Living Free of Unforgiveness

Dear Father,

I come before You today Lord, and I pray that Your would enable each of my children and Grandchildren to live in ongoing forgiveness. Teach them the depth of Your forgiveness towards them so that they can be freely forgiving towards others. Help them to make the decision to forgive based on what You have asked us to do and not on what feels good at the moment. May they understand that forgiveness does not justify the other person's action; instead it makes them free. Help each of them to understand that only You know the whole story about any of us, and that is why they do not have the right to judge.
Lord, Your Word says, "He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes." (I John 2:10-11) Thank You for showing me this morning where I have been walking in unforgiveness and helping me to forgive others and leave it to You. I do not want unforgiveness in my life. I want to see clearly and know where I'm going, and I pray that for these children as well. May each of them always walk in the light of love and forgiveness. Enable them to forgive family members, friends, and all others as well. Teach them to release the past to You so that they can move into all that You have for them. Do not allow them to harbor resentment, anger, and bitterness, but rather help them to turn these feelings over to You immediately whenever they creep in.
I pray that they will forgive themselves for times they have failed, and may they never blame You, Lord, for things that happen on this earth and in their lives. According to Your Word I pray that they will love their enemies, bless those who curse them, do good to those who hate them, and pray for those who spitefully use and persecute them, so that they may enjoy all Your blessings. (Matthew 5:44-45) In Jesus' Holy name, I pray that they will live in the fullness of Your forgiveness for them and walk in the freedom of forgiveness in their own heart.

I ask all of this according to Your good and perfect will,
In Jesus' Holy name,
Amen

(Prayer and scripture from "The Power of a Praying Parent"--Stormie Omartian)



WEAPONS OF WARFARE:

Ephesians 4:31-32 (Amplified Bible)
31)Let all bitterness and indignation and wrath (passion, rage, bad temper) and resentment (anger, animosity) and quarreling (brawling, clamor, contention) and slander (evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language) be banished from you, with all malice (spite, ill will, or baseness of any kind).
32)And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave you.


Matthew 6:14-15 (Amplified Bible)
14)For if you forgive people their trespasses [their [a]reckless and willful sins, [b]leaving them, letting them go, and [c]giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15)But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their [d]reckless and willful sins, [e]leaving them, letting them go, and [f]giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses.


Matthew 18:34-35 (Amplified Bible)
34)And in wrath his master turned him over to the torturers (the jailers), till he should pay all that he owed.
35)So also My heavenly Father will deal with every one of you if you do not freely forgive your brother from your heart his offenses.



Proverbs 19:11 (Amplified Bible)
Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.



Mark 11:25 (Amplified Bible)
And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him and [a]let it drop (leave it, let it go), in order that your Father Who is in heaven may also forgive you your [own] failings and shortcomings and let them drop.