Discovering YOU Magazine March 2017 Issue | Page 34

SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH

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V. EXTEND FORGIVENESS TO THOSE WHO’VE HURT YOU

Unforgiveness is a deadly poison that kills one’s spirit and that’s why Heb. 12:15 warns of any root of bitterness springing up causes trouble and by it many are defiled." Unforgiveness tortures a person in spiritual darkness! 1 John 2:11 says "The one who hates his brother is in darkness” Stop blaming the person who wronged you, because it wasn't what they did that is keeping you in bondage, it’s your reactions to what was done that holds you in spiritual prison. Forgiving others welcomes the healing power of the Spirit in your life. Forgiving yourself is another vital step you must take seeking inner healing. You can overcome deep sensitivity, self-hate or anger about your past as you now see yourself for who you are “as a New Creation” in Christ. Rom. 5:1 assures us "Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." To enjoy this healing…

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VI. POSITION YOURSELF TO BE HEALED BY LETTING THE HOLY SPIRIT POSSESS YOU AND GOD’S GRACE RESTORE YOU

Get full of the Holy Spirit for His Power can break ancestral curses and fleshly addictions. Open your life up to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Speak to the pain and release it into Jesus' hands. Tell the inner hurt, painful memories and emotional affliction to leave in the name of Jesus as you pray this PRAYER FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS: "Lord Jesus, I confess my faults to you, since You have done something about them! I want to become a NEW Person in You! I believe you shed your blood to overcome my past, so that I may have eternal life. I lay aside “my old self” with all its evil practices, inner hurts and painful memories and forgive those who’ve wronged me. I put on the “NEW self” and ask that you take full control of my life! I submit my full past to you and accept your peace for all I’m giving up. In Jesus’ Name. Amen"