Prayer When Experiencing Unforgiveness

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Prayer for Unforgiveness

Welcome to “Insights on Healing a weekly Podcast.” Today’s Episode is “Prayer when experiencing unforgiveness. You will learn the importance of forgiveness, why you need to pray and confess your feeling to God, and the importance of prayer in your

I am Joan M. Blake, author, and I am your host. The purpose of Insights on Healing podcast is to provide content that brings inner healing and restoration to individuals dealing with trauma and difficult life situations.

In today’s podcast I will discuss the importance of prayer and focus on the prayer when experiencing unforgiveness which is taken from my book, Prayer and Meditation: Finding Comfort, Hope, and Purpose in the Midst of Your Storm.

Questions:

Have you experienced unforgiveness before? How long did it take you to forgive the other person who did you wrong? Did you ever forgive that person? Was it painful just thinking about the issue involved and feeling that if you forgive that person, he/she will get off the hook? I want you to know that the person may never know how you feel and so you are hurting yourself this entire time, not the person you are mad at.

Why should we forgive others? We forgive because Jesus said we should.

 In Matthew6: 14-15 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

In Ephesians 4:31, the Bible tells us  Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

In Colossians 3:12-14 the Bible states:¹² Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. ¹³ Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. ¹⁴ And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

This leads us to the importance of prayer:

Prayer is an important daily routine. Even Jesus prayed consistently to God, the Father

Prayer is communing with God.

It helps us to get to know and build an intimate relationship with God.

Prayer includes worshiping and praising the Father, prayers of thanksgiving, and bringing our requests to the father in the name of Jesus.

When we go to God, we go in faith, believing that we will receive what we ask for. However, God may delay in giving us our requests,  because our timing is not his. Sometimes, we have to wait patiently on God.

When we pray, we receive guidance and direction from the Holy Spirit throughout our lives. We understand what God desires of us and how we should conduct our lives.

Let us Pray

Let us read the prayer for unforgiveness.

Lord, God, you are great;

You show love to the greatest sinner

You expect the same of me.

You said, Vengeance is mine, I will repay;

You also say Lord, If I forgive others,

You will forgive me.

So Lord, I confess and repent of my unforgiving heart

And ask you to forgive me.

I pray in the name of Jesus, Amen

Closing:

Thank you for listening to Insights on Healing Podcast. I trust that you have enjoyed the episode today. Please be sure to Click the “subscribe” button on my website at joanmblake.com. While

You are on my website, please subscribe to my monthly newsletter to keep abreast with what we are doing here on “Insights on Healing” Those who need to contact me for any reason, you can reach me at greetings@joanmblake.com. I also recommend my book,  “Prayer and Meditation: Finding Comfort, Hope, and Purpose in the Midst of Your Storm.” This book is loaded with prayers that I have written, poems, and prayers of thanksgiving. You can secure a copy by going to my website at joanmblake.com. May God bless and keep you in Jesus’ name, amen.”