Unforgiveness

The weak can never forgive, forgiveness is the attribute of the strong - Mahatma Gandhi.

Forgiveness is a choice you make.

The roots of unforgiveness are very dangerous, they grow deep below the surface and take hold deep within us.  Staying angry at someone who has hurt you is like taking poison hoping that your enermy will die.

Anger is linked to unforgiveness.

Anger, bitterness, resentment, and unforgiveness are the leading causes of different kinds of sickness and disease.

Spirit of unforgiveness can be passed down as curse.

Anger is like a weapon we carry with us so we can lash out at people who appear to be on the verge of hurting us.

If we do not forgive we will be miserable and our soul will be poisoned with the malignancy of bitterness.  When we forgive someone who has hurt us, we are actually doing ourself a favor.

Forgiveness can be healing balms and protective factors that will enable us to deal with the disease that may result from abusive relationships.  If someone has hurt you deeply and you fail to forgive them, you are allowing them to injure you a second time.  

Our unforgiveness hurts us more than it does anyone else.  God never asks us to do anything unless it is going to ultimately be good for us, so we should trust Him and learn to freely forgive.  Forgiving another does not mean that we condone their actions or justify what they did to us.  Rather, forgiveness is releasing another from our condemnation when they do not deserve it.  As the apostle Paul so clearly states, "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)

Jesus came that our sins might be forgiven and we would be restored to an intimate relationship with God through Him.