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MGD: The Freedom of Letting Go - 3

Harvest Chapel International - Kumasi

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  1. Saralon Beloved, you are welcome to today's Morning Glory Devotion.

  2. We are the kill Sins from the Harvest Chapel International, Dania, Miko, Marcy,

  3. and we are humbled to be bringing to you another

  4. episode of our Morning Glory devotion. Let us Callie share

  5. a word of prayer. Dear Father, we thank you for

  6. gathering us once again around your world. Please open our

  7. hearts and our minds to receive your truth in Jesus

  8. might name. Amen. Let us kindly take our confession for

  9. today from Joshua chapter one, verse eight. Joshua Chapter one,

  10. the verse eight. This book of the Law shall not

  11. be part from my mouth, but I shall meditate in

  12. it day and night, that I may observe to do

  13. according to all that is written in it. For then

  14. I will make my way prosperous, and then I will

  15. have good success. Aimen. Today we bring you the third

  16. and final part of the message, The Freedom of Letting

  17. Go sab themed The Blessings and Power of Forgiveness. The

  18. Blessings and Power of Forgiveness, written by Pastor and Missus

  19. Bruce Smith. Our scripture reading shall be taken from Genesis

  20. chapter forty five from the verse one to fifteen Genesis

  21. forty five, from the verse one to fifteen, I will

  22. be reading from the New Living Translation. Joseph could stand

  23. it no longer. There were many people in the room,

  24. and he said to his attendance, out all of you.

  25. So he was alone with his brothers when he told

  26. them who he was. Then he broke down and wept.

  27. He wept so loudly the Egyptians would hear him, and

  28. word of it quickly carried to Pharaoh's palace. I am Joseph,

  29. he said to his brothers. Is my father still alive?

  30. But his brothers were speechless. They were stunned to realize

  31. that Joseph was standing there in front of them. Please

  32. come closer, he said to them. So they came closer,

  33. and he said again, I am Joseph, your brother, whom

  34. you sold into slavery in Egypt. But don't be upset,

  35. and don't be angry with yourselves for selling me to

  36. this place. It was God who sends me here ahead

  37. of you to preserve your lives. This farming that has

  38. ravaged the land for two years will last five more years,

  39. and there will be neither plowing nor harvest. The God

  40. has sent me ahead of you to keep you and

  41. your families alive and to preserve many survivors. So it

  42. was God who sends me here, not you, And He

  43. is the one who made me an adviser to Pharaoh,

  44. the manager of his entire palace, and the governor of

  45. all Egypts. Now, hurry back to my father and tell

  46. him this is what your son, Joseph says. God has

  47. made me master over all the land of Egypt. So

  48. come down to me immediately. You can live in the

  49. region of Goshen, where you can be near me, with

  50. all your children and grandchildren, your flocks and heads, and

  51. everything you own. I will take care of you there,

  52. for there are still five years of farming ahead of us.

  53. Otherwise your household and all your animals will starve. Then,

  54. Joseph added, look, you can see for yourselves, and so

  55. can my brother Benjamin, that I really am. Joseph. Go

  56. tell my father of my honored position here in Egypt.

  57. Describe for him everything you have seen, and then bring

  58. my father here Quickly. Weeping with joy, he embraced Benjamin,

  59. and Benjamin did the same. Then Joseph kissed each of

  60. his brothers and wept over them, and after that they

  61. began talking freely with him. The Lord add his blessings

  62. to the reading and hearing of this word. Thanks be

  63. to God, Amen. The freedom of letting go. Pat. Three,

  64. The Blessings and power of forgiveness. In our last two

  65. episodes on the freedom of letting go, we define forgiveness

  66. as the decision to parton our offenders and not pay

  67. them back for their wrong We concluded that forgiveness is

  68. a lifestyle and not a one of events. Daily, we

  69. must choose to release those who hurt us, even when

  70. the painful memories return. Today, we examine the impact of

  71. forgiveness on our relationships. Genesis chapter forty five introduces us

  72. to a man named Joseph. Joseph had every reason to

  73. carry bitterness to his grave. His brothers betrayed him, threw

  74. him into a pit, and sold him as a slave.

  75. Later in slavery, he was falsely accused and left forgotten

  76. in a cold prison cell. He could easily have spent

  77. his life seeking revenge. Yet when God elevated him to power,

  78. Joseph chose forgiveness instead. Standing before the very brothers who

  79. had ruined his life, he declared God meant it for good.

  80. Forgiveness allowed Joseph to see God's pep was beyond man's cruelty.

  81. Bitterness imprisons the heart, but forgiveness sets it free. Resentment

  82. drains emotional energy, poisons relationships, clouds judgment, and often hinders

  83. our fellowship with God. Forgiveness, however, restore peace, renews joy

  84. and opens the door for healing. Those who refuse to

  85. forgive often continue to relive the offense long after it

  86. has happened, but those who forgive reclaim the freedom to

  87. live fully in God's purpose precious one. Forgiveness heals relationships.

  88. Relationships do not break because people make mistakes. They often

  89. break because people refuse to forgive. A home where forgiveness

  90. is practiced becomes a place of peace, and marriage marked

  91. by mercy survives the hard days. A web place where

  92. people are quick to forgive enjoys greater corporation. A church

  93. marked by forgiveness reflects the character of Christ to the world.

  94. No relationship can survive without forgiveness, because every relationship eventually

  95. experiences some misunderstanding or disappointment. Most importantly, forgiveness deepens our

  96. walk with God. Jesus taught that if we forgive those

  97. who sin against us. Our heavenly Father will forgive us.

  98. But if we refuse to forgive others, our Father will

  99. not forgive our sins. Matthew Chatter six the verse fourteen

  100. to fifteen. Every time we forgive, we mirror the heart

  101. of God. We become living testimonies of the Gospel, demonstrating

  102. that Christ's love is stronger than any offense, and his

  103. grace greater than any human failure. We deep in our

  104. relationship with God and position ourselves to receive a daily

  105. flow of His mercies in our life lives precious one.

  106. Perhaps today God is asking you to make a simple

  107. phone call, write a short message, or quietly release a

  108. name to Him in prayer. Forgiveness does not change what

  109. happened yesterday, but it clears the path for a quiet

  110. and peaceful tomorrow. God rishly bless you. Amen, let us

  111. kindly take our memory verse for today. Our memory verse

  112. will be taken from Mark chapter eleven, the verse twenty five,

  113. Mark eleven, the verse twenty five. I will be reading

  114. from the New King James version. And whenever you stand praying,

  115. if you have anything against anyone, forgive him that your

  116. father in Heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. And

  117. whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone,

  118. forgive him that your father in heaven may also forgive

  119. you your trespasses. Amen, let us kindly share a word

  120. of prayer. Dear Father, we bless you for the liberating

  121. power of your word. Today we pray for the same

  122. grace you gave Joseph, that we may see your divine

  123. purpos beyond the heads and betrayals we have experienced. Please

  124. help us to release every form of resentment so that

  125. our relationships can experience some true healing. Paid in our homes,

  126. our churches, and our workplaces so that they can become

  127. places of peace. Make us live in testimonies of your gospel.

  128. Help us to murror your heart of mercy so that

  129. our fellowship with you will continually grow deeper in Jesus's

  130. mighty name. Amen, beloved, Just as coryten Boom said, always

  131. remember that forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door

  132. of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. God rishly bless

  133. you for being with us all through the series. On

  134. our morning glory devotion, Candly join us again for another

  135. episode tomorrow morning, by God's grace at the very same time,

  136. stay tuned to Radio HCI Today for more spirit field content.

  137. Stapless Shalom