Happy 2018? Part 2

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Our Verses: Happy are the people whose God is the Lord. Psa 144. And Colossians 3:13- Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.
We all want to be happy. We want peace, we want to be satisfied with life. Strangely, we're often unhappy. We learned last time the way to happiness is to point our lives towards our Creator- the source of happiness. Here's step two: Forgive those who hurt you.
Immediately, most of us will say, “But you just don't understand what they did to me, there is no way I can forgive”. I get it! With our own resources, it's hard to forgive. But here are Jesus' words, “...when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.” Mark 11:25
Us first- forgive others the grudge we hold against them and then...our Father in heaven forgives our sins against others.
Here's the package: We trust God for strength to forgive others their bads, and God will forgive and forget the wrongs we have done. (and our “wrongs” are really bad!)
He wouldn't tell us to do this if we couldn't. Even better, He will empower us to forgive. What we can't do is supplied by Him, an ability to truly forgive others.
The Mountain team has experienced this and watched the "forgive process" in hundreds of people. You may not be able to forgive that person, but God can empower you to do it.
A prayer for all of us- Lord, You said, “Forgive”. Help me forgive those who have hurt me. In Jesus name. Amen”
A simple prayer, but one that gets us on the right track. Dump that baggage! When you forgive, you get forgiven, and... you open the door to a life of peace, satisfaction and true Happiness!
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For more about the "forgive process" click Prayer Series link above.