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April 29, 2016

Daily Affirmation – Forgiveness

By Dr. LaTasha Hamlett

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.

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April 26, 2016

Daily Affirmation – Forgiveness

By Dr. LaTasha Hamlett

Today, I forgive myself one day at a time until I reach complete forgiveness.

Forgiveness can be a process, and sometimes a process that will take several steps to reach. Some our journeys towards self-forgiveness may take longer than others. The damaged and harm we may have inflicted on ourselves may be 100 more times devastating, than the harm someone else may have caused. However, we can make a choice to no longer dwell in the past and allow God to do a new thing in us. The journey towards self-forgiveness can be an arduous journey but a freeing one.

Choose to break free of the chains that have kept and that are keeping you captive. Let forgiveness free you from the bondage of your past.

Self-forgiveness is the first step towards freedom and an act of self-love.

Isaiah 43:18-19
18 “Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
19 See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.

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April 24, 2016

Daily Affirmation – Forgiveness

By Dr. LaTasha Hamlett

Today, I choose to forgive myself. Self-forgiveness is essential in order for me to grow.

I will no longer be stuck in the past, I recognize the past is just that “the past.” My past will have no bearing in my future. I choose to learn from my mistakes and no longer be in bondage because of them. I accept my mistakes and decisions for what they were, I do not condone my wrongs, I am accountable for them.

There is no room for guilt, shame, and regrets in my today, tomorrow, or any other day in the future.

I acknowledge that there is a reason for every lesson, and in that lesson, there is a blessing.

God’s mercy for us, allows us to move forward in our lives.

Psalm 103:11-12  “For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”

 

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April 23, 2016

Daily Affirmation – Forgiveness

By Dr. LaTasha Hamlett

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Today, I forgive those who have harmed me in my past and peacefully detach them from my life. Today, I choose to walk in the spirit of forgiveness.

According the the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Forgiveness is “to stop feeling anger about (something) : to forgive someone for (something wrong)”.

Today can be the day that you decide to let go and let God and to no longer be bound by the spirit of unforgiveness. You no longer have to let it rob you of your dreams, joy, hope and happiness. Today you can make the  decision to say goodbye to resentment, anger, and fear through forgiveness.

The bible tells us in Matthew 6:14-15: For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

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