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Thursday, November 6, 2014

"Let It Go"....and Be Joyful!



         Have you had your Joy Juice today?  It’s hard to drink when you’re holding unforgiveness in your heart!

            Today I want to talk about a “touchy subject”.  We all want abundant joy to be poured out into our lives, right?  Well, do you realize that in order for that to be possible we have to forgive those who have wronged us?  When we are angry or vengeful, we can’t receive the joy that is meant for us in Christ Jesus.

            God tells us that He forgive our sins---puts them as far as the east is from the west and that He remembers them no more (Psalm 103:12 & Isaiah 43:25).  In Ephesians 4:32 we are instructed to: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

Often we really do try to forgive people, but when we are doing it our strength, we may find ourselves remembering and rehashing all the details of what they did.  As my grandmother used to say, “We like to enjoy our mad.” Remembering a past offense reopens the wound and feeds anger—then our anger feeds an unforgiving spirit….which steals our joy!  Not only does it steal our joy, it prevents us from growing in our relationship with Christ.  

May we each be challenged to see the grudges that we are holding and ask God for the strength to release them to Him.  It is then that He can truly do a redemptive work in our hearts.  And we will be blessed with the freedom to accept His love and joy. 

             As Queen Elsa sings in the popular movie “Frozen”: “Let it go! Let it go!” and get ready for a blessing of abundant joy!

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