Repenting, forgiving others, and gaining deliverance in temptation are three vital petitions that are to be incorporated in our prayer life. Accordingly, failing to receive forgiveness, to forgiving others, and gaining the great virtue of self-acceptance are three great barriers to personal healing and wholeness.

Mark 11:25 ; Lu. 23:34 -We will benefit greatly by allowing the Lord to shine His light over our entire life. We can do this by taking our life in manageable segments, such as: seven year periods, or early childhood, grade-school years, junior-high years, and so on -and spread before the Lord any memory of our sin or our grievous reactions to the sin of another. In this way we root out unforgiveness, fully confess our sins and carefully receive God’s forgiveness.

Also, we must watch out for worldly desires and things, for power, for pride, for material gains and possessions. We are to give thanks for gifts and things, but we must be watchful for the shift from thankfulness to an idolatrous dependence on things or people.

2 Tim. 4:18 ; 1 Pet. 1:5 -We need to know when to work with God-listening to Him-in the midst of a spiritual battle and to act in the power of His love, righteousness and wisdom. Relying on God we will be "kept " by the power of God. The Lord protects us from the evil that strike s. As it is both through others (human evil) and through demonic spirits that we normally strive by human efforts. We are to practice His presence, together with listening prayer. This takes all wrongful striving out and releases our faith.

Prov. 8:13 ; Rom. 12:9 -We hate evil but we find grace to forgive those in the grip of evil. We begin by confessing specific sins against us. Hating evil while releasing the evil doer from unforgiveness on our part which means that we not remain under his or her power to destro y us. Instead we gain Christ’s strength to defeat and utterly overcome the effects of that evil on ourselves. We have the privilege in Christ of breaking the power these sins continue to have over us. The sinner is not released from his evil deeds, this can be done only by his or her personal repentance.

Micah 7:6 ; MATT. 5:39 ; Rom. 12:9-21 -If we are to be victorious in spiritual conflicts we must move forward not only in the knowledge of Christ’s presence with us, but in the gifts of the Holy Spirit as they operate through listening prayer. Speaking the truth in love born of God is the gr eater part of the gift of battle, the gift of divine love that comes from God’s life within us.

Memory/Meditation/Prayer :

1 Tim. 6:11-12

Devotions :

BSAF on Rom. 12:9-21

Put-off and put-on:

Whenever tempted to judge, criticize, gossip, when evil is being done, being sinned against at home, at church or in the world, speak the following Jesus’ Prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us" for yourself and for others. You will be a blessing instead of a curse.

Meditate on the following: "Save, O Lord and have mercy upon those that envy and affront me and do me mischief, and let them not perish through me, a sinner"

Steps to take to forgive and to be forgiven:

1. No matter what others have done to us, we are responsible only for how we acted.

2. It is our will that directs our actions, not our ‘feelings’.

1. Make a list of all who offended you.

2. Beside each name, note the offense, what they did or fail to do, what they owe you.

3. Visualize the sins cancelled by the Blood of Jesus. Cancel the debt and release them by destroying the list.

1. 1 Peter 2:24- Leave it up to God to deal with them.
2. When thoughts of anger/bitterness come, exercise your authority over them, declare person forgiven, and refuse to thing on the events of the forgiven past.

Then John 10:10 will be yours.

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