Seven Steps To Forgiving Someone Who Really Hurt You

At that moment, you are turned over to the tormentors and locked in the prison cell, just like the unforgiving servant was.

And that door stays locked, and you will continue being tormented, until you forgive. And I think too many believers do not realize these torments can be the torment of sickness or disease, maybe you have been turned over to the torment of never having enough, or the torment of terrible regret. There are many types of torment ...

I have been observing a really disturbing trend for some time now that is increasing exponentially and is going to send many people to hell including many MANY Christians.

Mark 11:25

25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Luke 17:3-4

3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

2 Corinthians 2:5-8

5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.

6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.

OFFENSE IS THRIVING, SO IS UNFORGIVENESS

Okay, now I want to talk to you about something that has come up in my spirit several times in the past several years and I believe the Lord is trying to show it to me again, so we can all look at it together.

I believe it is possible we have unforgiveness towards people we DON’T EVEN KNOW. Let’s test my theory. Could you have unforgiveness towards…

• Former President Obama?

• President Trump?

• The Police Officers accused of shooting unarmed persons?

If you felt anger rise up in you at the mention of anyone I just mentioned, you have it - unforgiveness towards people we just hear about on the news.

Gossiping is Complaining = Remaining

And when we are that upset about somebody or something, we want to talk about it, yall!! We want to complain and explain to all our friends WHY that person was WRONG WRONG WRONG, don’t we?

And by doing that, we are holding hands with the devil and opening our doors to that root of bitterness that is even now gripping our heart and squeezing all the joy and life right out of us.

Have you ever sat and just listened to people have a heated argument over politics? This is what you were witnessing.

And let me tell you something – FORGIVING is HARD TO DO. We would rather hold on to our pain and anger and rehash it until we have beaten that thing plumb to death. Beating something plumb to death is a Southern expression, but I’m sure know what I mean.

We can get COMFORTABLE with our anger and unforgiveness. We take comfort in thinking about how they did us wrong, and talking about how they did us wrong. WHY? Because holding on to sin requires NO EFFORT. It is the laying down of sin that requires effort.