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In his book “Unconditional,” Brian Zahnd asks this question, “So what is your story? Who has been cruel to you? Perhaps bitterly cruel. What injustice have you suffered? How have you been mistreated? Perhaps miserably so. Who has cheated you? Abused you? Lied to you? Lied about you? Maybe it was last week. Maybe it was a lifetime ago.”

It is interesting to look at Jesus’ words in Mark 11 concerning interpersonal forgiveness, He said; “And, whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive your trespasses.” (vs. 25 ESV) Jesus is in effect saying that our vertical relationship with God is much more related to our horizontal relationships with those around us, than we would like to admit.

As our personal creator, Jesus understands how we are made. Not just spiritually, but physiologically as well. Our bodies simply are not fashioned to carry the burden and weight of unforgiveness. Psychiatrist Loren Olson recently noted that “those more inclined to pardon the transgressions of others have been found to have lower blood pressure, fewer depressive symptoms and, once they hit late middle age, better overall mental and physical health than those who do not forgive easily.”

Bishop Jack Sheets Sr., Senior Pastor

Forgive easily? Is that even possible? We all have heard someone say (or maybe even said it ourselves), “I will forgive, but I will never forget!” Ev Worthington, whose elderly mother was brutally beaten, raped, and left alone to slowly bleed to death by an enraged burglar, gives personal insight into this. “Sometimes people have a hard time admitting that they aren‟t forgiving a person who hurt them. They think that forgiving is a matter of saying certain words — „I forgive you‟, but there is a heart by-pass. Being able to say the words is a step, but the Lord really wants our hearts touched.”

At the core, forgiveness is releasing a debt. It’s choosing not to harbor the hurt and anger anymore and opening the door for healing — maybe even reconciliation. Forgiveness isn’t easy, but it’s always necessary. And it only takes one to forgive. When you get to the heart of the matter, our ability to forgive is rooted in the fact that we have been forgiven by Christ, in God. (Read 2Corinthians 5:18-20)

All relationships demand the deep oil of forgiveness. When we forgive, it breaks the poisonous cycle of revenge and allows the broken to walk in peace. The Jesus way is always the way of forgiveness. We forgive to free ourselves and to get our lives back. His way is the way that gives the future hope… a hope that can turn your life around.

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A Global Day of Student Prayer

Wed., September 28

2011 Theme: Converge

“For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

Mathew 18:20

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Born a Certain Color

by Terri Cantrell

We are born a certain color, just the skin we wear, we are judged by what we look like but the beauty isn't there.

I don't believe that this is what life is meant to be. Hatred, violence all around so much bigotry.

Can we make this world a better place? Is it a dream to think we can? When we are judged by what we look like we don't see the heart of man.

Look past the outer layer don't just judge by what you see, It’s not what's on the outside it's what's inside of me.

The spirit that's within us is inside of every man. The way we see each other was not how God had planned.

It comes from the beginning, from the heartbeat of a man, it's from this man’s beginning, it's from Him we all began.

So judge not by what I look like, not just what your eyes can see. We are born just like each other it's the way life’s meant to be.

Born a certain color, just the skin we wear, judged by what we look like, but the beauty isn't there.

Terri Cantrell