FORGIVENESS-THE WAY OUT

Forgiveness: A Way Of Escape From Resentment

 

Shalom to you, which means peace to you. I promised we would examine the ways to break free from the Spirit of Resentment. What is it? FORGIVENESS!!! Read below what the Mayo Clinic had to say about forgiveness.

Forgiveness

When someone you care about hurts you, you can hold on to anger, resentment and thoughts of revenge — or embrace Forgiveness and move forward.

By Mayo Clinic Staff

Nearly everyone has been hurt by the actions or words of another. Perhaps your mother criticized your parenting skills, your colleague sabotaged a project or your partner had an affair. These wounds can leave you with lasting feelings of anger, bitterness or even vengeance — but if you don’t practice forgiveness, you might be the one who pays most dearly. By embracing forgiveness, you can also embrace peace, hope, gratitude and joy. Consider how forgiveness can lead you down the path of physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.

What is forgiveness?

Generally, forgiveness is a decision to let go of Resentment and thoughts of revenge. The act that hurt or offended you might always remain a part of your life, but forgiveness can lessen its grip on you and help you focus on other, positive parts of your life. Forgiveness can even lead to feelings of understanding, empathy and compassion for the one who hurt you.

Forgiveness doesn’t mean that you deny the other person’s responsibility for hurting you, and that doesn’t decrease or prove the wrong that was done. You can forgive the person without excusing the act. Forgiveness brings a kind of peace that helps you go on with life.

I woke up one day and realized that the person that I was in a relationship with was really bad for me. He was mean and bitter and had a trail of vile accusations leading from him in any direction. I at first thought, I had done something to make him act this way.. that however was not the case. He was refusing to forgive. To accept the  responsibility for his own actions. He blamed everyone for him being where and who he was..everyone but HIMSELF..The cure he needed was right in front of him. FORGIVENESS!

Tonight’s home work is to make a list of everyone that has ever done anything to you. Then tomorrow we will discuss how to effectively forgive them. 

The Spirit of Resentment

 

Greetings Readers!

This morning on my way home from dropping off my daughter at school, the Lord spoke the word RESENTMENT.  I couldn’t wait to get home to begin researching the spirit of resentment. So I discovered, that the spirit of resentment is like a poison to the person that it is under the control of the spirit.  This spirit causes the person being oppressed to mainly focus on things that everyone has done to them. If this spirit is allowed to go without being dealt with it creates a very miserable surrounding for it’s host. The host seems angry all the time and no matter how many times he or she is apologized to ..it doesn’t matter.  When others attempt to show them how off base they are they can not see it. They can only see what someone has done to them. It is imperative that we understand and acknowledge the signs of this spirit.  See, it is true that the host was hurt but the host continues to hurt by not desiring to move on.  

Below is a list of negative statements,  a person might be saying if the the spirit of  Resentment is controlling them

1.  You cheated me

2.  They are all out to get me

3. You insulted me

4. You stole from me

5. You Hurt me

6. You rejected me

Do you know someone that is behaving like this? I do, I had been praying for months trying figure out what was wrong with this person. Today, God answered me by speaking the word Resentment. This revelation has opened my eyes to a demonic spirit that I have not had much experience with but the Holy Spirit is our teacher and now He will teach me.

The spirit of resentment is a selfish and self consuming. This spirit causes the one that is being controlled to only think of themselves. The focus of resentment is always someone or some thing outside of ourselves; but it centers around me or I. It all has to do with the way I have been injured, insulted, treated unfairly. Or the way someone hurt me. It’s very selfish, and spiritually consuming.

Now people who are also battling a spirit of addiction are very susceptible to this spirit. The spirit of Resentment mimics a garbage can. It continues to stink up the area by always focusing on them selves. 

Tune in tomorrow for tidbits on how to break free from the spirit of resentment…

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