Grudge Sale Part 2

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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? Way began a two day Siris on having a grij sale. I invited you to start getting rid of those things in your life that you don't need. Particularly in the area of offenses and grudges, places and times and things where people have hurt you. And the burden of that continues to impact your life. We know that we can get beyond it. We know that. We need to forgive. We talked yesterday about it being a command from God's word that we forgive one another. So today I'm gonna give you three more things. Three keys to help you continue with your grudge sale. So here's the first thing today. Number one. We got to stop seeing ourselves as victims. You got the power of choice to let go of whatever was the offense and be able to move on. Nobody can impose that on you. Let me give you this illustration that might help you understand. Bishop Desmond Tutu wrote a book called There Is No Future Without Forgiveness about former soldiers visiting the Vietnam War memorial. When one veteran asks another, he says, Have you forgiven those who held us prisoner of war? The other one replied, I will never forgive them. The first veteran responded than it seems. They still have you in prison, don't they? You say you can choose to remain the victim in your story, or you can rise above it and become the victor of your story. That choice is yours. That choice is how you decide to deal with the hurt that someone has given to you. We must continue to choose to move on. Number two today, let forgiveness become an everyday practice. It's something that we need to learn to do not just do on the big ones, but also on the little things that happen around us. It really takes learning self control in what the Bible calls the fruit of the spirit. But the love, joy, peace, patience and goodness of God overwhelm you so that you don't get angry quickly or easily. You don't distressed easily. We don't hang on to. Those negative feelings were not easily offended by what other people might say. Don't use your energy toe. Hang onto all the negative stuff going on in you. When you start to feel the negative overwhelming, you start thinking God for all the things he has given you. Attack the negative with the goodness that God is giving you. Don't dwell on your hurt feelings. Let forgiveness become that essential part of your life. Number three Ask the Lord to help you is a great story in Matthew, Chapter 18. When Peter comes to Jesus, he says, Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times, Jesus answered, I tell you, not seven times but 70 times seven. The words of Jesus. There are telling us that forgiveness is limitless, and we must be willing to forgive someone for a transgression, time and time and time again, without trying to get back at them without trying to get even with, um, without taking the offense. It's a powerful thing that he's teaching there, and for most of us, that standard is almost impossible to meet. Nevertheless, it is a goal that we should attempt to go after in our lives. We need to achieve a level of forgiveness and we must pray for strength to do it. And Luke, Chapter six and verse is 36 37. Jesus says this be merciful justice. Your father has been merciful. Do not judge and you will not be judged. Do not condemn and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Forgiveness sets you free. None of us need to be carrying around any extra stress or worry or anger. Right now, there's so many things going on around us. Let there be peace in you. Let the grace of God help you to overcome all those struggles that you have and know that he is with you every step of the way. Because he loves you. He loves you so very much. Have a great day. Everyone take care. We're all in this together. I'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