FORGIVE TO LIVE: The Struggle of Forgiveness

You need to forgive is what Pastor Anthony Does in his captivating message implores us to do, over and over again. When you live in bitterness, your soul is poisoned and jaded by the past. The flesh wants you to be angry, jaded and bitter but in Christ you have the power to forgive and move forward. Forgive to live! Forgiving those who have sinned against us is rarely just a one-time act. It’s easy if someone has committed a minor offense against us, we forgive and move on. Sometimes we even forget about it. But if someone has hurt us deeply, betrayed our trust, abused us or one we love, forgiveness becomes both a one-time act and a process. We forgive. And when that old venom burns within us once again, we forgive. Again. Sometimes daily. We pray also that Christ may root out of our hearts the bitterness that we feel.