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You Must Forgive

^{To forgive may be one of the hardest things for you to do. Well what I'm about to tell you will make it much easier for you. In Ephesians 4:32 it says: Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.  In John 8:32 it says: Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. We have to forgive just like God forgives us. If we have trusted Christ, we have been freely forgiven for every sin we have ever committed or ever will commit. For this reason we are to freely forgive others. If we have trusted Christ, we have been freely forgiven for every sin we have ever committed or ever will commit.  Also it is not good to keep things bottled up on the inside of you. Did you know that unforgiveness is poison to your body, it causes sickness and even disease. YOU MUST FORGIVE!!!!!!   Hosea 4:6 says: My people are destroyed from the lack of  knowledge. Well here is some knowledge for you… It is not going to happen over night…It is a process. It will take the Word of God, prayer, faith, and belief to help you. You must let it go. First of all you must start with you feelings because your feelings will block you from accomplishing anything.  Pray and seek God to send the right person to help you to get through this.. See with God you can't go wrong. Find you some scriptures that pertain to unforgiveness and meditate on them. You see Jesus set an example for us when he hung on the cross and they talked bad to him, he didn't retaliate. When he suffered, he didn't say a word. We can give up the need to retaliate because we can commit our cause to our heavenly Father.  His Word urges us to "Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, and every form of malice.}

^{It takes a major effort of the will to "forgive each other, just as in Christ God forgave you" because most of the time, we don't feel like forgiving. When we choose with our will to obey God, He will give us the power to do what is necessary. If we won't forgive, bitterness will become firmly entrenched in our characters. It will make us cynical, unable to trust, and unable to maintain close relationships. On the other hand, forgiveness will free us to go on in peace, unhindered in our enjoyment of the Lord. Let's forgive. Let's let go of the past and leave all the paying back to Him.Unforgiveness in the heart of a Christian hinders the answer to his prayers. A grudge, a root of bitterness, or even hate, it may be blocking the answer to your prayers. Seek God so you can free yourself from all that poison. That way you can move forward in Him.}



                                                          Teka Woods

How to encourage yourself when nobody is there…….

When you are down and discourage and you can't find anybody to talk to or if you did find someone and they are not helping you, what can you do to encourage and help yourself. Well if you are sitting there meditating on whatever problem or situation that it might be…..then STOP!!! DO NOT DO THAT.  Everyone meditates on something but often it is on the wrong thing, or with the wrong focus. See one of the meanings for "meditate" means to murmur, and implies the moving of the lips and another means to converse with yourself. It is your "self talk" the way that you speak to yourself about the things in your life.  It is in your mouth and the first thing you need to do is to start thinking on something positive and not to let another negative thought flow through your head. Dig deep within yourself and find your inner strength and use that to start bringing you back to life. Get up go to your Word and find scriptures that pertain to your situation and start to speak to that situation. If you are depressed meditate The joy of the Lord is my strength (Nehemiah 8:10), and before you know it you will rejoicing the Lord and you will be back to yourself. Let your meditation be about the Lord, about His love, His Word, His promises, and about His goodness. When you do that, you will be able to cast your cares on the Lord, with strong confidence that He cares about everything going on in your life. (1 Peter 5:7) We as children of God have the victory all we have to do is keep our eyes on him.

Anyone that has a comment, questions, or anything else to add in to help someone please feel free to do so.

                                                                                                                              Teka Woods