Mathew 6:12, Mathew 18:23-35, Mark 11:22-26, Heb 10:30, 2 Cor 2:10-11, Ephesians 4:26-27.

Men and brethren, the healing power of forgiveness is the key to peace, health and happiness. When something done by someone in the past and present becomes so important to you that it drives your behavior and commands your emotions negatively, you are worshipping it. Today’s study centers on the hindrances to our prayers. It is amazing the multitude of people writing to us that God should punish people who stand in their way. Yes God sometimes punish them and He does that because He will not share His glory with any obstacles. But when we are offended by our spouse and we pray such prayer and if God answers, the repercussion will fall back to you. May we not use our hand to destroy our own family and relationship.

Forgiveness is so important that the master included in the prayers we must pray daily “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” Matthew 6:12. This scripture says, you are not permitted to be forgiven by God when you have not forgiven those who trespassed against you. Therefore, unforgiveness is the reason why most Prayers are unanswered; it is the reason why situations and circumstances have not allowed you a passage to your unending laughter and greatness. A sister angrily spoke judgment to the husband and till today, the husband has been without job and blessings always bypassed him. Now the family is in need and homeless. Some family members also due to very minor issues have laid curses upon each other because of father’s inheritance and now they are suffering in the midst of plenty. I pray for someone here for God to annul every negative pronouncement that has been placed upon your head in Jesus name. 

Right where you are, are you of the generation who have officially given the devil a foothold and now he has a stronghold in our life? 2 Corinthians 2:10-11, Ephesians 4:26-27. Someone wrote with strong bitterness “If you knew what I’ve been through in my life, then you would understand why I could never forgive the people who hurt me,” I now saw the reason why her predicaments had refused to change irrespective of the men of God that have prayed for her. Boy oh boy, you can fall ten times under anointing when a big man of God is praying for you, but if you have unforgiveness, it is only a display of spiritual jamboree. Ask God today to have mercy on you and give you the grace to forgive others. 

There are people here who have imprisoned themselves with the spirit of unforgiveness due to people that caused them pain in the past. They still want those people to pay for the pain they caused them even after asking for forgiveness in the open. Jesus said in what I called the ‘Parable of reality’ “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. Are we of the generation that have allowed unforgiveness to hinder our faith from working? We have become too mechanical in speaking in tongues, too rigid in conscience and too lenient to the devil because we refuse to forgive those who hurt us. Have you spent all your life paying and collecting debts of unforgiveness? Have you become the instrument that wishes you could become an Angel to carry out vengeance on your enemies without blinking an eye? Have you become the HolySpirit carrying HolyGhost Fire about to lay judgment on anything and anyone that comes your way even when those things or those people have right motives to help your destiny? Hebrews 10:30. Leave God to fight your battle. And God will surely fight your battle. 

Forgiveness is typically defined as the process of concluding resentment, indignation or anger as a result of a perceived offense, difference or mistake, and/or ceasing to demand punishment or restitution. The merits of forgiveness are many;

Number One: Your fellowship with God flows freely when you’re willing to forgive, but it gets blocked by unforgiveness.

Number Two Forgiveness also keeps Satan from getting an advantage over us. Many people have ruined their health and their lives by taking the poison of bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness. If you cannot forgive the man you see how can your heavenly father forgive you? Hear me, the unforgivers are chickens, they never move beyond lower thinking into the power of spreading their wings like eagles and flying high.

Number Three: You become supernaturally empowered. Do you want to experience the supernatural power that’s unleashed when you forgive and let go? The family that cannot forgive its members of poor past judgments will not easily survive! Can you sense that now is your season of transition from the old, cracked, and chipped containers of your energy to the joy of new wineskins when you forgive. You cannot move mountain without forgiveness. Mark 11:22-26. Therefore you cannot be a commander of the supernatural without allowing the Spirit of forgiveness to command you.

Number Four: Forgiveness adds beauty to your destiny. It is a gift you must find a way to give yourself regardless of whom or what has dropped you into this grievous state of affairs. Forgiveness isn’t about weakening you but strengthening you to live again and love again, performing at your highest capacity, unencumbered by yesterday’s problems. The man who forgives is actually not a weak person.

Number Five: Forgiveness is the key to creativity. When we do not embrace forgiveness as the key to our freedom, our little ideas will always poison our bigger opportunities for new thought, honest dialogue, and solution-oriented discussion. You may have started on the ground, but for God’s sake end up in the air! From the eagle’s view and thus we see that forgiveness is the highest form of love. To get inner peace and happiness we should forgive our friends if they have broken our hearts. And also forgive ourselves for allowing our hearts to be broken. We should refrain from brooding over the past wrong committed by a person against us, or what we created against ourselves. In fact, the greatest blessing of the Almighty God is Forgiveness. I pray for you, as you forgive others, whatever you have lost due to unforgiveness shall be given back to you in double fold. 

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