Canceling a debt & Valleys

What is forgiveness? 

Forgiveness means not to dwell on the sin that was forgiven to the offender. It is a promise not to raise the issue again to the offender, or to others or himself or herself. Even ‘brooding on the issue’ is a violation of the promise made in granting forgiveness to the offender.

A definition for forgiveness could be -- giving up my right to hurt you, for hurting me. It is impossible to live on this fallen planet without getting hurt, offended, misunderstood, lied to, and rejected. Learning how to respond properly is one of the basics of the Christian life.¹

The word “forgive” means to wipe the slate clean, to pardon, to cancel a debt. When we wrong someone, we seek his or her forgiveness in order for the relationship to be restored. It is important to remember that forgiveness is not granted because a person deserves to be forgiven. Instead, it is an act of love, mercy, and grace.²

Valleys 

Most of us understand that valleys and hardships are part of life, and the question here is can God use these valleys to develop character in our lives? It is also very easy to encourage and teach someone to stand firm, and to move forward with a hope when they are in a valley, unless we are in a valley and we realize to be in a valley is so hard! Sometimes if we do not have a clear perspective this can distort our thinking in many ways:

·         This can distort our perception of God, and also distorts our relationship with Him.

·         Our walk as a Christian can be boring, tired and without enthusiasm.

·         We can lose sight of wanting to grow spiritually and we may become complacent.

·         We may lose sight that only in trials God teaches our hands to war for a victorious life.

Walking Closer with God

With Prayers, Supplications, and Songs

Walking Closer with God is about relationship and here we are talking about relationship with the Living One and Only True God; God of infinite wisdom, majesty, splendour, power and honour Who alone is able to orchestrate events in our lives and is Sovereign. I have taken some golden nuggets from the Bible, so that we can use it and get a deeper understanding of what is written about prayer and supplications.  This book focuses on the most important thing in life and that is communing with God who has formed us, shaped us, and wired us individually; and the One who has seen us in our mother’s womb even before our bones were formed!

If something burdens our mind, it is wiser to go to God in prayer because we want someone to scale the unscalable in our lives. All thoughts which are formed in our minds can be brought in captive to God’s authority by petitioning to the Lord. This means anything which distresses our peace and God’s grace is abundant even when we think it is not there. A right disposition of our mind is so important in all of our circumstances because in this world we will encounter varied situations and it is important we have the right and true perspective and not the perceived perspective. When we have the right perspective our hearts are at ease and we are well balanced people. It is important that we know that He cares and when we express our heart’s desires we are at peace with Him because as His children we need to know that He cares and understands and sympathizes with us in all situations.

When we express our desires to God we are not talking about experiential/emotional/ mystical/ fanatical approach but rather our hearts are drawn closer to the truth so that we as children of God are spared from the deception of end days which is today. We pray that we have deep discernment and understanding when we are grounded in God’s Word. Praying God’s Word is one of the most pragmatic way of staying in God’s truth against from the perceived truth which is the lie of the enemy. I believe Prayer, supplications, Songs and staying in God’s Word is the Sovereign antidote against perplexing fear and anxiety.

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