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Forgiveness Is Yours

Posted on February 9th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE.
Categories: Faith.

Do you really think God has singled you out for punishment? There are no favourites in life. God of course is life, and that life flows through all things, including yourself. God expresses Himself through you in harmony, peace, and all things good. You can call it what you like, but this is what is often understood as the will of God, or the life force.

When you resist this life force, or the will of God in your mind, it is like blocking a flowing stream of life. The chaos and the unhappiness in the world has nothing to do with God. These all come from our own negative and self destructive thoughts. So if you think God has anything to do with your unhappiness, think again. Your sickness and troubled mind was brought on by you alone.

It becomes a habit for most people to blaming all the woes of the world on God out of a misplaced anger, and the belief that He is somehow the One that should be responsible for their misery. Unfortunately as long as you keep up this negative concept of God, you are only continually hurting yourself.

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You are Forgiven Under All Conditions

Forgiveness is as abundant as the universe itself. Look at how often your very own body has been forgiven. You bruise it and cut it, and it is forgiven and restored. Life is abundant and does not hold anyone in contempt. It will always forgive you by bringing you back into a healthy and vital state, so long as you cooperate and think with harmony and peace. When you keep the junk that is cluttering up the flow, all those hurtful memories, the bitterness for your life, or the ill will of others, you are simply blocking the free flow of abundant forgiveness that is within you.

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How Does Lack of Forgiveness Manifest Itself

Many people are suffering from a lack of forgiveness in their lives. The odds are, you already know someone personally who needs to recognize that they need forgiveness in their lives. They will do things that cause them great distress. They will say they have to work harder, or they don’t have time for fun, when really, they believe they don’t deserve these things because of something in their mind that tells them that they are wrong and should continue to be punished. They are only punishing themselves with their thoughts; God is not doing anything to them.

How can a murderer ever be forgiven for what he or she has done? The need to realize that the transgressions they committed in the past, were those of a person in the past. Scientifically speaking, we know that every eleven months, every single cell of our body is replaced. If there has been a transformation of mind, then the person who committed those acts are dead in spirit. To keep on condemning yourself is only condemning an innocent person. There is a wonderful truth in the Bible that illustrates this:

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

 (King James Bible, 1:18 Isaiah)

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Misused Concept of Punishment

If you misuse the laws of life, you will suffer the consequences. Electricity can be used to turn on a light, it can also be touched and kill you. Your ignorance of the forces of life does not stop them from acting on you. These forces are not evil, it is how they are used that determines if they have an effect that is good or evil. Only the sin of ignorance of the law comes with the automatic reaction of people’s misuse of the law.

Miseuse chemistry, you can blow your house up. Hit a board with your hand, and you may start bleeding. Was it the boards fault? Of course not, it was the misuse of the board that is at fault.

Forgiveness means putting your thoughts in live with divine order, and harmony. Self-condemnation is called hell (to be bound, restricted); forgiveness is called heaven (harmony and peace).

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Healing Comes From Forgiveness

You must forgive others in order to have mental peace and good health. You can come up with many reasons that you most certainly will justify in one way or another, but when it comes down to it, none of that will bring you in harmony with the will of God. Forgiving yourself is done by bringing your thoughts into order with divine will. The forgiveness of ones self usually is refused only when they are basically ignorant of the principle, or have too much spiritual pride to accomplish it.

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any

 (King James Bible, 11:25 Mark)

The Step by Step to Forgiveness

Forgiveness can be a simple thing, so keep it that way. Remember that God teaches us that faith cometh by hearing, therefore, in order to receive forgiveness into your mind, you must speak to it, and hear yourself forgive yourself. This is done by affirmations. Allow yourself to get into a quiet and meditative state that is completely relaxed and detached from everything. Focus all of your mind on God, and His love for you as you speak these words:

I completely forgive [the offenders name]. I have released him/her both in mind and body. I fully forgive everything related with the matter. I am free, and he/she is free. It feels wonderful.

Today is my day. I now release everyone who has ever hurt me, and I pray for each of them to receive peace, love, happiness, good health, and all of life blessings. I am in complete joy, love, and freedom doing this. When I think of those who hurt me, I will say “I have released you, and wish you all the blessings of life” and will continue free. The love I feel is wonderful!

This does not need to be repeated often. Just go through all your thoughts and speak it. If those matters or people should come to mind again, all you say is, “Peace be unto you.” As you continue in this manner, the situation or person that once caused you so much pain, will surely fade into nothingness.

Basic of Forgiveness to Remember

1. God does not play favorites. Life plays no favorites. Life and God only seems to favour you when you align yourself with harmony, and peace.
2. God does not cause disease, accidents, suffering and sickness. These are brought on by ourselves by our own negative thinking. Remember that As we sow, so shall we reap.
3. God doesn’t hold anything against you. He heals you, and forgives you.Â
4. Having a guilt complex comes from a false concept of God. God has not punished or judged you, you have done this to yourself through false beliefs, negative thinking, and self-condemnation.
5. God is a God of Love. So long as you have this clear in your mind, than you allow countless blessings to come to you. Believe.
6. God never punishes. People punish themselves by their false concepts of God and life. Your thoughts are a creative force that creates their own misery.
7. God does not condemn. The forces of nature are not evil. The effects of them total depend on how you use that power within you. Electricity can be used to light a home, or to kill someone. Water can drown a person, or satisfy their thirst. The good and evil that go on just come back to the thought and purpose in a person’s own mind.
8. Pray for guidance and right action, and take what comes. Know it is all good, and very good. There is no cause for self-pity, hatred, and criticism.
9. There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes them so. Nothing is evil in the desire for food, sex, wealth, or true expression. What matters is how you use these urges, desires, or aspirations. A desire for food can be met without killing someone for a load of bread.

Once you understand forgiveness is available to you, that nobody else can affect your happiness, that you do not have to oppose and fight others for a living, then you can bring yourself closer into harmony with divine order. All these ideas are destructive in nature, and it is clearly stated in the Bible what happens with these types of thoughts and how self destructive they are to you. Remember that thoughts are things.

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he

 (King James Bible, 23:6 Proverbs)

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