FORGIVENESS IS A CHOICE YOU MAKE"

FORGIVENESS IS A CHOICE WE MAKE



PRAISE THE LORD EVERYBODY, THIS IS NOW THE TIME FOR A NEW MESSAGE. THIS MONTH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FORGIVENESS', BASELY TO FORGIVE IS TO LET SOMEONE WHO HAS WRONGED YOU "OFF THE HOOK", NOT HOLD THE OFFENCE AGAINST THEM, NOT ALLOW THE SEED OF BITTERNESS TO SET -IN. BEFORE YOU CAN FORGIVE SOMEONE WHO HAS WRONGED YOU, LETS LOOK AT IT FROM GOD'S POINT OF VIEW. PETER WANTED TO KNOW FROM JESUS, "LORD HOW MANY TIMES MUST I FORGIVE MY BROTHER, OR SISTER, SEVEN TIMES A DAY ? JESUS TOLD HIM NOT SEVEN TIMES, BUT SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF THAT MANY TIMES, SO IN OTHER WORDS WE MUST HAVE A FORGIVING NATURE LIKE OUR LORD JESUS. SOME OF YOU MAY SAY THAT THIS PERSON HAS HURT ME SO BADLY , 'I WILL NEVER FORGIVE THEM, SOME PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD RATHER DIE , BEFORE THEY FORGAVE SOMEONE. WELL JESUS SAID THAT UNTIL WE FORGIVE, GOD IS NOT GOING TO FORGIVE US. GOD DOES NOT HEAR OUR PRAYERS IF WE CANT FORGIVE OTHERS, ON TOP OF THIS WE EVEN HAVE TO LOVE THOSE SAME PEOPLE. IMAGINE THAT. THE PEOPLE WE CANT FORGIVE, THOSE SAME PEOPLE WE HAVE TO LOVE THEM, AND DO GOOD THINGS FOR , AND EVEN PRAY FOR GOD TO BLESS THEM, IMAGINE THAT NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME SCRIPTURES TO SINK YOUR TEETH INTO

• FORGIVENESS IS NOT A FEELING, ITS A CHOICE---------AN ACT OF YOUR WILL.YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FEEL FORGIVENESS TO FORGIVE, ITS A CONSCIOUS CHOICE WE EACH HAS TO MAKE, FORGIVING SOMEONE DOES NT MEAN THAT YOUR FEELINGS WILL AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE, ITS A PROCESS, BUT MAKING UP YOUR MIND IS THE FIRST STEP.
• FORGIVENESS DOES NOT DENY OR MINIMIZE THE HURT YOU FEEL, OR HARM THIS PERSON CAUSED YOU. FORGIVENESS INVOLVES FACING YOUR FEELINGS AND DEALING WITH THEM HONESTLY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CHOOSING TO BASE YOUR LIFE NOT ON YOUR CHANGING FEELINGS, BUT ON THE UNCHANGING TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD.
• FORGIVENESS DOES NOT MEAN FORGETTING, YOU DON'T GET AMNESIA', WHEN GOD FORGIVES US HE DOES IT THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS.COL.1:14, 1ST. PETER 1:18-19, HEB. 10:17 GOD CHOOSES NEVER TO HOLD IT AGAINST US.
• FORGIVENESS IS UNDESERVED.WE THINK THE OFFENDER DON'T DESERVE TO BE FORGIVEN, JUST AS GOD FORGIVES US , WE DON'T DESERVE IT EITHER. EPH. 4 :31-32 GOD TELLS US TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND KIND ONE TO ANOTHER, AND FORGIVE EVEN AS CHRIST HAS FORGIVEN YOU AND ME.
• FORGIVENESS DOES NOT NEGATE ACCOUNTABILITY. FORGIVENESS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT FREES YOU FROM BONDAGE OF BITTERNESS, HURT AND ANGER, HOWEVER THE OFFENDER IS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY DID TO YOU AND HE WILL HAVE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT TO GOD. THE WORD SAYS, WE REAP WHAT WE SOW, AND VENGEANCE IS MINE SAYS THE LORD, AND I WILL REPAY", SAYS THE LORD
• FORGIVENESS IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT GOD'S FORGIVENESS FLOWING THROUGH YOU, AS GOD FOR GIVES ME , WITH HIS HELP I TOO CAN FORGIVE OTHERS, WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE,MATT.19:26

FORGIVENESS IS A COMMANDMENT FROM GOD, GOD COMMANDS THAT WE FORGIVE. COL.3:13, SAYS:'BEAR WITH EACH OTHER AND FORGIVE WHATEVER GRIEVANCES YOU HAVE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, FORGIVE AS THE LORD FORGAVE YOU'. IF YOU WILL ALLOW , GOD WILL WORK IN YOUR HEART AND GIVE YOU THAT DESIRE TO FORGIVE, PHIL.2 :13 THEN GOD GIVES YOU THE STRENGTH TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH FORGIVENESS, HOWEVER THE CHOICE IS YOURS AND MINE TO FORGIVE. DO IT RIGHT AWAY, DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOUR WRATH,TODAY IS A NEW DAY WITH GOD.

DEDICATED TO BLACK HISTORY

PRAISE THE LORD EVERYBODY.FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOR ALL OF US WHETHER YOU ARE BLACK OR NOT. WE AS A COUNTRY NEED TO KNOW ,WHAT HAS MADE AMERICA GREAT? I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT AWAY, ITS THE DIVERSITIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAS MADE THIS VAST MELTING POT GREAT. NOT ONE RACE OF PEOPLE ,BUT EVERYBODY, THE BLACKS, WHITES, BROWNS, REDS, AND YELLOWS, AND ALL THOSE IN BETWEEN COLORS IS WHAT MAKES OUR COUNTRY GREAT, BUT WE NEED TO STOP HAVING POWER STRUGGLES, WE NEED TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN ; THAT THERE ARE NO SUPERIOR OR INFERIOR "RACES', WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUALLY", WE ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD, SO WE LOOK LIKE HIM, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHAT COLOR YOU MAYBE. WE ALL LOOK LIKE GOD, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT , LOOK IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS, SO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS NO MATTER WHERE YOU COME FROM, WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, WE ALL LOOK LIKE "JEHOVAH GOD ", THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE, THE FATHER OF ALL MANKIND, MY GOD, YOUR GOD, IN COLLUSION LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER, NOT JUST THOSE FOLK WHO YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH BUT THOSE WHO LOOK AND ACT DIFFERENTIALLY THAN YOU. WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS, CAME FROM THE SAME MOTHER AND FATHER. ADAM AND EVE.
IN CONCLUSION, I WANT TO INCLUDE THIS LITTLE POEM, THAT'S ALSO A DIALOGUE WITH GOD. HOPE YOU ENJOY, BE BLESSED, LOVE ALL OF YOU.

LORD, LORD, WHY DID YOU MAKE ME BLACK?

WHY DID YOU WANT SOMEONE THE WORLD WOULD TRY TO HOLD BACK?

• BLACK IS THE COLOR OF DIRTY CLOTHES, THE COLOR OF GRIMY HANDS AND FEET ...
• BLACK IS THE COLOR OF DARKNESS, THE COLOR OF TIRE-BEATEN STREETS.
• WHY DID YOU GIVE ME THICK LIPS, A BROAD NOSE AND KINKY HAIR ???
• WHY DID YOU MAKE SOMEONE WHO RECEIVES THE HATRED STARE ?
• BLACK IS THE COLOR OF THE BRUISED EYE WHEN SOMEONE GETS HURT. BLACK IS THE COLOR OF DARKNESS, THE COLOR OF DIRT.
• HOW COME MY BONE STRUCTURE'S SO THICK, MY HIPS AND CHEEKS ARE HIGH ???
• HOW COME MY EYES ARE BROWN AND NOT THE COLOR OF THE DAYLIGHT SKY ?
• WHY DO PEOPLE THINK I'M USELESS? HOW COME I FEEL SO USED?
• WHY DO PEOPLE SEE MY SKIN AND THINK I SHOULD BE ABUSED ?
• LORD I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHAT IS IT ABOUT MY SKIN?
• WHY IS IT SOME PEOPLE WANT TO HATE ME AND NOT KNOW THE PERSON WITHIN ??
• BLACK IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE "LISTED" WHEN OTHERS WANT TO KEEP THEM AWAY.
• BLACK IS THE COLOR OF SHADOWS CAST. BLACK IS THE END OF THE DAY.
• LORD YOU KNOW MY OWN PEOPLE MISTREAT ME AND I KNOW THIS JUST AI NT RIGHT.
• THEY DON'T LIKE MY HAIR, THEY SAY I'M TOO DARK OR LIGHT.
• LORD DON'T YOU THINK ITS TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE? WHY DON'T YOU RE-DO ME AND CREATION AND MAKE EVERYONE THE SAME ???
• GOD'S REPLY
• WHY DID I MAKE YOU BLACK ? WHY DID I MAKE YOU BLACK ?
• GET OFF YOUR KNEES AND LOOK AROUND. TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE?
• I DIDN'T MAKE YOU IN THE IMAGE OF DARKNESS, I MADE YOU IN THE LIKENESS OF ME. I MADE YOU IN THE COLOR OF COAL FROM WHICH BEAUTIFUL DIAMONDS ARE FORMED. I MADE YOU IN THE COLOR OF OIL, THE BLACK GOLD THAT KEEP PEOPLE WARM. I MADE YOU FROM THE RICH , DARK EARTH THAT CAN GROW THE FOOD YOU NEED.YOUR COLOR IS THE SAME AS THE BLACK STALLION, A MAJESTIC ANIMAL IS HE. I DIDN'T MAKE YOU IN THE IMAGE OF DARKNESS. I MADE YOU IN THE IMAGE OF ME. ALL THE COLORS OF THE HEAVENLY RAINBOW CAN BE FOUND THROUGH OUT EVERY NATION. WHEN ALL THESE COLORS WERE BLENDED, YOU BECAME MY GREATEST CREATION. YOUR HAIR IS LIKE LAMB'S WOOL, SUCH A HUMBLE CREATURE IS HE. I'M THE SHEPHERD WHO WATCHES THEM. I'M THE ONE WHO WILL WATCH OVER YOU. YOU ARE THE COLOR OF THE MIDNIGHT SKY, I PUT STAR'S GLITTER IN YOUR EYES. THERE IS A SMILE HIDDEN BEHIND YOUR PAIN, THAT WHY CHEEKS ARE SO HIGH. YOU ARE THE COLOR OF DARK CLOUDS FORMED WHEN I SEND MY STRONGEST WEATHER. I MADE YOUR LIPS FULL SO WHEN YOU KISS THE ONE YOU LOVE, THEY WILL REMEMBER.YOUR STATUE IS STRONG, YOUR BONE STRUCTURE THICK TO WITHSTAND THE BURDEN OF TIME...THE REFLECTION YOU SEE IN THE MIRROR, THE IMAGE THAT LOOKS BACK IS ....M-I-N-E

BE BLESSED, MINISTER GL. MORRISON