John, this is a wonderful expansion of the article I posted.  Thank you for
the reminder about forgiveness, no matter what someone has done to me.  I
needed to read that this evening.

Love,
Helen

Earlier, John Schwery wrote:
>Helen, surely, these are wonderful verses.  People don't realize that God
>has forgiven them for all sins, past, present and future.  And, people
>don't forgive themselves.  Aren't you glad he said, the East is from the
>west, and not the North is from the South?  The Lord said, in Jeremiah 31:3:
>
>Jer 31:3  The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have
>loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I
>drawn thee.
>
>God can't love us any more than he already does, today.  And there is
>nothing that we can do to make Him stop loving us.  As the verse said, an
>everlasting love.  And, if that isn't enough, read ?Romans Chapter
>8:35-39.  If you will allow these truths into your life, I promise you,
>they will affect your life.  You will grow in your Christian life move
>forward with confidence and without fear and start loving people
>unconditionally, as God loves us, no matter how they treat you.  That
>reminds me of another verse:
>
>Eph 4:32  And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
>another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
>
>Here is another that came up in my search for the other.
>
>Col 3:13  Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man
>have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.
>
>Start to realize just how much, God has forgiven you, and you will be able
>to start forgiving people for what they have done to you.
>
>earlier, Helen, wrote:
> >Failure and Success: Paralysis From Past Mistakes
> >
> >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. --Psalm 103:11-12
> >
> >Do not let any of the things of the world or past mistakes paralyze your
> >hearts. I believe there are Christians who have allowed some of their past
> >mistakes to paralyze them. You were so bright and cheerful in your
> >spiritual life once, and then you made some tragic mistake or had something
> >happen to you. You got out of it somehow, and prayed and wept your way out
> >of it. But it did something to you, and now you cannot lick it. Past wrongs
> >that have been done to you, past failures, times you thought you were going
> >to win and did not, or present sins or discouragement-these things are not
> >mental at all. They are deeper than that; they are subconscious, and they
> >prevent us from believing.
> >
> >I most urgently exhort you, and I trust God Almighty to deliver you; to
> >sponge that out of your spirit; to sponge that out of your heart so you are
> >not hindered by unbelief. Rut, Rot or Revival: The Condition of the Church,
> >pp. 162-163
> >
> >"Lord, I'm surely not the only one who desperately needs this reminder this
> >morning. So many of us struggle with past sins, failures, or hurts. I pray
> >for all of my fellow-servants who need deliverance, who need to have the
> >past sponged out of their spirits and hearts. Amen."
>
>John
>
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