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Abba, Divine relationship, forgiveness, Forgiving, Holy Spirit, Living in Jesus, love and grace, the Great I Am
Our very existence rests on the forgiving strength of our Creator. Our all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-present Abba humbles Himself, and has lovingly provided all that we could need to embrace a relationship with Him, while Jesus, our Savior, coats us with His righteousness as His personal Spirit, the Holy Spirit, further connects us to the Great I Am. But yet, at a rapid rate there is a flourishing of disobedience, and a monumental amount who are turning away from our Creator while attempting to use and place His name in and on things and situations that are not of Him, and do not line up with His Holy Word. All the while, freely choosing to disrespect authority, although He has called us to respect it, along with disobediently disrespecting His foundational principles and laws, which were established for the maintaining of order on earth. But yet, the majority wonder what is wrongly happening around the world, or even worse, think everything is fine and dandy, and just “one of those things,” or “that’s life.” However, with storms raging and natural disasters increasing, the earth recognizes that it is not “true life,” and is crying out to its Creator for help, but still, by His grace, He holds back, and with His deeply embedded love, His forgiveness is continuously active and alive, while with long-suffering He continues to wait. Instead of pointing our fingers to others, may we lift them up in worship to Him, our Great Creator, whose unconditional love and grace is limitless. The very fact that human existence continues on, is a strong testament to the strength of His profound forgiveness, and deep desire to have us get to know Him and above all, treasure our individually unique relationship with Him, as He covertly reveals to each of us, our true identities found only in Him.
I know the need for self-discipline that if you have repented to God you need to believe His Truth and promise that you are forgiven and not continue to bring it up, but I still find myself saying “I forgive you” in my head to someone who intentionally hurt me without regret and has since died. Is it a lack of self-discipline on my part that as the thoughts occasionally crop up again in my mind I repeat my forgiveness?
I use some of my childhood experiences as an example of how I know when I’ve really forgiven someone. My childhood was extremely rough in some parts and I know I have completely forgiven a close family member because though I remember what happened, I no longer have any pain with the memories and my relationship is now strong. I guess with this other person who has died I have to I keep working on forgiving in my own mind as it crops up and some pain still remains. Over the years it has come up less frequently and the pain is going down each time, but perhaps I am doing wrong in even letting the memory pop up?. I do put the memory away as soon as I forgive them again and won’t continue to dwell on it Unto 70 times 7 times. I guess maybe I’m asking another follower if my thinking and actions are sound and honorable to God or are a lack of faith on my part?
Sometimes we think too much, which then wrongly leads to self-condemnation. A crucial point of healing is to understand that just because we remember doesn’t mean we never forgave them. We try too think too hard on the process, causing ourselves to stumble over second guessing, which is a tactic of the enemy. We only need to ask and speak of it one time, Jesus instantly forgives, anything more doesn’t line up with God’s Holy Word. Remembering can be a tool of the enemy, and when you do remember put it under thankfulness. We enter His gates with thanksgiving in our hearts. For example, as you remember say “thank you Jesus for releasing your forgiveness through me during that time, and for healing my thoughts that are now yours.” (Say whatever The Lord leads you to say regarding that time.) Repetitiously saying that provides a multitude of healing effects that welcomes in the Lord’s healing authority over the issue in your mind. The Holy Spirit teaches through repetition as well sometimes. As I was reading your message, The Lord kept telling me, “focus on Me, focus on Me.” Each time I would read a new part, He would repeat that, telling me that your focus is wrong. The problem had already been dealt with and the Bible reference of 7 x 70 is in regards to the number of acts committed against us, as we forgive each time it is committed, symbolizing that we are open doors of forgiveness which, when you think about it, really isn’t possible without actively living in Jesus, another reminder of how much our Abba wants to communicate with us and have us to always acknowledge Him. Being able to do that becomes a confirmation to our relationship with Him, and is not to be looked as a self-condemnation. And it doesn’t refer to how often in our minds we have to remind ourselves and ask for one or the group of acts to be forgiven. It only needs to be forgiven one time, the power of the Blood! Each time I experience a hurtful reminder, I smile and praise Him for handling it the first time, and for hearing my forgiveness prayer, and then I immediately bring it under thankfulness, where the enemy cannot touch it, nor conceive of it. Self-disciplining happens when you choose to tell your mind it has already been fully taken care of by the Blood of the Lamb, praise Jesus and you move on from there praising Him. And always remember: just because we remember doesn’t mean we never forgave, God doesn’t cause us to stumble, only the enemy tries to. When you remember, just enter His gates with thanksgiving by praising Him and thinking on the Sacrificial Blood of the Lamb coating the person or issue, just how our Abba sees us! Praise Jesus and by praising Him that allows Him to rise you above it and not stay locked down with it, we are set free by the Blood of the Lamb regardless if our minds can comprehend that or not! :)