***PLEASE READ! Over the course of our journey, there are several life
changing moments. TODAY is going to be one of those moments for many of
you. Please take a minute right now and pray, and ask God to open your
heart to receive this special word today that can literally change your very
life!
Forgive those who have hurt you. Not one person reading this Devotional
today, has not had someone at some point in your life hurt you. Some of you
may have been physically or sexually abused as a child by a mother, a
father, a relative, or someone your family knew. Some of you may have had a
wonderful childhood, but in your young adult life been hurt by a boyfriend
or girlfriend. Some of you may have been the victim of a horrible crime
like robbery or rape.
Still others may have been deeply hurt by your husband or wife that wanted a
divorce. There are many of you that have been hurt later in life by your
children. Lots of people reading this have been hurt by employers, business
associates, or close friends. Sadly, some of you have even been hurt by a
pastor or someone in your church. The fact is, EVERYONE reading this today
has been hurt at some point in your life.
As painful as the experience was that caused this hurt in your life, so many
people have compounded that pain by letting bitterness, even hatred into
their life against the person or people who caused your pain. Today, I am
going to help set you free from this hurt and pain you have experienced in
your life.
In a prison, they have a central lock that can automatically open all of the
cell doors in a given area. If you have ever been in prison or watched a
prison movie you know what I am talking about. There is the loud buzz,
followed by the clanking sound of all of the cell doors automatically
opening. Today, many of you are in prison from the hurts and pains in your
life. Today, the cell door is going to open and you are going to be FREE!!!
The key to unlocking that door is FORGIVENESS. As simple as this may seem,
it can be one of the most difficult things in this world to do. Forgiving
someone who has hurt us deeply is one of the hardest things to do in life.
It is not something that we can even do in our own strength, but must be
done in the strength we get from the Lord.
I realize that many people right now are saying, “NO WAY, not after what
that person did to me.” As a Christian, it should be our goal to be like
our Lord every day. What were some of the last words Christ spoke from the
cross? What was his last act before dying that horrific death? He asked
God to forgive those who had crucified Him!
When we sin, and we all sin every day, what do we do? We go to God and ask
Him to forgive us. We do so with the full assurance that He will forgive us
because He has promised to in His Word. In Colossians 3:13 the Bible tells
us to “forgive as the Lord forgave you.”
God’s Word is clear that just as Christ forgives us when we sin against Him,
we must forgive those who sin against us! That is the key to unlocking the
prison door and being free once and for all from the hurt and pain you have
experienced in your life. FORGIVE the person or people who have hurt you in
your life!
The other problem I deal with each day is people not being able to forgive
themselves. Listen, the Bible tells us that we have “all come short of the
glory of God.” We are all sinners. We all make mistakes. When you go to
God and confess your sins, the Bible promises us that He not only forgives
us but cleanses us from all unrighteousness. He not only has forgiven us,
but He has forgotten the transgression. God acts like it never happened.
The point I’m trying to make is that if God has forgiven you, if God has
wiped the slate clean, if in God’s mind the sin never existed…then you
need to forgive yourself.
I love you and care about you so much. I realize that this is a difficult
word for many of you to hear today, but this is going to literally change
the lives of those who will receive it…and do it! I want you to take a
moment right now, stop what you are doing, and take out a piece of paper and
a pen. Literally write down the name of the person or names of the people
in your life who have hurt you deeply. Now, pray this prayer,
“Dear Father, I come to you today, thanking you that you love me so much. I
thank you that you are not only a God of love, but a God of forgiveness.
Thank you for forgiving me of my sins. Father, I come today and pray that
you will give me YOUR strength to forgive those who have hurt me in my life.
Right now, this moment, I forgive (name/names). I not only forgive them,
but Father, I ask that you bless them. They need you in their life and I
pray that they will come to have a personal, intimate relationship with your
Son. Thank you for giving me the strength to forgive and thank you for
setting me free from the pain in my life. In Jesus precious name I pray,
AMEN!”
I will be praying for each of you today to pray this prayer. It is time to
forgive those who have hurt you, and it is time to forgive yourself if need
be. Put the hurt and pain of your past behind you once and for all and move
forward with your life. God still has much left for you to do and by
forgiving those who have hurt you, you are now free to do all that He wants
to do in and through your life for His Kingdom!
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller
If I can help you in any way you can contact me through my personal email at:
bkeller@liveprayer.com
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June 6, 2008 at 2:17 am |
my ? the son’s father broke up with me 6 mon after my son was born and i can’t get over it. It’s been 3year and my heart is so broke and the sad thing is that he gave me a black eye on my due date i can’t go on with my life and he still does stuff to make me cry by calling ever 2or3 weeks telling me that he is sorry then getting back to his old was’s he has nothing to do with my son..I think the heardest part of this all is 2 week befor he left me i found out i was pergent he told me the if i did not end it he was going to leave me and my son and my dumb ass did it and i wanted my baby so some time i just want to dye i wonder what it would look like and if it would be so much easier to get over his ass..Please help me so i can move on even though i think god is punching me for having an abortion im punching my self im so sorry that i did what it did..And my x his life is going so good why look at all the shit that he has done why can i be happy….sorry about my spelling..I just need someone to help me..
June 6, 2008 at 2:19 am |
dont tell me that im going to hell because only god can determen that..
June 6, 2008 at 8:21 pm |
For you and especially your son’s sake, you need to stay away from your boyfriend. You can be happy again but you need to put the past in the past. God will help you to heal as time goes on but you need to trust and have faith in God. He is not a man that He should lie. God is faithful and loves you very much. So much in fact, that He sent His only Son to die on the cross for you-to wash away your sins. Ask God to forgive you and to come into your heart. Repent and go God’s way, then you can begin the healing process. Do not subject your son to any more violence or abusiveness. You don’t deserve it and he doesn’t either. You don’t want him to grow up thinking that being abusive is right. You are his example right now and you must protect him by keeping him and you out of bad relationships. Jesus will help you. Call on Him right now and begin a brand new life. Read your Bible and go to a Bible believing, Jesus preaching church. God will forgive your abortion also when you ask Him to. He is a good God and He loves you very much.
September 23, 2008 at 3:48 pm |
hello, it’s so inspiring reading your messages. it helps a lot especially to people who are going through a difficult moment in their lives.
October 5, 2008 at 3:56 am |
LORD HELP ME, I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL, I HAVE BEEN HURT AND BETRAYED BY ALL. I HAVE BEEN A FAITHFUL WIFE WHO NEVER ONCE STEPPED OUT ON MY HUSBAND IN MY WHOLE 9 YEAR MARRIAGE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS WHO I TRULY AM, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED NOW 9 YEARS, ME AND MY HUSBAND HAD GOTTEN ON DRUGS, OUR LIFE WENT DOWN HILL AFTER THAT ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO NOW. FIRST WEED,THEN WE STARTED DOING COCAINE HEAVELY, GRADUALLY OUR HAPPY SUCCESSFUL LIFE WAS BEING DESTROYED, WE ARGUED MORE, AND I STARTED WORKING MY HUSBAND WAS CONVINCED I WAS CHEATING, AND IT BECAME HIS DESTINY TO PROVE WHAT HE BELIEVE, NO MATTER HOW UNTRUE IT WAS, I ALWAYS TRIED TO DEFEND AND ARGUE BACK WITH HIM, BEING INSULTED IN THE MERE THOUGHT HE WOULD THINK I WAS CHEATING ON HIM, ME ARGUING NEVER HELPED THE SITUATION,…..THIS WENT ON FOR 2 YEARS. WE WOULD ARGUE SO LOUDLY THE NEIGHBORS WOULD HERE, IMAGINE 2 PEOPLE ON DRUGS EVERYDAY, AND ARGUING UNCONTROLLABLY EVERYDAY,…THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BELIEVED I WAS A WHORE, WHEN I WAS ALWAYS A FAITHFUL WOMEN. PEOPLE EVERYWHERE WAS SPREADING LIES ON ME, AND NONE OF IT WAS TRUE, I WAS SLANDERED AND IT SEEMED LIKE NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO STOP THE LIES, I DONT EVEN SOCIALIZE MUCH,I HAVE NO FREINDS, I GO NO WHERE, AND YET I WAS THE GREAT WHORE OF BABYLON, AND I ALWAYS TOOK PRIDE IN BEING A GOOD AND FAITHFUL WIFE, I HAVE FELT SO BETRAYED, I FELT LIKE NO ONE CARE ABOUT WHO I TRULY WAS, THE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH WHO I THOUGHT WOULD SHINE WISDOM AND GUIDANCE TO HELP US, ONLY TRIED TO TURN US AGAINST EACH OTHER, MY CHILDREN WAS LOST IN THIS BITTER SITUATION BECAUSE OF DRUGS, I WAS BEATEN AND ABUSED REGULARY, SLANDERED, HUMILIATED, AND TREAT WORSE THEN AN INFIDEL, BUT I ALWAYS BELIEVED IN THE WILL OF GOD THAT GOD ORDAINED MARRIAGE TO STAND, I FELT LIKE GOD ALLOWED THIS TRIBULATION BECAUSE WE WERE NOT OBEYING HIM, BUT IT ALSO SEEMED LIKE I AM FORGOTTEN, I HAVE NO JUSTICE. NO ONE TO STAND UP FOR ME, I HIDE THE PAIN, ME AND MY HUSBAND ARE STILL TOGETHER, WE ARE NOW GOING ON 9 YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN OFF DRUGS 1 YEAR AND 1 MOS. I AM PROUD OF WHO I AM NOW, BUT I OFTEN THINK ABOUT THE HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE I ENDURED, AND I WONDER WHY I HAD TO GO THROUGH SO MUCH, ITS SO MUCH UNTOLD PAIN, SO MUCH UNTOLD DISPAIR, TRYING TO END IT ALL TWICE IN OVERDOSES BUT GOD DID NOT LET ME DIE, LIFE NOW THOUGH IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT, ME AND MY HUSBAND ARE HAPPIER, BUT HE HAS NEVER REALLY APOLOGIZED ARE SEEN WHERE HE WAS WRONG TO TREAT ME THE WAY HE DID, BUT I DEAL WITH IT, I WAS ACCUSED OF CHEATING,LIED ON MANY TIMES, AND ITS SO IRONIC, I HAVE NEVER EVEN ONCE WANTED TO BE WITH ANOTHER MAN. HOW CAN THIS HAVE HAPPENED TO SOMEONE WHO WOULD HAVE NEVER DID IT EVER! BUT I LIVE ON, AND ON NIGHTS LIKE THIS I SEARCH FOR ANSWERS, I FIND COMFORT IN JOSEPH STORY HOW HE WAS HATED AND BETRAYED BY THE PEOPLE MOST CLOSE TO HIM, LIED ON, BETRAYED, PERSECUTED FOR THINGS HE DID NOT DO, AND I JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE INJUSTICE AGAINST ME.
March 7, 2009 at 3:48 am |
I too have been betrayed, i ask the Lord everyday to give me the willingness to forgive as he has forgiven me, and truly i pray deeply for the person who has betrayed me, there are still days i struggle with angry thoughts that creep into my mind and i then just praise God and declare that no weapon formed against me will prosper and reject the devil and all his works, i will certainly be praying for all those whose hearts have been broken i just want to ask for prayers to trust again, and prayer for God to continue to fill our hearts with his joy and know that God is good and he will certainly bring triple blessings our way just continue to focus on God and his word.
April 27, 2009 at 4:34 am |
Thank you so very much! I was hurt so bad by someone i loved hard and deep. He hurt me so bad until i could not sleep at night, i was angry and beginning to hate. I still struggle but i am in constant prayer. I felt used and taken advantage of. I know i must pray without ceasing.
October 29, 2009 at 4:15 pm |
Am trying so hard to forgive him.