Jesus First Part 5
When You Stand Praying, Forgive
February 18, 2024
When Jesus is first,
Forgive - to send forth, forsake, lay aside, leave, let go. To
1. Jesus connected forgiveness and
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Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
25 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.” —Mark 11:24-26
- When we are PRAYING, that’s
The Lord’s Prayer. A Prayer template.
9 In this manner, therefore, pray:
> Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
> 10 Your kingdom come. > Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
> 12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
> 13 And do not lead us into temptation, > But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. —Matthew 6:9-15
2. Jesus connected forgiving others with
forgiveness ourselves.
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. —Matthew 6:14-15
3. Jesus said that forgiveness is about the heart, not the
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Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.” 5 And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” —Luke 17:3-5
Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?”
22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. —Mattthew 18:21-22Love keeps no record of wrongs. —I Corinthians 13:5
- Jesus made sure to move the mark so far that it was simply
So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses. —Matthew 18:35
The Supernatural Power of Forgiveness. 7 Things:
- Forgiveness has supernatural power - the power to change the world.
1) Forgiveness is
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” —Luke 23:24
2) Forgiveness closes and opens
Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive…11 lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. —2 Corinthians 2:10a-11
3) Forgiveness
- Forgiveness doesn’t support bad behavior – it sets you free!
4) Forgiveness is the foundation of the
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. —Matthew 5:9
2 Corinthians 5:18 - Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,
- We can remain
“In prayer there is a connection between what God does and what you do. You can’t get forgiveness from God, for instance, without also forgiving others. If you refuse to do your part, you cut yourself off from God’s part. —Matthew 6:14-15 MSG
- Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.” ~ C.S. Lewis”
- Unforgiveness
29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. —Ephesians 4:29-32
- Grieve means to offend, make uneasy, or to
a) On a fundamental level, we need to forgive just for the sake of forgiveness, for our own right standing with God.
b) When we don’t, and when we allow bitterness to fester, we shut down the anointing and grieve the Spirit of God.
7) Forgiveness moves the forgiver from being a victim to a victor, an
- Forgiveness prevents the hurt, however severe, from developing into an identity, and reverses the process if it already has.