Participants: Jill Morikone
Series Code: HLFT
Program Code: HLFT000002B
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00:01 Welcome back. You see, I have here on my
00:03 table a glass of water. 00:05 Now if I were to hold this water out, 00:07 how heavy would you say this water is? 00:10 You might say, It's about 8 ounces. 00:12 Would you say so? It's about a cup. 00:14 And a cup isn't that heavy. 00:16 It's maybe half a pound. 00:18 But if I were to hold the glass out like this, 00:20 how heavy is that? 00:23 Right now it's pretty light. 00:25 It doesn't bother me. 00:27 Now what if I held it ten minutes? 00:28 What would happen? 00:30 I would probably start to shake, right? 00:32 Wouldn't you think so? 00:33 What if I held it an hour? 00:34 I'd probably be going like this. 00:37 If you said, Jill, you have to hold that a whole day, 00:40 I would call that torture. 00:42 Beyond that, I'm sure I couldn't do that. 00:44 I would think after an hour I'd be really shaking. 00:48 You know, when we hold onto something that we don't feel 00:52 forgiven, whether it's wondering if we're forgiven inside, 00:56 or forgiving other people, if we hang onto this just a little 01:02 bit and let it go, it's not so heavy. 01:05 If I held this for a year, two years,... 01:09 Now this is hypothetical. 01:11 Obviously I could not hold the water that long. 01:13 What if I held it for twenty years? 01:15 How much heavier does it become? 01:18 And how much more that spirit of unforgiveness, that bitterness 01:23 wraps itself; that guilt, that shame wraps itself 01:28 tightly around me. 01:31 You know, God said He came to set us free. 01:35 He wants to set us free. 01:37 So whether you've held your glass of water a couple of days, 01:41 or maybe you've held it fifty years; no matter how long you've 01:45 held it, the Lord Jesus says, I want you to be free. 01:48 I want to bring deliverance to your heart. 01:53 So this week I encourage you to share with someone else 01:58 the forgiveness they can find in Jesus. 02:01 God wants to bring forgiveness to us, not that then we say, 02:05 Well, I'm forgiven, and we feel better. 02:06 But to share what God does in our heart, 02:10 and how that can impact someone else's life. 02:13 As we share, as we minister, we are blessed inside. 02:19 We are transformed in the process. 02:22 Next week we're going to take a look at forgiving other people. 02:27 In conclusion, we always end with Romans 15:13. 02:32 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace 02:36 in believing, that you may abound in hope, 02:40 by the power of the Holy Spirit. 02:43 We'll see you next time. Bye Bye. |
Revised 2016-02-16