Daily Affirmation – Forgiveness

Today, I choose to forgive because I was forgiven.

It is actually harder to walk around with anger, resentment, and hatred. These emotions and feelings take  hold to you and weigh you down while keeping you from experiencing the joys of life and the joys that come from the lord.  When you forgive, do not excuse your brother or sister’s behavior, however, let your  forgiveness, stop their behavior from destroying your heart.

The Lord Jesus Christ himself has laid his life down for us, in order for us to live. He died in order to forgive our transgressions and ours sins. The lord has made it possible for us to live and not die through a forgiveness that is only found in him.

With that being said, isn’t only right to forgive our neighbors for the iniquities that were performed against us? To forgive them of the harmed they have caused us? To forgive them for the way they mistreated us? Shouldn’t we forgive them because forgiveness will heal our own pain and free us from the bondage of unforgiveness? We should forgive our brothers and sisters, because we have been forgiven.

The bible tells us in Matthew 18: 21-22 that Peter got up the nerve to ask, “Master, how many times I forgive a brother or sister who hurts me? Seven?” Jesus replied, “Seven! Hardly. Try seventy times seven.

Continue to forgive as the Lord continues to forgive you.