Forgive and be Forgiven

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Matthew 6:14-15
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

In Scripture, we see how Jesus forgave people. For example, the woman caught in adultery and the criminal who was crucified with him. There is no sin too great to be forgiven. All sin is equal in God’s sight because God is infinitely good. And yet, if I confess my sin to him, God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse me.

However, there is one sin that can inhibit God’s forgiveness, and that is unforgiveness because unforgiveness insults God’s forgiveness. It’s like two people stranded in the desert dying of thirst. A man appears with a large pitcher of water, and the first man drinks all of it without offering any to his dying friend.

Unforgiveness will destroy the one holding on to it. If you’re harbouring unforgiveness,  come quickly to the feet of Jesus and forgive your brother. Do this you will know the liberty of forgiving and being forgiven.

God-tracking is relishing in forgiveness

READ ALL ABOUT IT
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you.
1 John 1:8-9
John 8:1-10
Luke 23:39-43
Romans 3:23-24

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Humble Truth

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“In every skirmish you face, be sure to humble your heart before God and subscribe to the truth.”

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1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.

A story is told of a terrible conflict that arose between two men in a small village. Unable to resolve their disagreement, the men decided to visit the wise elder who lived in the hills. The first man carefully recounted his story to the sage, to which the old man replied, “You are absolutely right.” The next day, the second man made his way up the hills to sit at the elder’s feet. He told his side of the story with much passion, to which the old man replied, “You are absolutely right.” After he left, the elder’s wife scolded her husband, “Those two men told you two conflicting stories, yet you told them both that they were absolutely right. That's impossible. How can they both be absolutely right?" The sage turned to his dear old wife and said, "You're absolutely right."

You may smile, yet in every conflict, there are always two sides of the story. For each person, his side of the story is always absolutely right. Yet this is indeed impossible. For the most part, conflict is so often based on two central criteria: pride and perception. So often in a disagreement, one man may perceive the situation to be true while the other may perceive it to be false. Then pride settles in and claims, “I’m absolutely right and you’re absolutely wrong!” resulting in conflict and confrontation. However, in every conflict, there can always be only one absolutely right scenario—the truth!

Jesus said, “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." He also said that he is the Truth. In the book of Ephesians, we are told to put on the whole armour of God, part of which is the belt of truth, which is buckled around our waists. Only the truth will resolve a conflict, because the truth is always absolutely right and the truth will out! The truth never needs to be defended. The truth only needs to be born testimony of. The truth will set the heart of conflict free, but only if that heart is not being strangled by arrogant pride. The proud will fall while God will exalt the humble.

Therefore, in every skirmish you face, be sure to humble your heart before God (since God knows the truth) and subscribe to the truth. If you are in the wrong, then humbly apologise and correct your opinion. If you are walking in truth, then humbly receive an apology. The Lord watches over the truth because he is the Truth. So, be still and don’t fret when evil seems to prevail. God will vindicate the truth, always!

God-tracking is resolving conflict in humble truth.

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John 8:31-36
John 14:6
Ephesians 6:10-18
Proverbs 16:18
James 4:10
Psalm 37:7

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“Above all, help me to not be prejudiced toward my opponent and to walk in love.”

“Sovereign Lord, I admit that I am facing conflict today. Sometimes it’s difficult to see the wood for the trees when I’m in a fray, but I pray that you will reveal the truth to me. Please forgive me for my pride. I humbly submit to you and to the truth. If I’m wrong, then help me change my opinion. But if I’m right, dear Lord, then help me to simply witness to the truth in all humility. Above all, help me to walk in love. Whatever happens, O Lord, I pray that you will resolve this conflict. Amen.”

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Uncompromised Love

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“Our God is faithful and his love endures forever. What a prime example of fatherhood for you and me.”

Psalm 136:1 (ESV)
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Dave’s teenage son sat whimpering on the sofa. He’d just arrived home well past his curfew, and a little over, what might be deemed, a reasonable limit for a 16-year-old. “I - I’m sorry, dad,” he whined. “Sean, you know we believe you’re too young to consume alcohol!” asserted his father while his mother unleashed her disdain at his behaviour. 

Dave had raised his children as Christian believers. Both his son and daughter had discovered their own faith and accepted Christ as Lord. They had been schooled in the principles of Scripture and encouraged to acknowledge God in all they do. Yet, here was a case when his teenage son had violated the standards his father had set and had compromised his example of faith.

As Dave watched his repentant son rocking on the sofa, he was filled with deep compassion. “Sean,” he said, “you know you have broken my trust. You have violated the standards I’ve set for you for godly living, and that’s sin. But I love you. Though you may prove to be the source of grief to your mother and me, we will never, never stop loving you.” Hugging his sobbing son, Dave added, “Sean, there is nothing you could ever do that would cause us to stop loving you. We loved you before you broke our confidence and we still love you.”

Young Sean is indicative of the state of man. The Bible tells us that we have all sinned and violated the impeccable standards of God’s word. However, we read that while we were still sinners, God demonstrated his love for us in that Jesus died to redeem us from the curse of sin. Like Sean, you and I have broken our Father’s confidence and violated his standards. Yet, on confession of our sin, our Father is faithful and just to forgive us. He loves us and nothing, nothing will ever separate us from this love. Our God is faithful and his love endures forever. What a prime example of fatherhood.

Suan apologised to his mom and dad and repented before God for his wrongdoing and never violated their standards in this way again. It was his father’s uncompromised standards and his uncompromised love that changed the heart of this rebellious young man. Today, Sean is married with his own children, setting in them the same standards that his father set in him.

God-tracking is uncompromised love.

IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT. (NKJV)
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
Romans 3:10-18, 23-24
Romans 5:8
1 John 1:9
Psalm 100:5 (NIV)

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“Help me to show that same love to my family as you have shown to me.”

“Dear Father, I admit that I have violated your goodness and sinned against you. I’m sorry, Lord. I confess my sin and trust that your unconditional love will forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. Thank you for your generous fatherly love. I know that nothing (not even my own wrongdoing) can separate me from your love. Help me to show that same love to my family as you have shown to me. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, https://www.surereality.net/podcasts/

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

GOD-TRACKING IS LIVING WITH AN ATTITUDE OF UNQUALIFIED FORGIVENESS

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11 December 2015

Dear God-tracker

Matthew 6:12
…and forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.

GOD-TRACKING IS LIVING WITH AN ATTITUDE OF UNQUALIFIED FORGIVENESS

Jan felt the pain rising up in her chest. Rod was sitting across the table from her with his head in his hands and his fingers moist with tears. He had just confessed to being unfaithful to his wife. “I… I am very, very sorry. I was wrong. I sinned. Please forgive me,” said Rod.

Rod and Jan had been married for 12 years. Neither of them had so much as toyed with the idea of an extramarital relationship. Sadly, an old friend had come back into their lives; a woman Rod had known before his marriage. Rod had dropped his guard and the devil took advantage of his weakness. Now he sat before his wife in unconditional apology and repentance. Jan knew well it would take a long time to heal this dilemma but she had one of two choices: to become bitter and retaliate or to unconditionally forgive.

Jesus hung on a savage cross. Blood from the spikes in his wrists dripped from his skin to the dirt below. His eyes were swollen shut and his jaw throbbed with pain from the beatings. Torn and wounded, the Son of God groaned. His lips moved. Those closest to him heard his stilted tones, “Father, forgive them.” How could this man forgive those that had just condemned and crucified him unjustly? Yet, even before repentance was on his accusers’ lips, Christ forgave.

Forgiveness is unqualified. God chose to forgive you of your sins even before you were born. The crucifixion of Christ almost 2000 years ago made forgiveness available to you today. By his grace, when you finally realised your folly and confessed your sin, in repentance, his forgiving became your forgiveness. Forgiveness predates apology. Forgiveness is a mind-set we choose to adopt, because God has forgiven us. Jesus taught us to pray, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.”
Forgiveness heals the offended. Whatever offence you have endured, you have only two options before you: become bitter and retaliate or to forgive unconditionally.

God-tracking is living with an attitude of unqualified forgiveness

Keep your eyes on Jesus 

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…Luke 23:26-43
Matthew 6:7-15

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up!

Help me to take your example of forgiveness to forgive

Pray
 “Dear Lord, I realise now that I have been harbouring unforgiveness in my heart. I am sorry, Lord. I realise that unforgiveness will only destroy me. So I confess unforgiveness as a sin and repent of it. I now choose to confess forgiveness of this person who has offended, even if they choose not to apologise. Help me to offer un-qualified forgiveness; to forgive without saying, ‘I forgive you but…’ And now I pray that this forgiveness on my lips will sink down into my heart. Help me to take your example of forgiveness to forgive. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.”

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