A Tale Of Two Sinners

How many of you here, there's someone in your past that has hurt you? The memory torments you. Just the recalling of it sends you into a rage. You know you need to forgive that person if you're ever going to really have real peace. It's for your benefit. Secondly, how many of you here need to extend forgiveness to your husband, to your wife, for your family relationships to be healed? Think about it. "Forgive one another for Christ's sake," because if you do not forgive another, God will not forgive you.

Or how many of you here can say, "Pastor, my relationships are corrupted by bitterness, and resentment, and rejection? I would love to live a life of joy and peace, but there's that something in my past that gnaws at my mind and never lets me go. I want the cord to be broken. I want joy. I want peace. I'm tired of this corruption destroying my life." If any of those things describes you, I want to have a prayer with you this morning. You're going to go from this place different today. Do you see how much pain this represents and how much of it is immediately going to be removed when we pray this prayer? And I'm going to tell you to exercise your faith and let it go. Pray this prayer with me.

Heavenly Father, I come before your throne, in the precious name of Jesus. And for Christ' sake, I ask you to forgive me all of my sin. And I ask you, on this day, to let me have the power and the grace to forgive those who have wounded me, those who have intentionally hurt me, those who have brought to my life great grief. Father God, today in Jesus' name, I forgive them. I forgive them. It's over! I'm free, in Jesus' name! Give the Lord a shout of praise in the house of God! Amen. Amen. Amen.