The weekend message for the beloved Children of God is - Understanding!

The weekend message for the beloved Children of God is - Understanding!

 

Let us get some understanding of true Love. True love is an everlasting love, and the only one that has this kind of love is God. God’s love is not like man’s love. God’s love does not change,under any circumstances or conditions. He will never stop loving His children, He will never hold back any good thing from His beloved children.The freeness,eternality and immutability of God’s love to us in Christ means that our everlasting salvation is a matter of absolute certainty. Nothing “shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus.” Ask yourself,"Who has hurt you? Who has offended you? Who has lied to you or about you?  Who has betrayed you?" How does God want us to respond to people who hurt us? It is "normal" and "easy" to lash out with our words, toward the one who has hurt you.But, this is not God's way! So, how do we act to someone who has hurt us? Instead of planning revenge,we are to offer a simple prayer, "God, please help this person and forgive them."First you must go to the Lord in prayer,and ask God to forgive them and then ask God to help you to forgive them.Read Matthew 6:14-15,For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.The normal response to someone who hurts you is to hurt them back. When we do that we fall into the same act as the other person.That makes us stoop to the level of disobedience. God's blessing is far more important than the hurt from other people. So the greatest benefit from following God's instructions to forgive those who hurt you, trust God's power and plan. God has a better plan for you, He has created you to do good works and to forgive others. Your actions need to be determined,not by the response of the other person, but in obedience to what God said to do. The bible has commanded us to love one another also, read John 13:34, A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. God has spoken the word of truth, He first loved us and commanded us to continue in this love walk. We may not feel like loving someone who has hurt us, but God said we must obey His word. We cannot let anger overtake us, because it will hold us from moving forward.God simply says, pray for them. So, what should I pray about? Pray that God will help you to love this person. Pray that God will help you to see the good about this person, and God's plan in them.Pray that God will restore and reposition them to Him. What do these prayers do? They focus your attention on God. Instead of being consumed with the hurt, you focus on God the one who can heal the hurt, and give you the power to respond in a radically new way.The message is to you, that He has a plan for your response, and His plan will take you beyond the hurt to a place of healing and growth. Then, just like Joseph you will be able to look back on that hurtful experience and say, "You intended to harm me, but God used it for my good to accomplish His plan in my life." We walk by faith not by sight.We obey your word today Lord, forgive us Lord, for being disobedience to your word. Let us forgive and live by your word that brings life to us. We thank you Lord for your word.