To forgive like Christ. I will ask for prayer for me to fully forgive. The real kind of forgiveness and not the halfhearted forgiveness that says"I will do this person who hurt me a great favor by not getting even" but rather the kind Jesus has towards me/for us.
I have been hurt, betrayed , dissapointed and some of it is ongoing with no repentance but rather more wrongs. Not imagined wrongs but real serious stuff that effects my whole life in major ways and can't simply be ignored since it is my ex-wife of 16 years and she has custody of our children.
I have prayed to forgive many times, I have tryed with everything in me to forgive many times. quoted verses, etc.
I am open to suggestions if they are prayed about and edifying. But I am not looking for a tangent that this subject often becomes at church when ive asked for prayer and instead received a brainstorming session of advice from everyone.
It is not head knowledge that is the problem here. I need help that only God can give to change my heart. I can fake my way in a reliigous exterior but really forgiving from the heart fully is what I am after.
Perhaps you are like me and struggle with this, if so I invite you to add your prayer request in this thread also.
I am thinking of the man in the bible who Jesus asked him "do you believe" and he answered "Lord, I believe, help thou my unbelief" (maybe someone can supply the reference because I can't remember where it is found). Well I feel like God is asking me" do you forgive your ex and also all the people who also were involved in that whole situation." and I am answering like the man from the bible story "Lord, I forgive, help thou my unforgiveness"
Thank you. shalom shalom (God's peace to you)
Ben
I have been hurt, betrayed , dissapointed and some of it is ongoing with no repentance but rather more wrongs. Not imagined wrongs but real serious stuff that effects my whole life in major ways and can't simply be ignored since it is my ex-wife of 16 years and she has custody of our children.
I have prayed to forgive many times, I have tryed with everything in me to forgive many times. quoted verses, etc.
I am open to suggestions if they are prayed about and edifying. But I am not looking for a tangent that this subject often becomes at church when ive asked for prayer and instead received a brainstorming session of advice from everyone.
It is not head knowledge that is the problem here. I need help that only God can give to change my heart. I can fake my way in a reliigous exterior but really forgiving from the heart fully is what I am after.
Perhaps you are like me and struggle with this, if so I invite you to add your prayer request in this thread also.
I am thinking of the man in the bible who Jesus asked him "do you believe" and he answered "Lord, I believe, help thou my unbelief" (maybe someone can supply the reference because I can't remember where it is found). Well I feel like God is asking me" do you forgive your ex and also all the people who also were involved in that whole situation." and I am answering like the man from the bible story "Lord, I forgive, help thou my unforgiveness"
Thank you. shalom shalom (God's peace to you)
Ben
