MGD: The Freedom of Letting Go

Shalon beloved, thank you for joining us right here on

Radio HCI today for today's morning Glory devotion. We are

the kill Sins from Harvest Chapel International, Daniemko Marsi, and

we deem it a great privilege to come your way

once again with today's message. Let us kindly share a

word of prayer. Dear Father, we thank you for gathering

us under your feet to hear your word. Please enlighten

us once again in Jesus his name. Amen, let us

kind of take our confession for today from Joshua, Chapter one,

verse eight. Joshua, Chapter one, the verse eight. This book

of the Law shall not depart from my mouth, but

I shall meditate in it day and night, that I

may observe to do according to all that is written

in it. For then I will make my way prosperous,

and then I will have good success. Amen. Today's message

is titled The Freedom of Letting Go. The Freedom of

Letting Go, written by Pastor and Missus Bruce Smith. Our

scripture reading shall be taken from Collusions, Chapter three, the

verse twelve to thirteen. Collusions Chapter three, the verse twelve

to thirteen. I will be reading from the New international version. Therefore,

as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clode yourselves

with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other,

and forgive one another. If any of you has a

grievance against someone, forgive as the Lord forgive you. The

Lord add his blessings to the reading and hearing of

his word. Thanks be to God Aimen the freedom of

letting go. It doesn't take one to live long enough

to know the quiet ache of being hurt by someone

you trusted. A sharp word spoken in anger, a betrayal

from a close friend, a promise broken without second thought.

When someone wounds us deeply, our natural response is to

tighten our grip. We replay the secondstance in our minds,

rehairs what we should have said or done, and without

realizing it, we carry out our fence like a heavy

stone everywhere we go. Before long, we ruin what was

once a beautiful relationship. As CS. Louise observed, everyone says

forgiveness is a lovely idea until they have something to forgive.

It is easy to tell people to forgive, but in

practice it often feels impossible. We worry that if we forgive,

we are saying that what happened to us did not matter,

or that we must immediately walk back into a situation

that broke our hearts. To forgive simply means to cancel

a debt. It is an active choice of the heart

to stop holding a person hostage in your mind. It

is deciding that you will no longer demand payment or

wait for them to make things right before you choose

to have peace. True forgiveness is not pretending that wrong

was right. It is not excusing the injury or playing

down your pain. It is looking the wound in the

eye and choosing to release the offender anyway, remembering that

we ourselves are beneficiaries of a greater demonstration of mercy

and continue to benefit from Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. Beloved,

forgiveness does not mean you will automatically forget what happened.

You may still remember the event, but through the grace

of God, the memory slowly loses a sharp sting and

the bitter poison is drained away. When Jesus hang on

the cross, looking down at the very men who nailed

him there, he prayed, Father, forgive them, for they do

not know what they do. He did not wait for

them to apologize. He sounded the right to strike back.

Joseph chose to let go and forgive his brothers. Stephen

forgave his accusers when stoned to death, and the prodigal

son was accepted again by his father. It is now

our tend to let go that hurt. God is asking

us to unclench our fists. For holding onto resentment does

not change the person who has us. It only keeps

us bound to the memory. When you forgive, you are

not letting them off the hook. You are letting yourself

out of the prison. Amen, let us kindly take our

memory verse for today. Our memory verse is taken from

Ephician chapter four, the verse thirty two. Efficient chapter four,

the verse thirty two. And be kind to one another,

tender hearted forgiving one another, even ask God in Christ

forgive you. And be kind to one another, tender hearted

forgiving one another, even ask God in Christ forgive you. Amen,

let us kind of share a word of prayer, ever

loving and forgiving, Father, we thank you for the blessing

of today's word. We admit we have not been as

forgiven as you are. We receive grace to let go

of any pain or heads that was cast at the

hands of any offender. Lighten our hearts from bitterness and

give us the grace to forgive and surrender the right

to strike back, even without a qualified apology. We receive

strength to let go of that offense. Make us loving

and forgiving, just like you have always been in Jesus's name. Amen, God,

richly bless you for staying all through today's message. We

hope to have you here again at the same time

tomorrow morning, by God's grace. Keep listening to Radio HCI

today for more spread field content. Stay blessed shalom.