Humility Cures Worldliness

Jesus Washing Feet

James 4: 7 – 10 - 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.  

 What we need to do is confess and repent of sin.   Pray through Psalm 51 then Psalm 32. and let the Holy Spirit minister to you.  I don't think that it is very hard to say that Unforgiveness which ultimately turns to Bitterness are the two major sins that are holding me and many of you from being all that God wants you to be.  We say it all the time in what we call the Lord's prayer "forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors"  Notice the "as we", God has made our forgiveness conditional.  Jesus goes on to say in Matthew 6:14,15 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.  But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive you.  Know that is powerful stuff.  Unfortunately,  I see it all the time in counseling..

Please listen!!!!  Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is an act of the will. It involves a series of decisions.  Forgiveness is not forgetting. Forgetting is a passive process in which a matter eventually fades from memory merely with the passing of time.   Of course unless someone brings it up again.  Forgiveness is an active process, it involves a conscious choice and a deliberate course of action.

To forgive someone means to release him or her from liability to suffer punishment or penalty for their actions.  You can either take payments on the debt or make payments.

Forgiveness may be described as a decision to make four promises:

1.   I will not dwell on this incident.

2.   I will not bring up this incident again and use it against you.

3.   I will not talk to others about this incident.

4.   I will not let this incident stand between us or hinder our personal relationship, or my relationship with God.