be free and you can continue to be crazy. It's saying that it's too much energy to be upset with you every time you walk into the room.
People don't know how to forgive. Forgiveness is not a feeling, it is a decision. The reason people can't do it is because they are controlled by their feelings. The bitterness and the anger, and all those fruits that come from it...
It shouldn't contol you... Forgveness is about getting control back. As long as you control my mood- it means that my thermostat is in your room. People have trouble forgiving because their emotions are controlling them. Their emotions have been exalted above their decisions. Resist the temptation to be controlled by your emotions. When you first forgive them, you wont feel like you forgave them. You have to consistently resist your emotions to be free.
You will never feel forgiven until you learn to forgive. The gospel is the good news that the body can be forgiven.
He has the evidence - He saw you do it- and he still forgives you. He'll take you back like Hosea took Gomar, like the Father took the Prodigal Son. You can't believe that He'll forgive you bc you can't fogive other people. But His ways are above your ways.
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