Grudge Sale Part 1

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Good morning and welcome to starting right with Danny Mac. I'm gonna be here every Monday to Friday to help you get a great five minutes. Start to your day. So grab your cup of coffee. Sit back, relax and let me help you start your day, right. How many of you are missing garage sales? Being able to get out and to go and visit the all the grass sales in your neighborhood. And you can't do that now And that's bothering you a lot. That you can do that. I want to raise your hand right where you are. Now, I know nobody raised their hand, but that's OK. I know some of you are garage sale fans. I want talk to you today about a different kind of sale. Ah, we're gonna call this a grudge sale. And this kind of sale is one that when you partake in it and you get rid of all your stuff in it, you are going to feel a whole lot better because it releases a lot of tension and worry and stress that you've been carrying around with you. And we really don't need to carry around any extra stress Right now, there's enough of it out there before we even begin to think about carrying and adding extra things to it. A grudge sale. We've all been there. Someone has heard us, and that hurt lingers. And it continues to bring to us some emotional pain that goes long after what took place. Problem is that in most cases we don't forgive someone believing that we are in some way punishing them when in reality they're usually over pretty quick and they've moved on. Will we continue to hurt only ourselves? It's been said that holding a grudge is like drinking poison and then hoping the other person dies. So today and tomorrow I am going to give you six keys to forgiveness to get rid of your grudge so that you can have a grudge sale today and tomorrow. You could get rid of all of that extra stress that you're carrying around. That's just an extra burden. When you got so much else to worry about, I'm gonna help you lighten your load. We're gonna give you three things. Number one first thing you have to be able willing to get rid off is to let go The offense I know what happened to you was probably very terrible. It was unfair and you were hurt very deeply. But holding on to what hurt you is not gonna help you. The truth is that when we forgive, you heal. When you let go, you grow. But you have to be willing to let go of what took place. Secondly, forgiveness does not depend on the other person apologizing or changing so much of the time when we've been hurt. We're waiting for that apology. Were waiting for them to come and say they were sorry. And so we wind up putting ourselves and basically an emotional prison and not letting go. You have to understand there is a difference between forgiveness in trust. Some people reject forgiveness because they wrongly believe it's the same thing, is trust and they don't trust the person. So therefore they assume that they can't forgive the person. Let me tell you, the difference between the two forgiveness can be earned. Onley given that's what we called race trust. However, it can't be given on Lee earned. Eventually, we're gonna learn to trust them again. But we can and must forgive even when we still don't trust. And thirdly, today we need to give as much forgiveness as you would like to receive. We hold what grace and forgiveness when we've messed up, but we've got to realize that grace flows both ways with equal measure. If you want to receive forgiveness, you must also offer forgiveness. In case you're wondering, Forgiveness really isn't an option for us. Colossians, Chapter three in Verse 13 says if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. It's time for the grudge sale. It's time for us to forgive and to move on and to experience the freedom that God has for us. When we let go of those offenses, get rid of your grudges you have against anybody else. Have a great day gang. We'll talk to you tomorrow. Thank you for joining us today, and I invite you to join us every money to Friday right here at starting right with Danny Mac