November 17, 2013

When you obey God and forgive, you not only release the persons that have wronged you, but you also free yourself. You loose yourself from a life of torment and bondage. When you disobey God’s word on forgiving, you are turned over to the tormentors. What are the tormentors? When you hold unforgiveness in your heart, the tormentors are: bad nerves, upset stomach, ulcers, sometimes arthritis, sometimes a bad heart, headaches, stress, tension, gloom, depression, anxiety, senility, confusion, forgetfulness, and sickness, etc. Your life closes in on you. Instead of being a loving person, you become a bitter person. No love can flow through you because you are so filled with unforgiveness. Living like this opens the door for other spirit to be manifested in your life: resentment, hatred, violence, temper, anger, retaliation, strife, rebellion, destruction, etc. What it comes down to is this: you cannot afford unforgiveness. It cost you too much to hold unforgiveness. And most important, unforgiveness is not in the kingdom of God, nor is anyone who holds it in his or her heart.