"And whenever you stand praying, if you
have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also
forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your
Father in heaven forgive your trespasses." – Mark 11.25-26
While we often get caught up in preferences and choices and
styles and methods of worship and practice Jesus made things very simple. Sadly
it is the simple things that we too often forget about.
Jesus said this about prayer – ‘If you are praying and have
anything against anyone forgive him so that you can have your own sins
forgiven.’
It really only makes sense. If I am God’s child there is no
way I can measure up to Jesus’ level of forgiveness for me. How then can I not
forgive others?
True faith and unforgiveness are not compatible. It can’t
happen. If a person has an unforgiving spirit there has to be a question about
whether or not they have ever experienced Christ’s forgiveness.
It doesn’t do much good to pray if we don’t know how to
forgive. If we can’t forgive it is time for a serious heart check.
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