Healing and Forgiveness
In his excellent book, Healing, Dr. Francis MacNutt explores the connection between healing and unforgiveness. From his extensive experience, he has noted that there are times when sin will block the experience of a supernatural healing, but no sin is as detrimental to receiving God's healing as bitterness and unforgiveness.
Mark 11:24-25 NIV
24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."
See how Jesus connects receiving from God's hand with unforgiveness? Think about the greatest commandment that Jesus tells us to follow -- love God and love your neighbor. Somehow when we fail to love our neighbor (and even our enemy), we limit God's hand from answering our prayers.
Christians are excellent at ferreting out many sins (e.g., smoking, drinking, cursing, yadda, yadda, yadda) but often times unforgiveness is allowed to sit and fester.
What a challenge Jesus levies at us! The human heart is wounded so easily and finds it so difficult to forgive! Who do you need to forgive today? What unforgiveness and bitterness is keeping you from receiving from God's hand?
Mark 11:24-25 NIV
24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."
See how Jesus connects receiving from God's hand with unforgiveness? Think about the greatest commandment that Jesus tells us to follow -- love God and love your neighbor. Somehow when we fail to love our neighbor (and even our enemy), we limit God's hand from answering our prayers.
Christians are excellent at ferreting out many sins (e.g., smoking, drinking, cursing, yadda, yadda, yadda) but often times unforgiveness is allowed to sit and fester.
What a challenge Jesus levies at us! The human heart is wounded so easily and finds it so difficult to forgive! Who do you need to forgive today? What unforgiveness and bitterness is keeping you from receiving from God's hand?
Labels: forgiveness healing
posted by Andrew Cromwell at
5:35 PM
1 Comments:
You made me laugh with "yadda, yadda. yadda". I do a lot of inner healings and one of the biggest area God always approach's is forgiveness. Not only forgiveness for others, but, forgiveness for self. I,too, enjoy the Mcnutt's books.
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