Blessed Day Beloved friends Monday 17 November 2014 Here’s Todays Devotional from *The Special Seed* THE GOD-KIND OF LOVE FORGIVES “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 Ours is a very loving God (Nahum 1:2). He cannot bear that you should choose another. He cannot bear that you should think that you are your own, or that you belong to this world. He loves you with such fierceness that He would not stop in heaven without you; He would sooner die than let you perish. He cannot endure that anything should stand between your heart’s love and Himself. That is the God-kind of love; full of kindness, tender hearted, long-suffering and eternal. Since God’s love is kind and tender hearted, it is always ready to forgive. This scripture does not say, “Forgive one another when the offense doesn’t amount to much. But if people have done a lot against you, then it’s okay to not forgive them.” The verse doesn’t read that way, but too many times that is the way people practice it. Too many Christians allow their flesh to rule them, and then wonder why they aren’t receiving God’s best in their lives. But it’s impossible to walk in the God-kind of love while allowing the flesh to rule. If we’re going to obey the Bible, we have to let the inward man rule us so we can be “kind one to another, tender hearted forgiving one another.” It is only as we “put on” Christ and make no provision for the flesh (Rom. 13:14) that we will be able to forgive one another, even as God for Christ’s sake forgave us. How can we forgive the way God forgives? Well, the Bible says that God is love. The same kind of love that God is has been shed abroad in our heart, or spirit, by the Holy Spirit (Rom. 5:5). What kind of love is it? Is it natural, human love? No, it is divine love. It is the God-kind of love. One characteristic of the God-kind of love is that it forgives. Another thing about divine love is that when God forgives, He forgets! Isaiah 43:25“I, even I, am he that BLOTTETH OUT THY TRANSGRESSIONS for mine own sake, and WILL NOT REMEMBER thy sins.” Hebrews 8:12 says, “For I will BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” These scriptures tell us that once we ask forgiveness, God doesn’t remember our sins anymore. God doesn’t say, “I am going to hold against you everything you’ve ever done, and I am going to remind you of your sins every time I think of them.” Thank God, this verse says that when we ask forgiveness, God will remember our sins no more! Sometimes husbands and wives are prone to reminding each other of past mistakes every time a disagreement arises. There’s no way they can develop a good relationship if they keep doing that. Also, if spouses constantly remind each other of past mistakes and failures, it will ruin their prayer lives and will make their faith inoperative. Failure to forgive will render God’s Word ineffective. So learn to forgive so you can receive God’s best in life. Practice what Paul did. Forget those things which are behind and “press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:14). ACTION STEP: Today Cultivate the God-Kind of Love by walking in Spirit as instructed by Galatians 5:16. Remember God is glad when we lean on Him and is “jealous” of the company we keep. As a couple remind each other that there should be no one with whom we converse so much as with Jesus. Brought to you by The Special Seed “Sustaining your walk in the Spirit” To subscribe to our daily devotion use eepurl/VrDBv For Counseling, Coaching & Donations email us @ info@thespecialseed
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