Forgiveness

Jesus Christ, God's first son, taught us this prayer:
"Our Father in heaven, hallowed is Your name.
May Your kingdom come. May Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our trespasses [sins &/or debts (what we have failed to do or give back)], as we also forgive our trespassers [and debtors (who owe us)].
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." Matthew 6: 9-13 NAB
Sometimes it is not so much what we have done, but what we have failed to do. Sometimes it is not so much what we have done as much as it is what we have said or thought. Sometimes we have responded with negative emotions towards God, others, or self. Father, God, forgive us, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Forgiveness is giving/receiving mercy rather than justice, what one deserves.

John Hampsch in The Healing Power of the Eucharist explains, "When we pray the petition, 'Forgive us our trespasses,' we are asking God to free us from the intrinsic spiritual disorders that have occurred because we have yielded to sin. We can also repent of and petition the Lord to erase our ancestors' sins resulting in any family curses. When we pray the last petition in the prayer, 'Deliver us from evil,' we are asking God to protect us from the extrinsic spiritual disorders that can be brought on by attacks of the evil one from the outside (the human spirit/soul) or from any evil that we have inherited (such as genetic diseases). It is from this last petition that we get the term 'deliverance prayer,' which is a kind of minor exorcism."

In Matthew 6: 9-15, Jesus tells us to forgive others before we ask God's forgiveness.
In Matthew 6:16, Jesus adds this warning.
If you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do NOT forgive men their sins, your Father will NOT forgive your sins."

In fact, when we can't forgive, when others do not deserve to be forgiven, or after we forgive, then the rage, resentment, bitterness, anger-pops up again, and again, and again. Let us be reminded that we are forgiving, not for their sakes, necessarily, but more for our own sakes. We never deserve to be forgiven, yet God forgives us, but often only if we have first forgiven someone else. Forgiveness is a law of dominos, a chain reaction of forgiveness, the spark that ignites the Holy Spirit into action. Neither our trespasser nor I myself are deserving of being forgiven. God did not feel like forgiving on the cross. I will forgive because Jesus forgave me when He did not feel like doing it. It hurt Him to forgive me. It hurts me to forgive. I will do it anyway, because the bitterness inside me will harm me. My anger does not hurt my enemy, but only me. God was smart. It is we who prefer to listen in our minds, to the broken record of wrongs, instead of doing what Jesus tells us to do. That is why obedience is best. Jesus obeyed God and died on the Cross. It was not a pleasant experience, but the rewards were worth it. Let us bite the bullet and reject those unforgiving thoughts, no matter how many times they come up to molest us.

If we keep a shopping list of wrongs and repeat them to ourselves or listen to Satan playing them over and over again in our minds, then we are not obeying the 7x11 rule. Matthew 18:21= Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? 7 times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not 7 times, but 77 times." We need to recognize the tricks of Satan. We need to get out of agreement with him. We have permission from God to disagree with wrong thoughts or thoughts that are not healthy for us. We have permission to agree with the words of Jesus and to quote His words each time the enemy comes against us or messes with our mind or messes with our feelings, emotions and hurts. We can say, "I recognize you, wrong thoughts. I bind you in the name of Jesus. I reject and refuse to accept those negative thoughts. I place them under the feet of Jesus. Come Holy Spirit and place Your holy thoughts in my mind. Thank You. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen."

When we spew out the family underwear/hurts of the past, what negative emotions do we feel/recognize? Hurt, anger, hatred, victimization, superiority, indignation, contempt? Well, these are demons we ourselves are releasing into the atmosphere and into the one we are talking to. Now we are beginning to get a glimpse of how generational demons are passed on. Through disobedience. In fact, each time we repeat/tattle an offense done to us, it feeds the demon of offense, so it grows stronger. God, we repent of all past self-defense and family gossip. Father God, we repent of all the evil we have passed on to our family members. Father God, we ask you to cancel and reverse all curses we have placed on our family due to our big mouth and our disobedience. Father God, please send Your blessings and Your Holy Spirit to fill those now vacant spots in our lives. Father, help us to listen and to obey Your soft gentle voice when You in the future tell us to be silent. When You allow/want us to share, please censor each word and let it be with much love and pure intent/motive. Oh, we bless and thank You. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

New Life Live radio reminded its listeners of the adage that many of us take the poison of unforgiveness thinking it will kill the other person. 1-800-229-3000

Beth Moore in Fully Alive book or Life Today audio with James Robinson explains that forgiving lets us off the hook and not it/him/her (who God, not us, deals vengeance/justice). We allow God to minister healing to us only to the degree that we are willing to forgive. Deuteronomy 32:35 KJV "To Me belongs vengeance and recompense. Their foot shall slide in due time, for the day of their calamity is at hand." We need to get to such a place in our attitude (NOT based on feeling) that we plead for God to be merciful to our victimizer, and for God to bless him/her/them, 1st with a personal relationship with Jesus and then with kindness.

Self preservation/justification may be indicative that there is still a self which is alive and kicking and not dead/buried with Christ. The only One Who's reputation we need to preserve/justify is Jesus Christ, His Dad and His Holy Spirit. John the Baptist realized that he needed daily to become less in order to daily make more room available for the Trinity.

Perhaps Jesus forgave by releasing from His judgment all offenses (including that of Judas, until such time when offenses would be judged at the end of the world. There is a difference between judging a thing and a person. Allow God to be the final judge of all, both things and individuals.) We can release from our judgment each offense/offender. That release is like taking a stone out of a bucket on a see-saw. Each sin is like a rock that weighs us down to hell and each forgiveness is like a rock removed, taking us higher up to heaven. If we do NOT forgive another or ourselves, then neither can God. Matthew 6:14-15 KJVer If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. If you forgive not men their trespass, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. We can prevent God from forgiving both us and others. When we do NOT forgive ourselves, even though we have repented, then we are calling God a lier. That is unbelief, which is sin, perhaps venial; yet a weed is a weed by whatever name. In sexual intimacy there is a soul tie. Likewise when an arrow of offense hits our hearts there is an attachment, a burdock, between us. It needs to be removed/cut off/forgiven/removed from our judgment immediately, lest an evil spirit have opportunity to trigger/grow/ take root and produce a garden/jungle of bitterness and disease. Like a see-saw, forgiveness has at least 2 sides, your and my. I have to forgive you, even if you do not ask/repent. You have to ask, if you are the offender. God is always a player on the team. And so is Satan. Somebody always has the ball or stone. What I do with the stone will affect me, you, God, and Satan. Four (4), not one (1). Steven make one final request. Acts 7:59-60 NIV While they were stoning him (to death), Stephen prayed, "Lord (God), do NOT charge them with this sin." Jesus also made one final request. Luke 23:34 (KJV) Then said Jesus (dying on the cross of crucification), "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

Sometimes we fee ENTITLED to be angry, bitter, etc. In God's dictionary, a synonym for entitlement or self-justification is PRIDE or elitism/superiority/arrogance/self-sufficiency/cockiness, which is the sin committed by Satan. Yes, there is a place for healthy anger, etc. such as God's just anger at evil, and even Jesus got angry at the money changers bilking the congregation. Remember, one is to be angry at a sin and/or at a demon but NOT at a person!!!! When we ask God to forgive us, and have neglected to forgive (and pray for) even one person, then God's hands may be tied until we forgive that one person.
Matthew 6:14-15 KJVer If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. (However) If you forgive not men their trespass, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 5:43-45 TNAB 43"You have heard the commandment, 'You shall love your countryman, but hate your enemy.' 44My command to you is, 'Love your enemies, pray for your persecutors'. 45This will prove that you are sons of your heavenly Father."

Bitterness can arise out of not forgiving. When someone hurts our feelings or wrongs us, especially with the tongue, we can say to ourselves and to the spirit of bitterness, "I will not receive that," meaning we will not allow negative emotions or hurtful things to rock our boat. "Holy Spirit be our umbrella, so that raindrops of condemnation, falsehoods, and hurtful things can roll right off and not penetrate our heart."

Sometimes the thought of someone whom we have forgiven many times continues to emit bitterness and anger. Remember, it is Satan who is the real enemy and not the one who triggers those negative emotions. Let us turn our anger towards the real enemy, so that we may forgive/think/pray with a pure heart. Satan is the author of all trouble, not man and not God.

Bitterness can accumulate like poison. Poison as it accumulates becomes a toxic dump emitting toxins which create disease in individuals, families, and communities. If we accumulate and incubate unforgiveness, bitterness, being offended, being wounded, being harmed, or being a victim, and the family of related emotions and attitudes, then we invite danger to reside in our hearts. The danger is mostly ours, resulting in the accumulation fatal diseases. The longer we wait to dump this toxic compost, the harder it is to be healthy.

A number of men/women contend that negative emotions such as bitterness are in fact demons. Most people think that emotions are our real feelings, our real selves, when in reality they may be evil spirits expressing themselves (manifesting) and tricking us into depression, suicide, cutting ourselves, etc. If we agree that negative emotions get us into real trouble, it may be time for us to stop blaming others or blaming ourselves, and say, "In the name of Jesus, get away from me you harmful bitterness (anger, self-pity, etc). I recognize you. Go under the feet of Jesus and do not return. Jesus, cover me with Your blood. Jesus, send the Holy Spirit Your comforter. Thank You. Amen."

Jesus is the best gardener and the best weeder. He can pull up all those roots we miss. When we pull up a dandelion, often we leave a few roots behind. Jesus can get all the roots. When a doctor operates on cancer, he only hopes he can get it all, but Doctor Jesus does get it all, hidden deep. He is able if we are willing to put ourselves under His knife. When the next weed in our life pops us, we can say, "I reject you. Go away in the name of Jesus. Jesus took all the bitterness away. You have NO right to return and take root in my life." Holy Spirit we pray, "If a negative thought of a person or incident sours our thinking, warn us that we may repent, reject, and turn away quickly." We cannot be completely better until all the bitter roots are removed. We must choose to be better or bitter!

When a victim relives an incident he allows the negative hormones to wash over his body creating illnesses. We need to rid ourselves of any victim mentality allowing illness a legal right to us. Our past must be placed in God's hands. We need to let go. For some this may be a daily letting go. A daily forgiving. A moment by moment forgiving. When we catch a fish, most of us remove the hook and toss the fish back into the water. Let us toss that hurt/wound back into God's hands.

Bitterness births unforgiveness, which births resentment, which births retaliation, which births anger, which births wrath, which births hatred, which births violence, which births murder. We are accountable to God for our own thoughts, words spoken, and actions. Second, as a mate, parent, teacher, etc. we are responsible as an example or mentor. If we have repented from our heart and asked God (and relevant relative, for instance) for forgiveness, then any spirit of bitterness, unforgiveness, resentment, retaliation, anger, or hatred still operating in another person is NOT our spiritual responsibility (except to pray).
(Note, sometimes the silent treatment can be a form of revenge, punishment or getting even.)

Forgiving is also releasing the bad guy from obligations and expectations. Thus, the sins could have been omissions rather than commissions. For instance there could have been a parent who stood by and did not protect us from an abusive mate. By forgiving, we no longer require the offender to do what we want or need. In this instance we are/were wishing for protection. We may still hurt even when the victimizer is dead. Now it is long overdue to let them off the hook and get on with living without allowing criticism of them (or even judgment of them) to take up energy and thinking. Scripture says, "Vengeance is Mine. I will repay says the Lord."
(Otherwise we are allowing someone else to control us, even when they no longer exist in this world or in our neighborhood!)

Ferrell, Ana Mendez and Emerson Regions of Captivity 5 DVD's www.anamendez.org
Gonzalez, Flory (1of 5 DVDs) hones in on Forgiveness which appears to be a major root cause of a majority of both gentile and Christian problems including disease, premature death, and lack of spiritual maturity. Unforgiveness progresses into bitterness and proceeds from there. Forgiveness is a choice, not a feeling. The rotten fruit of unforgiveness can begin in the womb, without our even being aware of it. When we ask, the Holy Spirit can expose it and help us. (Thus, we need to repent for both our sins and the sins of our ancestors. Flory was mentored under Mercedes, deceased dynamic twin sister of Ana.)
Ferrell, Ana Mendez 11/2009 Regions of Deliverance Conference - Houston, Texas, USA http://vodpod.com/watch/2511958-voice-of-the-light-regions-of-deleiverance-conference-houston-01
http://vodpod.com/watch/2512145-voice-of-the-light-regions-of-deleiverance-conference-houston-02
A must watch program! Includes role playing of deliverance and most of an actual group deliverance.

Scripture teaches that when we come to Christ our own sins are buried with Him. When we forgive another, we bury those sins, and must not dig them up again nor look back at them. Lot's wife, was told by the angels not to look back; she disobeyed and turned to salt! This is a hard lesson to learn. We are forever using hard lessons to defend ourselves, teach others, discuss with our psychiatrists and doctors, or even share on prayer lines as a form of gossip/tattling! Sometimes God does allow us a legal loophole, but be very certain it is the Holy Spirit and not self that is prompting the disclosure! It may take a lifetime to learn how to walk this this line. Keep praying in tongues (day in and day out), so the Holy Spirit can more readily lead you! When a negative emotion (rage/anger/hate/resentment/hurt) erupts from a buried casket we need to say, "Hey, wait a minute. I recognize you, anger. I recognize you, hate. I recognize you, (self pity, self-absorption, heaviness, sadness, depression, oppression, torment, terror, fear, shame, guilt, Satan, etc)
I reject you. I refuse you. I bind you. I place you back into the casket. In the name of Jesus!"

Cupid is real. He is an angel with an arrow aimed at the heart. However, he is an evil fallen angel. He comes to pierce our heart with wounds. Recognize him or at least recognize his arrows. Remember, we are corpses, dead in Christ, so when the arrows land, remind oneself, "I am dead. I cannot feel/accept these wounds. I refuse/reject them, in the name of Jesus Christ. Thanks and praise be to Jesus Christ Who bore all wounds and hurts for us. I worship and thank you Lord. I apologize for those wounds, sins and diseases which disfigured You so much that you were hardly recognizable. I apologize for man's abusing/maiming You worse than any other human, due to our collusion with our invisible enemy Satan. When dying, both Steven and Christ said, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they are doing; hold this sin not against them."

Jealousy got the disciples arrested and imprisoned.
Acts 5:38 NIV The high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
The disciples did not put themselves in harms way, unless the Holy Spirit directed them to do so. Instead they were often in a room with locked doors. The 12 disciples had to forgive the clergy. Forgiveness is NOT a feeling. It is a duty. If we forgive, then we are NOT angry, bitter, revengeful. Negative emotions cause stress, disease, and even death. When these emotions rear their heads, then we must reject them. We acknowledge that they are real, but dangerous to our health, both physical and mental. We refuse them the say way an alcoholic would refuse a drink or an addict would refuse a drug. With difficulty at first, but with determination and desire to be whole.

Rejection is frequently a forgiveness issue. Not only can we reject others, others can reject us, or we can reject ourselves. When we contradict scripture, we are in sin. Sin gives Satan legal permission to put a curse on us. Catholics have a leg up, because they have ample opportunity to go to daily confession to repent for sins (their own and their forefathers). Many curses come down from prior generations.
Christ was rejected, but He did not reject. He did not blame; He forgave. We need to capture and bind any thought that is contrary to God's nature. Let NOT our thoughts contradict what God thinks below:
Ephesians 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. He predestined us into the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He has made us accepted in the beloved.

Eckhardt, John Rejection CD www.impactnetwork.net

Ferrell, Ana Mendez Regions of Captivity www.anamendez.org
Chapter 6 The Different Regions of Captivity section Places of Death, Sheol, and the Valley of the shadow of Death part The Land of Forgetfulness "is a place of infinite loneliness, sadness, abandonment and rejection (self rejection and rejection by others)...where the devil imprisons people in order for them to live forgotten by others...Here everything disappears and is forgotten...in solitary confinement...Bitter people who cannot (or will not) forgive end up in these (spiritual) prisons."

Hammond, Frank Overcoming Rejection http://www.thechildrensbread.net/Books.htm
"Rejection and the Fear of Rejection" "Effects of & Reactions to Rejection = Guilt, Shame, Rebellion, Bitterness, Unforgiveness, Self-Pity, Inferiority, Escapism, Defensiveness, Hopelessness, Fears, Hardness, Distrust." "Unhealthy Personality Adjustments which result from Rejection = Perfectionism, Manipulation, Lusts, Self Promotion, Control." "Remedy for Rejection: Forgiveness, Repentance."
In Hammonds' Pigs in the Parlor, God shares that 2 root issues in schizophrenia are rejection and/or rebellion."

Guilt can be caused by omission or commission of a sin cited in holy scripture. The corresponding cure for this spiritual trespass is repentance to God and sometimes repenting to an individual as well. Sometimes amends do need to be made. Any other method to rid ourselves of true guilt will never work.
False guilt can be caused by our incorrect thinking, for which counseling (preferably Christian), medication, alternative medicine, and classes/prayer for such as healing of emotions/memories/etc which may help. Meditation (especially any originating in other religions) is a NO NO. One reason for false guilt is the condemnation of us by evil spirits. We do hear their voices/thoughts in our heads! These are always lies, which we need to recognize, capture, and place under the feet of Jesus. Then we replace those wrong thoughts with the thoughts of Jesus found in scripture. Another reason for false guilt is we are in sin because even though we have received God's and maybe another's forgiveness, we have failed/refused to forgive ourselves. Thus we need to repent. Every time a self condemnation thought comes along, replace it with the truth of God's word in scripture. Memorize/meditate on some of the following.

When strong long term negative emotions are an issue, often an evil spirit is the troublemaker. Derek Prince's Chapter 19 Areas of Personality Affected by Demons in They Shall Expel Demons requires a long term commitment prior to pastoral counseling and deliverance, not a hit and run exorcism. If one has not covered all the bases like a baseball player, even if the client hits a home run, he may not win the game, because the demons will return. In addition, Prince reminds the client that he is talking to a demon and not to him, when there is a need for deliverance. Prince mostly quotes Scripture to the demon to remind him of his failures and Christ's victory. Scripture is the key. See Matthew 12:43-45 NIV below.

Basilea Schlink in Repentance-The Joy-Filled Life, reminds us to pray, "'Help me to see the 'log' in my own eye (Matthew 7:3)'...Instead of weeping over what others have done to us, we shall weep over that which we have done to them. We shall be able to see everything in the light of (God's) Truth and no longer in the murky light of the Enemy, who magnifies the other person's sin and covers up our own sins, so that we either do not see them at all or only see them as a small speck." When the Lord allows Satan to send "suffering into our lives, we feel as though we are martyrs, that we should be pitied...we...feel that we are innocent and are suffering unjustly...When others cause us suffering and make life difficult for us, our hearts are often filled with bitterness and we feel sorry for ourselves...growing more and more gloomy, discontented and unhappy. Thus we become imprisoned by our problems."

Earley, Dave in The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible in chapter 6 I have Sinned - The Prayer of David - 2nd Samuel 12:13 reminds us "that guilt follows sin like a vulture attaches itself to rotten meat. Guilt followed David because he had sinned...Hell is the expression of the absence of God, and guilt excludes us from the presence of God."

Joyce Meyer reminds us to thank God that we are forgiven, each time the guilt surfaces for something for which we already repented to God, something for which God already forgave, something for which God has already forgotten and is not going to hold against/punish us for in heaven. Obviously forgiveness will not undo rape, murder, abortion or birth out of wedlock, but forgiveness will reverse the spiritual/heavenly/eternal consequences. By accepting/taking/receiving God's forgiveness, we allow the self condemnation and the condemnation of Satan and others to be exposed as a lie, a hurt that we refuse to accept, refuse to let fester in our lives. By forgiving AND praying for the offender, we release him/her into God's hands and take/loose/ relinquish them out of our hands/anger/hurt/revenge/responsibility.
Meyer, Joyce 5/01/2008 The Secret to True Happiness #1 shares how we carry guilt unnecessarily in our back pack. http://www.joycemeyer.org/OurMinistries/Broadcast/TV/Archive/20080501.htm

McKenna, Sister Briege with Libersat, Henry Miracles Do Happen www.sisterbriege.com
Chapter 2 The Lord Lives in a Battered Tent reminds us that good guilt send us to the confessional where God can forgive us, whereas bad guilt (shame) robs us of God's blessings and turns into pride preventing us from forgiving ourselves (and/or God).
"The difference between Peter and Judas was Peter's ability to say, 'Well, I sinned and denied my Master, but He has forgiven me.' Judas couldn't forgive himself and couldn't accept God's forgiveness. We must NOT allow guilt to beat us to the ground...into discouragement or depression."

Self-absorption

We need to say, "In the name of Jesus, I bind the spirits of self (self-pity, self-centeredness, self-hate, self-anger, self-unforgiveness, pride) and put them under the feet of Jesus. Come Holy Spirit and fill those empty spaces with Yourself. Jesus, I apologize for allowing the enemy to get a foothold in my thought life. Please forgive me yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Thank You. Lord, give me Your mind and Your heart so that I, like You, will become the victor and no longer the victim."

Satan and his family of demons are invisible and need bodies to manifest themselves. If we or our ancestors have allowed demons to move into our human family, then the need to manifest negative emotions is not our need, but rather the demons' need to act out using our bodies. If we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, then He in us is stronger than the demons. Together with God we will have the spiritual muscle to say NO to negative emotions (such as anger and indignation) and yes to forgiveness. We can begin, one step at a time, to get the strength to walk away from old patterns of thinking and responding.

We need to separate the person from the sin. We are making a big mistake if we are angry at the person and not the enemy, Satan who is manifesting in that person. Let us not think, "I hate you". Rather, let us think, "I hate you, Satan" the enemy of our soul.

Another aspect of forgiveness is reminding ourselves that we do NOT have the right to judge another. Christ is the final judge. In the name of Jesus, we remove that person from our judgment. Scripture warns us that in the way we judge others, we will eventually be judged by God. [Forgiveness has nothing to do with protecting ourselves from harm. In danger, when necessary, we first remove ourselves; second we cover ourselves with the blood of Jesus. Forgiveness need not include reconciliation; forgiveness need not include having a relationship, per New Life radio ministry www.newlife.com (1-800-NEW-LIFE) .] Henry Wright's ministry in Georgia, USA spends a lot of time helping others to forgive self, others and God. www.pleasantvalleychurch.net

Joseph Garlington (Covenant Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) reminds us that we must choose between being right or being reconciled. We need to give up our right to be right. This is especially true in a marriage or family relationship. Unforgiveness is the root of many diseases, especially those that eat the body, like cancer. The Lord reminds us that vengeance is His. We need to give God permission to be in control, of not only others, but also of ourselves. This is true, especially for those who feel the need to control or fix everybody and everything. As long as we are in control, God is not. When we quit, then God can begin.

Bill Johnson (Bethel Church, Redding, California, USA) warns us NOT to look back, unless we do it with the blood of Christ. Be reminded of the story of Lot's wife who looked back and turned into a pillar of salt. It is a stumbling block to us and an open door to Satan each time we reminisce about the past of others or ourselves, and neglect to put on God's eye glasses. If He has forgiven, then it is a sin for us to uncover, ruminate on, or expose wrong. It is wrong to be offended. Both Stephen and Jesus when dying said, "Father forgive them." We need to repent of gossip, even if it is gossip about ourselves. Any testimony should be told in light of what God has done for us. For instance, if I need to share a secret, then that should be told in the context of how Christ redeemed what Satan intended for evil. For instance, if my mate had depression and was suicidal, then I would share how Christ intervened. Even then, that could be wrong, for it is NOT our job to share the testimony of others, because often it is only a form of gossip, a way of puffing up ourselves and putting down others. Prayer groups are often just gossip centers. Beware. Gossip/Slander/Leprosy

Basilea Schlink in Repentance-The Joy-Filled Life contends that if "we cannot forgive, be merciful, suffer injustice or react with meekness", then we have no adoration, radiance of joy, or songs of joy in our heart, nor do we have "power and authorization to carry out ..a ministry". We are spiritually dormant/dead, or what the Bible calls "dry bones". The spirit of Jesus in us should be contagious and raise people from the dead. A good example of this is the Mozambique ministry of Rolland and Heidi Baker who raised 17 people from the dead. ( www.sidroth.org 1/02 & 2/04 radio broadcasts) Another current example in this generation is shown in the video Transformations which begins to reveal the monster miracles to entire cities and to entire gardens where food becomes uncontaminated, abundant and HUGE. www.transformnations.com One such happening was because God warned a pastor NOT to be offended, so He could do the work He needed to do in that particular community.

What if my thinking is, perhaps, from time to time, delusional, scary, bewildering, weird, paranoid, affected by an inherited chemical imbalance due to no fault of mine, what then? Forgiveness would be very difficult then. However, our God is the maker of caterpillars who turn into butterflies. Let us claim God's blessings. Let us refuse to accept as permanent the disability that we experience daily, but rather claim the invisible healing that waits those who BELIEVE in Jesus Christ and His resurrection power.

Unforgiveness is a house built on sand. Unforgiveness is the foundation. The bricks are made out of bitterness, envy, resentment, anger, rage, hate, murder, self-pity, and all other negative emotions. Forgiveness is a house built on rock. Its foundation and good example is Jesus Christ. Dying on the cross Jesus said, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do." The bricks are peace, mercy, kindness, and all positive emotions. The medical profession knows that negative emotions such as stress contribute to disease. Many clergy today believe that negative emotions and negative thought are the root cause of many diseases. Henry Wright believes they are the root of most diseases and family curses.

What OCCUPIES most of our thinking time? Is it a hurt, a wound, a thorn in the side? If a tear drops from the corner of our eye, our teeth grind, or a knot appears in the bottom of our stomach, when we think of something or someone (after the initial mourning, grieving time and normal annual reminders) day in and day out for the rest of our lives, then we have NOT forgiven. When God forgives, He also forgets. Maybe there is a scar, but the puss is gone. When Jesus rose from the dead, His wounds were not oozing with gangrene. Jesus forgave those who betrayed and crucified Him on the cross. Who betrayed and crucified Him? It was the sins of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Vincent Taber in What should We Do With The Memory of Sin? from 9-10/96 Psychology for Living magazine 1-818-821-8400 warns us NOT to despair or obsess, nor to allow memories to become oppressive. Rather permit them to remind us not to sin again and to be grateful once again for God's forgiveness, mercy and love. Our attitude and determination might prevent a relapse. A relapse not only affects us, but our whole family, especially our young children or grandchildren.

Those little moans from inside our heart tell us that we need to forgive 100% not 99%. Perhaps we need to forgive ourselves, to forgive God, to forgive others. Did we have an abortion? Whose fault was it? Did we give up a baby for adoption? Did we marry the wrong person? Whose fault was it? It takes 2 to tango? Perhaps it is not what we did, but what we failed to do? That is still sin. Sin is anything that separates us from God. It can be venial sin. It can be mortal sin. It can be sin the size of a mustard seed.

Do not be deceived by believing that ongoing excessive negative emotions are normal or are "me".
Satan is a roaring invisible lion trying to see who he can deceive. Satan and his evil demon spirits are invisible and they want to vacation inside us. They want to rent an apartment inside us. Most of all they want legal permission to live in us permanently, whether it be to express anger, unforgiveness, depression, or any other self serving negative emotion. The Holy Spirit is also invisible, but available to defeat and evict our enemy. Ask Jesus into your heart. Then ask the Holy Spirit for His power to defeat the enemy in your life. Read the new testament daily. Go to a church service or church group weekly. Sing to God in the shower. Attend all available healing services

One tool that helps many is one's ability to attend daily Catholic mass, even if one is not a Catholic. Those who advocate daily communion are Pentecostal pastor Smith Wigglesworth, English psychiatrist Kenneth McAll, Father John Hampsch of California, USA, American television pastors Perry Stone and Paula White, plus Methodist John Wesley. Catholic St. Ignatius of Antioch referred to communion as "the medicine of immortality". St Augustine (who lived in the 4th century) saw 73 people headed at Mass and then realized that Jesus is now still practicing medicine as He was 2000 years ago.

Catholics encourage us (when we say the "Our Father" and before receiving communion) not only to forgive (and release to God) the living, but also the dead; for they are the ones who have often caused a curse in our family blood line. This forgiveness often reverses the curse and begins a blessing in our blood line. What an opportunity. What a privilege. The worst that could happen is that we would have peace instead of resentment. Not a bad trade. In the Old Testament of the Bible men asked God to forgive their own sins, plus the sins of their children and their forefathers.

In communion we drink Jesus' blood (red wine or red juice) and reflect on the fact that Jesus was punished for our sins so that we can enter sinless into the presence of God. First we try to make reconciliation with any enemy. Next we confess our sins (in secret) to God, so that then He can forgive us. Our sins go out onto the scapegoat, which is Jesus. In comes the Holy Spirit bringing forgiveness. It is like a blood transfusion. Out goes the bad blood and next comes in the good blood. The life is in the blood. Spiritual life is in the blood of Jesus Christ. After we apologize to God, then we invite Jesus to live in our heart.
He always says, "Yes." He never says, "I will wait till you get fixed," nor " I will wait till your enemy likes you." Nope. He keeps the same rules that He gives us. He wants us to forgive 70x7 times. Thus He will forgive us 70x7 times. Scripture says to do unto others as we want done (later) unto us! It is a spiritual law of cause and effect. If we want God to forgive us, we must first forgive - others, especially our enemies. Scripture also says not to judge, for the way we judge is the way God will judge us. Judging and unforgiving go together like salt and pepper. Father God, "We apologize to You right now. Please send Your angel to protect us from ever again having a judgmental or unforgiving spirit. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen."

Sometimes out of obedience we can forgive with our heads, but not with our hearts. The heart part may need to be a work of mercy and grace by the power of the Holy Spirit. The heart part may come later as we continue in baby steps to be obedient, regardless of how we feel. For instance, we love a child, but we will not always feel the love, especially when the baby is crying at midnight, having a tantrum, throwing up, etc. Nevertheless, we will out of obedience as a parent tend to that baby. Later on our heart will swell in pride as we see the first baby steps, the first wedding, the first grandchild, etc.

(Note. If someone has violated you, especially sexually or physically, you do not need to allow him/her to continue to hurt you.) Forgiveness is all about you/me and not the offender. Forgiveness is about not letting anyone control our thoughts especially not control our negative thoughts. It is not allowing the angry bitter thoughts to control our mental health or defeat our happiness or keep us a victim. Parties are good, but not pity parties. These daily negative thoughts affect our hormones and brain chemistry and sabotage us the innocent and not our enemy. Forgiving is not needing/demanding the offender to apologize. That does not mean the offender is now trustworthy. Trust takes time to be rebuilt.

Forgiveness is a good thing to do - daily, weekly, monthly, annually. Does the sin repeat itself on a regular basis when we become overwhelmed/overcome by negative/harmful feelings? Is the thing/sin which we confess something in our ancestors/parents as well as in our kids? Then, connect the dots. In all likelihood a curse is in existence. A curse needs to be recognized and broken, in the name of Jesus. DELIVERANCE from CURSES

Unpardonable, Unforgivable SIN

There are those who believe that they have committed the unpardonable sin. This is a popular lie of Satan. The truly unpardonable sin is not what we do, but what we fail to do. What is that unpardonable sin of omission? If we do NOT choose Jesus as our Lord and Savior, then by default we reject Jesus; the curse of being separated from God remains on us.
Matthew 26:24 "It had been good for that man if he had not been born."
Matthew 13:32 + Mark 3:29 + Luke 12:10 (KJV) Whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man (Jesus Christ), it shall be forgiven him, but to him that blasphemes against the Holy Ghost, it shall NOT be forgiven.
Both Smith Wigglesworth and Derek Prince cite in their books that if one believes that he has committed the unpardonable sin, then in all likelihood that is NOT true. In all likelihood it is a "lying spirit" that, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, needs to be bound, cast out, and placed under the feet of Jesus. The Holy Spirit convicts of sin, but the evil spirit condemns. The evil spirit tortures the mind. He is not a nice fellow. The power/love/mercy of God is always greater than that of evil. Scripture tells us to resist the devil/torment, in the name of Jesus, and he will flee. Remember, whisper or yell/speak out loud, rather than pray silently in your mind! Satan in not a mind reader. Besides, the spoken Words of God are alive and will do warfare for you in the invisible spiritual world!

Anderson, Neil T The Bondage Breaker www.hispassionministries.com
Chapter 10 Accused by the Father of Lies has a section The Unpardonable Sin. Excellent!
Basically it says that if we have a tender conscience, we have NOT committed "the unpardonable sin". Reread the short chapter of Job in the Bible where Satan is the real accuser, trying to give us a guilt trip for all the sins, which we have already confessed. For all the unconfessed sins, there is always time to repent - until death, when, for the most of us, it is too late, unless God gives us a 2nd chance and resurrects us or allows us to have a near death experience.

Hagin, Kenneth E (senior) I Believe In Visions autobiography https://rhema.org www.rhema.org
Hagin had 8 visions where Jesus came to him in person.
Chapter 4 How Satan Influences Lives Today - section Rulers of the Unsaved
shares Jesus words regarding 1st John 5:16 - There is a sin unto death.
"For one to commit a sin unto death, he would need to have (defiantly rejected Christ AFTER having)
ALL 5 of these experiences:
1...to see his lost state and to know that there is no way for him to be saved except through Jesus Christ.
2. Taste of...Jesus.
3. Become a partaker of...or be filled with the Holy Spirit.
4. Grow...out of baby...stage to have tasted the good Word of God.
5. Have...the gifts (such as - healing/miracles, speaking/interpreting tongues, prophecy, casing out evil spirits and/or discernment) of the (Holy) Spirit - operating in his life.

King, Patricia Spiritual Revolution www.extremeprophetic.com
Subtitle = Experience the Supernatural in Your Life
Chapter 5 The Vital Connector "You might say, "But I don't feel cleansed or forgiven." In the faith realm, feelings are NOT valid if they are contrary to the truth" of God found in Scripture. "His Word carries final authority. If you see it...in His word, then your can believe" that you are forgiven, if you have apologized to Him.

Lake, Brian Romancing the King www.brianlake.org
Chapter 7 The Friendship of the Holy Spirit "If a person attributes the work of the Holy Spirit to the devil, it is close to blasphemy. It is DANGEROUS to attribute the (deliverance/tongues/healing/miracle) work of the Holy Spirit to the devil."
[Obviously, there are counterfeit gifts! Test the 2 spirits (holy vs evil).]

MacMillan, John A The Authority of the Believer - Encounter with Darkness www.wingspreadpublishers.com
Chapter 5 Forms of Demon Approach - Obsession covers quite a bit about the lies of Satan tricking Christians to believe they have lost salvation/forgiveness/favor with God.

Scanlan, Rev Michael + Cirner, Randall Deliverance from Evil Spirits Servant publications
Subtitle = A Weapon for Spiritual Warfare Catholic perspective excellent manual for teams
Regarding deliverance preparation, "frequently, the person may not have forgiven someone, because he though he had to feel forgiveness, before he could forgive. The person needs to know that repentance means a commitment to act righteously...An emotion of sorrow is not the primary requirement in repentance...(Additionally, they may) not realize that they must forgive others who have not repented of their own sins...Frequently the stage of repentance concludes with the person renewing his or her commitment to Jesus as Savior and Lord."

Spurgeon, Charles Holy Spirit Power publisher www.whitakerhouse.com
Chapter 3 The Holy Spirit, the Great Teacher says, When God instructs us, He shows us that no truly awakened conscience could ever commit that (unforgivable/unpardonable) sin, because, when it is committed, the conscience is seared and causes NO upset to the sinner..."The voice of the evil one whispers (lies)...We do not vainly imagine that angels whisper in our ears and that devils do the same.
(Thus, if we "feel" guilty/condemned", then we are innocent. It is the enemy of our souls who is the condemner.
God does NOT condemn. God convicts of true sin, leading the sinner to repentance/peace.)

http://endtimespropheticwords.wordpress.com/2007/08/04/the-toronto-blessingor-curse/
This pessimistic author contends that, "the unforgivable sin was the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, attributing to Satan what was in fact a work of God." (It does some good to keep an ear open to healthy debate/criticism, lest we do allow Satan to win a few rounds, especially the last lap of the race of our lives, where/when many awesome saints have tripped up.)
The true/final unforgivable sin would seem to be one's rejection of, refusal to receive, plus ignorance of or failure to find, during one's life time, the Messiah, son of God, Jesus Christ. Scripture says that ignorance is NOT an acceptable excuse, for all of nature, even the rocks cry out, if need be. If one's heart is right, God will personally reveal Himself to anyone who asks; likewise He will forgive anyone who asks. Judas failed to repent (ask forgiveness of Jesus or God). Judas may have even recognized Jesus as Messiah, but then later stabbed Him in the back (became a traitor).
Hebrews 6:4-6 TPNT 4It is impossible (unlikely/difficult/improbable) for those who have once been enlightened (born again/saved), have tasted the heavenly gifts, have become sharers of the Holy Spirit (baptism), 5and have tasted the full measure of the Word of God and the works of power of the coming age, 6then, if they fall away, to restore them again to repentance, because they crucify the Son of God anew (again/afresh) for themselves and hold (shame) Him to contempt...8But when it bears thorn plants and thistles (instead of good fruit) it is worthless and close to cursed (on the slippery slope to eternal death), for which the end is to be burned over.

Weymann, Dorothy Mason Thus Saith God's Word - Scripture Aids for Counseling MD Productions, Greensboro, North Carolina
Section under Baptism/Gifts reminds us to "warn (others speaking against the miracles/gifts of the Holy Spirit) that attributing the works of the Holy Spirit to the devil is the unpardonable sin." Matthew 12:32 states, "Whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man (Jesus), it shall be forgiven him, but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come."

Hagin, Kenneth E Tongues - Beyond the Upper Room www.rhema.org
Part 1, Chapter 7 Guideline to Receiving the Holy Spirit "Nothing in your life would keep you from being filled with the Holy Ghost. You have no secret sin that would hinder you from receiving the Holy Spirit...There is no such thing as a secret (personal sin) you you don't know about. The Holy Ghost or your own conscience will tell you. And it your conscience doesn't tell you anything, don't try to drag something up!" (Postscript. Sometimes the Holy Spirit will reveal at a later date things which He needs to deal with, when we are more spiritually mature, such as curses, ancestral sins, sins committed by others while we were in the womb, traumas, etc.)

doubting one's salvation
Salvation is based on what God says in scripture & not on what we humans think or feel about it!
Psalms 23:6 TLB Messianic 6Your goodness and unfailing kindness shall be with me all of my life, and afterwards I will live with You (Father God) forever in Your (heavenly) home.

Brown, Tom Devil, Demons and Spiritual Warfare Chapter 3 Satan is Disarmed
In USA federal law "a pardon is a deed...and delivery is not complete without acceptance.
It may then be rejected by the person to whom it is tendered."
Likewise Jesus' "public act of grace...was intended to bring private blessings. Thus, you must legally accept God's pardon, offered through the atonement, in order for it to be effective" in your personal life.
Once we accept forgiveness, Satan continues to barrage us with condemnation and lies. He "hopes that through his accusations he might cause us to hold onto feelings of guilt and shame over our past and forgiven sins...The devil loves it when you (speak/testify and) act according to your feelings" instead of according to what Jesus blood did on the cross and according to what the Word of God says in scripture...
If He says that your sin is taken away, who are you to say it is not?" Regarding sins that have been repented of, NEVER take "the condemnation of our heart and put it above the Word of God."
It is difficult for the Lord to restore you, "if you allow the enemy to keep beating you up for your past.
You must realize that the condemnation of your heart is coming directly from the accusations of the devil.
Mental health facilities often house Christians who cannot let go of their pasts...They have bought the lies of the enemy."
"Do you believe the feelings (emotions and temptations) of your heart or the Word of God? You must decide who is telling the truth. Is it God," society, self, or Satan? As Christians we must reject/resist/ refuse/renounce, in Jesus name, all that contradicts God and each time ASK the Holy Spirit to help and protect us. The flesh is powerless, but angels and the Holy Spirit bring the missing power into our lives.
Like salmon we can be struggling upstream all our lives, or we can jump up high into God's arms and permit Him to carry us into our destiny. Jesus, I jump into Your arms, right NOW. Amen.

Dickerman, Don When Pigs Move In www.dondickerman.net endorsed by Frank Hammond Texas, USA ministry
Other books containing "some" of above more complete information are Serpents in the Sanctuary and Turmoil in the Temple.
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product/981725045?item_no=794617&netp_id=560908&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW&view=covers video clip
Web site has on-line application for deliverance. That section includes a line item sharing that bemoaning one's lack of salvation, after having genuinely repented for any sin, is an indication of demonic oppression. This is especially true for a born-again Christian. If you are not a believer in Christ as Lord and Messiah, just repent of your sins right now, and immediately ask His Holy Spirit to come and dwell in your heart.
The Trinity always says, "Yes."

Hegstrom, Paul The Brain & the Spoken Word DVD#3 www.lifesillsintl.org Aurora, Colorado, USA
Sometimes Satan will cause a Christian to doubt his/her salvation due to one's being emotionally stuck in his development due to a prior trauma. Although one's human spirit may belong to Jesus, one's mind/will/ emotions and perhaps body may be still an infant when it comes to responding maturely/healthy. Satan will attempt to cause delusions, confusion, double mindedness, psychosis, etc. in order to sabotage us.
(If our trauma happened at age 2, we will tend to respond like a toddler. If our trauma happened at age 5, our emotional reactions will tend to mirror a 5 year old. If our trauma happened in the womb, we can be caught off guard as to where "that overreaction" came from.) Satan is an opportunist. He never plays fair.
Fortunately, the Holy Spirit can help shed light on root issues and help eradicate them - permanently.

Walden, Franklin (senior) The Unmistakable, Visible Anointing- Following God's Calling for over One-Half Century www.franklinwaldenministries.org
Chapter 4 Running from God "I had been to the altar before and had even been baptized as a child in Sunday School. But that morning at Glad Tidings Temple, I was truly born again. My battles were NOT over just because I had been born again (as a adult). In fact, they had multiplied, because Satan wanted me to doubt my salvation. Many times later, he would come to me and say, 'Where did you get saved?' I'd say, 'I was saved when my daddy baptized (christened) me in the river, years ago when I was just a little fellow.' But Satan wouldn't leave me alone. I would pray and repent again and again. But still Satan would return and we would start the cycle all over again. One day when Satan was tormenting me, the Holy Ghost spoke to me and said, 'Tell him the day I healed you of that heart attack at Glad Tiding Temple is the day I forgave you of your sins and you were born again'...
That gave me something to anchor onto, and after that the devil left me alone."

As parents, bosses, mates, siblings, etc, we often accidentally or sometimes deliberately or even in our immaturity and stupidity cause harm to another. Satan clothed as a snake (3 Baruch 9:7 He took the serpent as a garment.), deceived and tricked Eve, who in turn enticed Adam. Papa God allowed them to choose, to disobey Him, and for harm to come upon the entire world as a consequence. What horror.
What agony to realize the travesty of their choice upon themselves, upon their mate, upon their children, upon all their descendents. What turmoil to realize that Satan had deliberately been the root cause.
What turmoil for Papa God to realize that He had allowed this. What agony of Papa God to see the hurt
He had allowed through the freedom of choice and through the deception of the enemy. Yes, Papa God,
please forgive all our ancestors. Yes, Papa God, please forgive us. Yes, Papa God, we forgive You.
Yes, Papa God, we recognize who the real enemy or traitor is - Satan. Yes, Papa God, like Job, we repent for all the sins of our ancestors, plus, in Jesus name, we forbid any iniquity to be transmitted to/inherited by our seed. We pray and confess like Joseph that what the enemy intended for evil will be transformed like a butterfly caterpillar into something beautiful for You and Your Kingdom. Thank you for remedying
the original sin of Adam and Eve by sending Your Son Jesus the Messiah. You are a wonderful heavenly Father that can reverse our mistakes. We thank You and bless You with great joy. Amen.

Brown, Tom        Can Christians Lose Their Salvation?       http://www.tbm.org/losesalvation.htm
Tom believes that, "No one has ever fallen away from the Lord who was growing. People usually backslide when they stop growing. As long as you are growing, you can never (permanently) backslide (to a point
of no return to God)." (God is ALWAYS ready to forgive the sinner and the backslider.)
Tom wants those who profess to be Christians to, "Take 2 Timothy 2:11-12...'If we died with Him,
we will also live with Him; if we endure, we will also reign with Him.' No one has any problems with this
so far. It is the next statement that gives Christians problems. 'If we disown Him, He will also disown us.' Notice the pronouns 'we' and 'us.' These pronouns clearly refer to us (born-again, Holy Spirit filled) believers (in Jesus Messiah). God promises to disown us (who make a legal claim to Jesus as Savior)
if we disown Him. This warning must be taken seriously."
(A major problem with most professing Christians is that they have never been water baptized as adults, plus they have never asked Jesus to baptize them with His Holy Spirit. The infilling of the Holy Spirit is needed for both spiritual enlightenment and spiritual warfare. http://www.tbm.org/tongues.htm
http://www.tbm.org/holy_spirit_in_you.htm

Copeland, Kenneth Abounding in Grace 8/24/2008 http://www.bvov.tv/asx/bvov/090824.asx
When we look at our own shortcomings without them being covered with the blood of Jesus, we will be in agreement with Satan and out of agreement with God, Who made provision for forgiveness for all sin.

Genesis 4:6-7 Amplified    The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry and why do you look sad and dejected? If you do well, will you not be accepted? If you do not do well, sin crouches at your door. It's desire is for you. You must master it (anger, bitterness, depression, jealousy, hate, murder, revenge)."
Genesis 6:6-8 KJVer    The Lord repented (changed His mind/regretted/was sorry) that He had made man on the earth; it grieved Him at His heart. The Lord said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, beast, creeping things, and the fowl of the air, for it repents Me that I have made them." But (however/only) Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Genesis 8:21 KJVer   The Lord said in His heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again smite anymore everything living, as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease."
Genesis 9:11 KJVer    "I will establish My covenant with you. Neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood. Neither shall there anymore be a flood to destroy the earth." God said, "This is the token of the covenant with I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. I do set My (rain)bow in the   cloud. It shall be a token of a covenant between Me and earth." (Spiritual insight = repentance is reversing direction/choices. Even the Lord will do this. He will cancel/void/bind curses and release/loose blessings.)
Genesis 50:20 You thought evil against me, but God meant it to (for) good.

Exodus 20:1    and God spoke all these words, saying
Exodus 20:5    I , the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing (removing His protection from) the children for the sin of the fathers to the 3rd and 4th generation of those who hate me,
Exodus 20:6    but showing love to a 1,000 generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. (Spiritual insight = disease/curse is generational due to sin.)

Leviticus 16:6-10 NIV    Aaron (the priest) is to offer the bull for his own sin offering to make atonement for himself and his household. Then he is to take 2 goats and present them before the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. He is to cast lots for the 2 goats and present them before the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. He is to cast lots for the 2 goats - one lot for the Lord and the other for the scapegoat. Aaron shall bring the got whose lot falls to the Lord and sacrifice it for a sin offering. The goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the Lord to be used for making atonement by sending it into the desert as a scapegoat.
Leviticus 16:15-16 NIV    He shall then slaughter the (2nd) goat for the sin offering for the people (congregation) and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did with the bull's blood. He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it. In this way, he will make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the uncleanness and rebellion of the Israelites, whatever their sins have been.
Leviticus 16:20-22 NIV    When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward the live goat. He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites - all their sins - and put them on the goat's head. He shall send the goat away into the desert in the care of a man appointed for the task. The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a solitary place. The man shall release it in the desert. (Spiritual insight = This ritual was a forerunner of what Christ did for us on the cross.)
Leviticus 16:30    For through this day (of Yom Kippur) He will (annually) atone for you, to cleanse you. From all your sins before Hashem (God) you will be cleansed.
Leviticus 26:39-40 TNAB    39Those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies will waste away for their own and their fathers' guilt. 40Thus they will have to confess that they and their fathers were guilty of having rebelled against Me and of having defied Me.

Numbers 21:7 TNAB 7The people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned in complaining against the Lord and (against) you." So Moses prayed for the people.
[Annual Jewish confession during Yom Kippur contains doctrine that if one utters his confession sincerely, the avenging angel is not permitted to harm him, per Scherman, Rabbi Nosson Viduy (confession or teshuvah/repentance) www.artscroll.com ]

Deuteronomy 5:9 KJV I the Lord your God am a jealous God punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the 3rd and 4th generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a 1,000 generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Deuteronomy 32:35 KJV "To Me (the Lord) belongs vengeance and recompense."

Joshua 5:9 NKJV This day I (God) have rolled away the reproach of (the sins of) Egypt from you.

Nehemiah 9:1-2 KJV The children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sack clothes, and earth upon them. The seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, stood, and confessed their (own) sins and the iniquities of their fathers. (Spiritual insight = curses can be stopped and reversed through repentance.)
Nehemiah 9:17b NIV You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to answer and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them.

Job 1:4-5a TNAB    4His sons used to take turns giving feasts, sending invitations to their 3 sisters to eat and drink with them. 5When each feast had run its course, Job would send for them and sanctify them.
Job 1:5b NIT    5Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them (his children)thinking, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular custom. (See 1st John 5:16-17)
Job 42:5-6 TNAB    5I (Job) had heard of You by word of mouth, but now my eye has seen You. 6Thefore, I disown what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job 42:7-8 NKJV    The Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is aroused against you and your 2 friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. Now therefore, take for yourselves 7 bulls and 7 rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. My servant Job shall pray for you (the offender), for I will accept him (Job), lest I deal with you (three) according to your folly."

Psalm 19:12-13 NIV    (God), "Forgive my hidden faults Also, keep your servant (me/David) from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgressions."
Psalm 32:1-2 KJV    Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputes not iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile (deceit).
Psalm 32:5-6a NIV 5I acknowledged my sin to You and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord." You forgave the guilt of My sin. 6aLet everyone who is godly pray to You while You may be found.
Psalm 35:13 NKJV    As for me, when they (the offenders) were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. My prayer would return to my own heart. I paced about as though he were my friend or brother. I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother.
Psalm 125:14 KJV    The Lord will judge His people.
Psalm 133:1 KJVer    Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Isaiah 43:25 NIV    "I, even I, am He Who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake, and remembers your sins no more."
Isaiah 44:22 A Harkavy "I, have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and , as a cloud, thy sins: return to Me; for I have redeemed thee."
Isaiah 58:9 NIV   "You will call and the Lord will answer. You will cry for help and He will say, 'Here am I,' If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk.'" (Spiritual insight = We need to relinquish to God the gossip/tattling/exposing/condemnation. It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict of sin and Satan's joy to condemn/harass/lie/finger point. Let us not align ourselves with evil.)
Isaiah 65:16-17 NASV   16The former troubles are forgotten...they are hid from My sight. 17Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth...the former things shall not be remembered (by Me) or come to (My) mind. 18Be glad and rejoice forever. (Scriptural insight = Oh tormented mind, in the name of Jesus, reject those thoughts that do not line up with God's Words in scripture.)

Ezekiel 25:15 KJV    The Philistines have dealt by revenge and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart to destroy it for the old hatred. (An illustration of what happens due to unforgiveness.)
Ezekiel 33:16 NIV    None of the sins he has committed will be remembered against him.
Ezekiel 35:5 KJV    Thou has had a perpetual hatred and shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity.

Daniel 9:20 NIV While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for His holy hill, while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the (angelic) man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. (Spiritual insight = Here we have a spiritual example of confessing both personal/family and national sin/atrocities.)

Jonah 3:10 KJV God saw their (citizens and king of the city of Nineveh) works, that they turned from their evil way (repented); God repented of the evil (harm/punishment) that He had said He would do to them. He did not do it.
Jonah 4:1-4 NIV Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry. He prayed to the Lord, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God Who relents from sending calamity. 3Now, O Lord, take away my life; for it is better for me to die than to live." 4The Lord replied, "Have you any right to be angry?" (Spiritual insight = Here we see self pity, anger of man against the mercy and forgiveness of God. We even see a spirit of suicide!)

Micah 7:19 NIV You (God) will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Jonah 3:6, 9-10 TNAB When the news reach the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his roe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes... "Who knows, God may relent, forgive, and withhold His blazing wrath, so that we shall not perish." When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, He repented of the evil that He had threatened to do them. He did not carry it out. (Spiritual insight = repentance needs to be evidenced by one's changing his behavior from evil/wrong/harmful/hurtful to good/correct/blessing.)

Matthew 5:7 KJVer    Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5:22-25 KJV    I (Jesus) say to you, "Whoever is angry with his brother (relative or comrade) without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. Whoever (in contempt) shall say to his brother, 'Raca (empty, senseless one, stupid or idiot),' shall be in danger of the (Sanhedrin) council. Whoever shall say, 'You fool,' shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has anything against you; leave your gift there before the altar and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother. Then come and offer your gift. Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way (to court) with him, lest at any time the adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison."
(Spiritual insight = Our brother may have something against us FALSELY. Jesus forgave those who crucified Him. They were in error. This spiritual example must be applied daily for us to stay in spiritual, mental and physical health. Second, we may be or become guilty if we are a victim, for often the spirit of victimization attracts the spirit of victimizer. This may happen due to inherited sin. A molested child may become a molester, if the evil (spirit) is not recognized, refused, repented of on behalf of present and past generations, bound and cast under the feet of Jesus. This is where communion serves us well. Job repented daily on behalf of his children. This is a form of intercession, standing in the gap, through the power of Jesus Christ.)
Matthew 5:38-44 NIV    You have heard that it was said, "Eye for eye and tooth for tooth," but I (Jesus) tell you, "Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces your to go 1 mile, go with him 2 miles. Give to the one who asks you. Do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you." You have heard that it was said, "Love your neighbor and hate your enemy," but I tell you, "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven."
Matthew 6:12 KJV    Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:14-15 KJVer    If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. If you forgive not men their trespass, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 7:1-5 KJVer    1Judge not that you be not judged. 2With the judgment you judge, you shall be judged. With what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3Why behold the mote in your brother's eye, but consider not the beam in your own eye? 4How will you say to your brother, "Let me pull the mote out of your eye, (when) a beam is in your own eye?" 5Hypocrite, 1st cast the beam out of your own eye. Then you shall see clearly to cast the mote out of your brother's eye.
Matthew 9:2,5-6 TNAB    2When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Courage, child, your sins are forgiven."...5"Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise up and walk'? 6That you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - He then said to the paralytic, "Rise. Pick up your stretcher and go home."
Matthew 12:43-45 NIV    (Jesus said,) "When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it 7 other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live here. The final condition of that man is worse than the first."
Matthew 15:22 TPNT    "You must have mercy on me right now, Lord." (TPNT footnote says that, "Asking for mercy was an idiom for asking for forgiveness. The people understood that sickness was caused by sin.")
Matthew 18:15-17 NIV    (Jesus said,) "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the 2 of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. If he will not listen, take 1 or 2 others along, so that every matter may be established by the testimony of 2 or 3 witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church (spiritual congregation). If he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector."
Matthew 18:18-20 NIV    "I (Jesus) tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. I tell you, that if 2 of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My father in heaven, for where 2 or 3 come together in My name, there am I with them" (Spiritual Discussion = Henry Wright contends this applies to loosing love and forgiveness. In this context it can also mean to bind the enemy of unforgiveness and place under the feet of Jesus.)
Matthew 18:21-35 NIV    Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother (relative) when he sins against me? Up to 7 times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not 7 times, but 77 times. The kingdom of heaven (God) is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants (staff). As he began the settlement, a man who owed him 10,000 talents was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he, his wife, his children, and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a 100 denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!', he demanded. His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me and I will pay you back.' He refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, went, and told their master everything that had happened. Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said. 'I cancelled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the to the jailers to be tortured (tormented), until he should pay back all he owed. This is how My heavenly Father (God) will treat each of you unless your forgive your brother from your heart." (Otherwise the evil spirits of anger/hatred/resentment/self-pity/bitterness will be allowed to torment you and terrify you with nightmares/phobias/fears/anxiety. = Spiritual Insight)
Matthew 22:39 KJV    Love your neighbor as yourself.

Mark 2:5- NIV    When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, "Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" Immediately Jesus knew in His spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and He said to them, "Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk?' But (I have said this) that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..."
Mark 3:29-30 NIV    "I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven. He is guilty of an eternal sin." He (Jesus) said this because they were saying, "He has an evil spirit."
Mark 4:12 TPNT    "...at any time they would turn back, repent, and it would be forgiven them."
Mark 4:24 TPNT    He was saying to them, "Beware of what you hear. In the measure with which you are measuring, it will be measured to you and it will be added to you."
Mark 11:24-25 KJV    When you stand praying, forgive, if you have ought (anything) against any, that your Father, Who is heaven, may forgive you your trespasses.

Luke 6:27-38 KJV    27"I say to you who hear, 'Love your enemies. Do good to them who hate you. 28Bless them that curse you. Pray for them who despitefully use you. 29To him who smites you on the one cheek, offer also the other. He who takes away your cloak, forbid not to take your coat also. 30Give to every man who asks of you, and of him who takes away your goods, ask him not again. 31As you would that men should do to you, do also to them likewise. 32If you love them who love you, what thanks do you have, for sinners also love those who love them. 33If you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you have, for sinners also do the same. 34If you lend to those whom you hope to receive, what thanks have you, for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again? 35Lend to your enemies. Do good and lend, hoping for nothing. Your reward shall be great. You shall be the children of the Highest. 36He is kind to the unthankful to the evil; therefore, be merciful as your Father is merciful. 37Judge not and you shall not be judged. Condemn not and you shall not be condemned. Forgive and you shall be forgiven. 38Give and it shall be given to you. Men shall give into your bosom good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. With the same measure that you mete out, it shall be measured to you again (in return).'" (spiritual insight = "Double for your trouble!" or "an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth", not as a punishment, but as a reward/restoration from God)
Luke 11:4 KJV    "Forgive us our sins, as we also forgive every one that is indebted to us."
Luke 13:3 TPNT Unless you would all repent you will likewise be destroyed.
Luke 13:5 TPNT Unless you would all repent you will likewise be destroyed.
Luke 17:3 KJV    If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
Luke 17:4 TNAB    "If he wrongs you 7 times in one day and returns to you 7 times saying, 'I am sorry,' you should forgive him." (TNAB footnote = The seventh/seven is a proverbial Jewish expression for any large number.)
Luke 23:34 (KJV)   Then said Jesus (dying on the cross of crucification), "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

John 5:30 NIV    "I (Jesus) judge only as I hear (God the Father), and My judgment is just, for I seek not to please Myself, but Him Who sent Me." (Spiritual insight = Jesus/God sees the heart. Likewise, we are NOT to judge or to condemn. That is God's job. A critical spirit is an evil spirit, a demon!)
John 8:15 NIV    "You judge by human standards. I (Jesus) pass judgment on no one."
(Spiritual insight = It is our sins, our trespasses against the law in scripture, + Satan that condemn us. The 1st brings us to repentance. The 2nd brings false condemnation, especially to those who have repented.)
John 20:22-23    Jesus said..."Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive (pardon) anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."
(Let us be the generation that stops the family curses. Let us be the generation that begins the family blessings. Let us be God's first miracle of healing of mental illness/depression/cancer/you-name-it in our generation. Let us operate as high priests with the rubbed on anointing oil of the Holy Spirit, as imparted to Jesus' disciples in the upper room.)

Acts 2:36-39 TPNT    36Continually know that God also made Him Lord and Messiah, this Jesus Whom you crucified. 37When they heard this they were pierced in their hearts. They said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What must we do, men, brothers?" 38Peter said to them, "You must immediately repent, and each of you must immediately be baptized in the name of Jesus Messiah, for forgiveness of you sins, and you will take the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those in far away places, whomever the Lord our God will call to Himself."
Acts 7:59-60 NIV    While they were stoning him (to death), Stephen prayed, "Lord (God), do NOT charge them with this sin."
Acts 19:18-19 NIV Many of those who believed (what Jesus said) now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly.
Acts 26:15-8 KJVer    15Who are You, Lord? He said, "I am Jesus Whom you persecute. 16 Rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose...17delivering you (Saul who God renamed Paul) from the people...18to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them who are sanctified by faith in Me."

Romans 2:1-3,5-6 NIV    1At whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because (if) you who pass judgment do the same things. 2We know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3When you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment?
5You are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when His righteous judgment will be revealed. 6God "will give to each person according to what he has done".
(See Psalm 62:12 + Proverbs 24:12)
Romans 5:11 NIV    We also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we now
have received atonement (reconciliation/forgiveness).
Romans 8:1 NIV    Therefore, there is now NO condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus.

2nd Corinthians 2:10-11 NIV If you forgive anyone, I (Paul) also forgive him. What I have forgiven (if there was anything to forgive) I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might not outwit us; for we are not unaware of his schemes.
2nd Corinthians 5:19 God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. (Spiritual reminder = Satan, not God, is the condemner/accuser/shamer.)

Galatians 6:1 NIV Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

Ephesians 1:7 In (Jesus) we have redemption (are ransomed/bought back/redeemed/freed) through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.
Ephesians 4:26-27 KJVer Be angry and sin not. Do not let the sun down down upon your wrath. Neither give place to the devil.
Ephesians 4:31-32 KJVer Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, malice, clamor and evil speaking be put away from you. Be tenderhearted, kind, and forgiving to one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

Colossians 3:13 NIV    Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Hebrews 9:22 NIV    The law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. (Spiritual insight = Christ shed His blood to obtain forgiveness for us.)
Hebrews 10:17 NIV    Their sins and iniquities I will remember NO more.
Hebrews 10:30-31 KJV    "Vengeance belongs to Me. I will recompense, says the Lord"...The Lord shall judge His people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Hebrews 12:14-15 NIV/Deuteronomy 29:18   Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root (bitterness) grows up to cause trouble and defile many. (Spiritual insight = Defiled in the Greek is miaino meaning to be stained with demonic processes. Thus we give demons a legal right to aggravate when we do not forgive and instead allow bitterness to grow. Bromiley's Theological Dictionary of the New Testament)

James 2:13 NIV    Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 5:9 NIV    Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door.
James 5:12 NIV    Above all, my brothers, do not swear - not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be yes and your "No" (be) no, or you will be condemned.
James 5:14-16 KJV    14Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church. Let them pray over him, anointing him with oil, in the name of the Lord. 15The prayer of faith shall save the sick. The Lord shall raise him up. If he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16Confess your faults to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. (Spiritual Insight = Confession is best/more safely/wisely done with those in ministry. Confession to a mate or doctor may be advisable, but if they have not received the baptism of the Holy Spirit or do not have needed God's gifts of discernment/knowledge/deliverance/healing/etc, they may be able to empathize/pray/comfort but not fix the problem.)

1st Peter 3:8 KJV    Be all of one mind, having compassion for one another. Love as brethren. Be pitiful (compassionate). Be courteous.

1st John 1:8-9 NIV    If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves. The truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful, just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar. [Spiritual insight = Sin is not just something we do, but also something we have (disease/evil spirit/unforgiveness) or something we fail to do (love/forgive) This includes not only any issues we now have, but also issues we had growing up.]
1st John 3:10 NIV    This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are. Anyone who does not who what is right is not a child of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
1st John 3:14-15 NAB   Whoever does not love remains in (spiritual) death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer. You know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
(Spiritual insight = Frank Hammond and may other deliverance ministers have actually encountered evil spirits of adultery, fornication, witchcraft, hatred, wrath, strife, envying, murder, drunkenness, for beginners.)
1st John 4:20-21 NIV    20If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, Whom he has not seen. 21He has given us this command, "Whoever loves God must also love his brother."
1st John 5:16-17 TPNT    16If someone would see his brother committing a sin not to death, if he will ask, then He will give life to him, to those who do not sin to death. There is a sin to death; I am not saying that he should ask concerning that. 17Every unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin not to death... Footnote = Jesus identifies food as one example of a sin not unto death, Matthew 15:11, Mark 7:15
[Spiritual insight = See Job 1:5b The sin that is most often considered to be the sin unto eternal spiritual death is - one's refusal to believe on Jesus Christ as Messiah ! The Catholic church separates sin into venial (non deadly) and mortal (deadly) sins; however all other churches do not agree with these, one reason being that (according to scripture) all sin separates us from God. Christ was temporarily separated from God when He took on/became sin on the cross, in order to exterminate the problems which Adam, Eve and Satan caused in the Garden of Eden. Rather than believing God, Adam and Eve believed the lies of Satan. Jesus restored our potential to now have the same relationship with God as Adam and Eve had!]

Numbers 17:11-13 Alexander Harkavy 11Moses said unto Aaron, "Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and carry it quickly into the congregation, and make an atonement for them. For there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is (has) begun." 12Aaron took (did) as Moses commanded and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague was (had) begun among the people. He put on incense and made an atonement for the people. 13He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed (stopped).

Daniel 9:20 I (Daniel) was speaking and praying, confessing my sin AND the sin of my people.

Job 1:4-5a TNAB    4His sons used to take turns giving feasts, sending invitations to their 3 sisters to eat and drink with them. 5When each feast had run its course, Job would send for them and sanctify them.
Job 1:5b NIT    5Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them (his children) thinking, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular custom. (See 1st John 5:16-17)
Job 42:5-6 TNAB    5I (Job) had heard of You by word of mouth, but now my eye has seen You. 6Thefore, I disown what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job 42:7-8 NKJV    The Lord said to Eliphaz, the Temanite, "My wrath is aroused against you and your 2 friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. Now therefore, take for yourselves 7 bulls and 7 rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. My servant Job shall pray FOR you (Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar), for I will accept him (Job), lest I deal with you (3) according to your folly."

Moore, Beth 11/18/2009 To Know and Be Known http://www.lifetoday.tv/qt/2009/11/91104.htm
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Beth, says, "NO, NO, NO" to cathartically" fessing up" to one's partner of past sexual partners and exploits, as understood or perhaps misunderstood by many counselors and counselees.
The bottom line is that once our sins are confessed, they are under the blood and forgotten by Jesus. If one particular area is still full of spiritual or emotional puss then perhaps that part of the soul is broken or fragmented and needs ministry. See Ana Mendez ministry above regarding healing of a broken heart.

Baker, Heidi Compelled by Love www.irismin.org
Chapter 3 Blessed Are the Merciful "But - a very important part - she forgave herself and let the hatred and rage go. So, she was able to receive the mercy of God and (thus) poured His mercy out."

Banks, Bill Deliverance for Children www.goodnews.netministries.org
Section Gate of Abuse notes that Christian parents need to impress upon/INSIST that their children FORGIVE immediately, lest a demonic/negative emotion/stronghold take root. (Obviously the child needs to understand that forgiveness is NOT permission for another to continue abuse! The child also needs to know what steps he/she needs to take to defend oneself, as well as what steps the parents are taking to defend him/her!) "There are many parallels between literal wounds in our flesh and the spiritual wounds which may occur in our souls (minds). When a wound is fresh, actual deliverance may not even be required," if one is quick to forgive. "Not allowing 'the sun to go down upon his wrath,' he will not give 'Satan any place' within himself (Ephesians 4:27), thus preventing demonic entry" (or foothold or preventing a problem such as unforgiveness/shame/anger/hate/fear to take root and grow).

Basham, Don Deliver Us From Evil www.chosenbooks.com
Don is deceased. Book is an intimate autobiography of Pastor Basham's walk with God as He reveals that some problems are caused by evil spirits. This opened up the deliverance ministry to Don. Well worth the reading. Deliverance power is available to us, but we need to claim and appropriate it, in the name of Jesus. When ministering we can ask the spirit/spirits to name itself. For instance, there is a spirit of adultery, choking, confusion, epilepsy, fear, fear of heart failure, fortune-telling, gambling, gluttony, insanity, laziness, lust, necromancy, nerves (nervousness), nicotine, palm reading, wantonness, violence, witchcraft, etc. Lack of forgiveness may be the largest single contributor to demonic bondage! Be reminded, we are to speak to the spirit in the person and NOT to the person. This is very important. Be sure that the patient/client is aware of this, so as not to take it personally.

Bell, Stephen If You Forgive booklet www.thekeym.org
Euless, Texas, USA ministry Book concentrates on devastation and elimination of bitterness.

Bevere, John The Bait of Satan www.johnbevere.org
John notes that there are many steps in forgiveness. A most important step is to ask God to forgive us, when we have been wronged. Why is this? Because anyone who holds onto yesterday's hurts is sinning against God, against the other person, and against himself. A rehashing of past hurts brings not only emotional distress but also physical problems, because man is body, mind and spirit. Unforgiveness is one of the biggest causes of illness in the world, including family and church. Wars are based on unforgiveness. Most all relationship separations are based on unforgiveness, including separation between me and God.
Chapter 11 Forgiveness You Don't Give - You Don't Get shares an unnamed testimony of a Pilipino pastor who had a near death experience, where he saw his born-again mother-in-law in hell. The Lord explained to him that the mother-in-law had refused to forgive a relative, and thus she herself could not be forgiven! (Now this should scare us into running to the altar to repent! Also see video Raised from the Dead, autobiography of Nigerian pastor Daniel Ekechukwu. Daniel met a born-again-pastor in hell! www.cfan.org ) Matthew 7:21-23 NIV "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, in Your name drive out demons, and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from Me, you evildoers!'"

Bleasdell, Babsie with Libersat, Henry Refresh Your Life in the Spirit Catholic Servant publisher
Caption - How the Holy Spirit Can Empower You Every Day Chapter 8 Dangers the Holy Spirit Help Us Overcome section Special Act of Sorrow from the Salesiman Missions "Forgive me my sins, O Lord, forgive me my sins; the sins of my youth, the sins of my age, the sins of my soul, the sins of my body; my idle sins, my serious voluntary sins, the sins I know, the sins I have concealed so long, and (the sins) which are now hidden from my memory...
I know my sins have wounded Thy tender Heart, O my Savior. O my Savior, let me be freed from the bonds of evil through the most bitter passion of my Redeemer. O my Jesus, forget and forgive what I have been." (Thank You, Lord.) Amen"

Bosco, Antoinette One Day He Beckoned publisher www.avemariapress.com
Autobiography. In Chapter 3 Meeting and Re-meeting Jesus, Catholic author quotes Oscar Wilde, "When Christ says, 'Forgive your enemies,' it is not for the sake of the enemy, but for one's own sake that he says so, and because love is more beautiful than hate. In his own entreaty to the young man, 'Sell all that thou hast and give to the poor.' it is not of the state of the poor that he is thinking, but of the soul of the young man, the soul that wealth was marring." Bosco learned that to look for and find Jesus in a hurtful person, is preceded by the need to first find Jesus in oneself. She had reacted in rage/anger to being insulted. Why had this happened? What buttons had been pushed? She discovered it was her self image that was needy. She had to forgive. (One needs to recognize that one's spiritual worth is based only on the price Jesus paid on the Cross and not on what one does or is.) Bosco quotes Reinhold Niebuhur, "Forgiving love is a possibility only for those...who feel themselves in need of divine mercy, who live in a dimension deeper and higher than that of moral idealism, feel themselves as well as their fellow men convicted of sin by a holy God and know that the differences between the good man and the bad man are insignificant in His sight."

Burt, Arthur                           Surrender Your Key to Spiritual Success    www.arthurburt.com
Chapter 6 Pride - The Glory of Man "Pride is treason...as God sees it."
"If the blood of Christ were effective for man's pride, then all men would be saved, but the word of God declares, 'Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin [not the pride] of the world' John 1:29" KJV.
"Confiding to the pastor about an adulterous affair, for example, is no substitute for confessing to the wife...What is finally on my slate? That depends on me. 'As [a man] thinketh in his heart, so is he' (Proverbs 23:7). As long as I am in the probationary school of life, a past judgment can be erased by a present one...I can say, 'This is me, but I am sorry!'"
Burt, Arthur                           Around the World in 88 Years       www.arthurburt.com
Chapter 7 The Blackout   "One sin He does NOT forgive is unforgiveness. It is pointless to try to enter the presence of God, while holding hatred and bitterness in our hearts towards our brother or sister. He will not receive us. And we will receive nothing from Him because there is NO forgiveness for unforgiveness. Until you forgive, as Jesus said, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you. 'But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.' (Matthew 6:15) I had failed in this regard when a brother, who I despised, delivered the Word of God to me...Make a distinction between the message and the messenger."
Chapter 10 Walking the Land "A person doesn't really understand or appreciate grace (forgiveness/mercy) until he ministers it" [to others (deserving or not)], for but by the grace of God there likewise go I. (What if I had been born crippled or with Mongolism/mental retardation? What if I had been born in prison, concentration camp, or city dump? What if either I or my parents were mentally ill? Each of us comes with a lot of inherited or acquired baggage, which we need to unload onto the cross of Jesus Christ.)
Chapter 13 These Foolish Things Make "a sharp division between pride and sin, between cause and effect. For the failure (omission) and the sin (commission), the Blood of Jesus cleanses. But for the pride (self-righteousness/root issue), which produces the sin, God resists. The ONLY answer is that I must humble myself under the mighty hand of God. Get ride of the spider (pride) and that will get rid of the web (sin)."

Chapman, Gary + Thomas, Jennifer The Five Languages of Apology        www.garychapman.org
Subtitle = How to Experience Healing in All Your Relationships     Read this Amazon book
5 often desired results from wounded person is that the other person
1) express regret 2) accept responsibility 3)make restitution 4)genuinely repent 5) request forgiveness

Clark, Randy                           There Is More                              www.globalawakening.com
Chapter 8 Impartation to See shares the testimony of Lucas Sheridan who explains why the Holy Spirit could not at the time release His blessing to Annapolis, Brazil. It was due to unforgiveness and broken relationships.

Copeland, Kenneth John G Lake Kenneth Copeland Ministries www.kcm.org
Lake explains that in Leviticus 16, Jesus represents both goats. Jesus took our sins upon Himself on the cross. He also was led by the Holy Spirit into the desert for a 3 day testing by the evil spirit, Satan. Each day represented 1 year of the ministry of Jesus. There were 3 tests, 1 for His human spirit, 1 for His mind (soul) and 1 for His body. Christ came to redeem not only our spirit, but also our mind and body. Seeing His example, Lake admonishes us to not only seek salvation for eternal life in heaven, but also to seek salvation of our mind and of our bodies. If we consecrate ourselves (body, mind and spirit) to God, Satan will have no legal right to harm us, and we will have every legal right for healing of body, mind and spirit. As the Jews had to contend for Canaan/Israel (the land promised to them by God Himself) so we have to contend for our healings. God our dad will back us, as long as we repent of all known sins and continue to fight for what we have been promised by what Jesus did on the cross - perfect health in spirit, mind, and body! Our current sin is focusing on sinfulness/repentance to the neglect of focusing on our empowerment/dominion. We are repenting as the Old Testament people did up until the time of Christ, but are neglecting to assume our inheritance and kingship. For all practical purposes, Christ has died in vain. We are saved but impotent Christians, unless we lay claim to Christ's resurrection power in both our bodies and minds. Saving the spirit for heaven is of little earthly good! The Holy Spirit wants to grow us up into clones of Jesus Christ!
In chapter 31 The Power of Divine Healing Lake contends that healing is the evidence of God's forgiveness. Lake continues on to announce that each forgiven believer in Jesus is a priest who can (without human ordination) heal + forgive/pronounce absolution and the remission of sins, in the name of Jesus. Some of those who took God up on His Word are the Moravians, Finney in America, Hudson Taylor in China, Evans Roberts in Wales, and Seymore in California, USA.

DeGrandis, Father Robert         Forgiveness Is Healing     booklet
DeGrandis is a member of Society of St Joseph.
Booklet may be obtained at HOM bookstore, 108 Aberdeen St, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA 01850
DeGrandis, Father Robert with Schubert, Linda    The Gift of Miracles    Servant Publications
Chapter 10 Prayer on forgiveness "Heavenly Father, I ask today that You help me to forgive everyone in my life... Lord Jesus, I want to be free from the feelings of resentment, bitterness, and unforgiveness...Lord, I forgive myself for my sins, faults, and failings...I forgive my mother for all the times she hurt me, resented me, and punished me...I forgive my father for any non-support, lack of love and lack of attention...Lord, I forgive everyone in my life who made it harder for me to yield and respond to You...I bring to you, Lord Jesus, the one person who did the greatest damage to my relationship with You. I let go of all resentment; I truly forgive. Thank You for setting me free. Come, Holy Spirit, with a miracle of forgiveness today. In Jesus name."
DeGrandis, Father Robert The Forgiveness Prayer     http://mp3pray.com/forgivenessprayer/ (print) http://mp3pray.com/wmaprayers/forgivenessprayer.wma (audio)

Dickerman, Don When Pigs Move In www.dondickerman.net endorsed by Frank Hammond
Other books containing "some" of above more complete information are Serpents in the Sanctuary and Turmoil in the Temple.
Chapter 10 The Power of the Tongue Dickerman Pray, In Jesus name, "I forgive. I repent of unforgiveness; I know it is sin. I put it under the blood of Jesus...All the works of the flesh. I put it under the blood of Jesus, and by doing so I break Satan's power and legal rights to my life. I break the power of generational curses and deny permission of any demon spirit to my life. I repent of and denounce any contract I made with Satan; since he is a liar, no contract is binding. By the blood of Jesus I free myself from any pact with the devil. I renounce all unholy oaths, vows, pledges, and ceremonies. I denounce and confess as sin all unholy soul ties, for Jesus is my Savior and Lord. He is my deliverer and my healer, and He broke the power of curse! I choose to be free...Amen"
Chapter 12 More Personal Accounts Human forgiveness has to be like God's forgiveness, "not based upon them deserving it...Read Matthew 18:23-25... Forgiveness is not saying what happened is OK...Jesus said...'I love you anyway.' When you forgive, you are not saying what happened is OK. It was painful then, and it is painful now. What you are saying is, 'I wish no harm for you. I want God to love you just like He loves me. If vengeance is in order, I release that to God, because He says, 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay.'" Romans 12:19
Chapter 17 What Exactly Is Scriptural Deliverance? "Unforgiveness is God-given permission for demons to torment" ANYONE, Christian or Gentile.
Chapter 18 The Deliverance Courtroom "Confessing the sin cancels the demons' rights to one's life, but it does not necessarily mean that the demon leaves. They must be commanded to go, in the name of Jesus Christ. They must be cast out." Jesus won the court case on the cross, but we His deputies need to enforce His legal victory, in Jesus Christ's name and Holy Spirit power. God's holy angels then are empowered to accomplish what we speak in His name.

Garborg, Rolf The Family Blessing - Creating a Spiritual Covering for Your Family's Future familyblessingrg@aol.com
"'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do...' was the 1st thing Jesus said from the cross...The very (Holy) Spirit that God wants to fill us with...can...(allow us to) know the power of forgiveness to set us and our offenders free from our past. Experiencing God's forgiveness liberates us to begin to bless our families instead of cursing them. It opens the door to speak honestly to them without shame or guilt, because Jesus bore our shame and guilt on the cross."

Hammond, Frank D                 Forgiving Others              booklet www.thechildrensbread.net
Subtitle = A Key to Healing and Deliverance
Blaming others does not fix/heal/resolve a problem.
Holding a grudge can be called malice which can infect and permeate like yeast/fungus
Forgiveness eliminates the emotional burdens of resentment, bitterness, anger and jealousy
Prolonged bitterness can cause arthritis, migraines, indigestion, ulcers, and/or colitis.
Never say, "He makes me sick,' or " I'm sick and tired of him."
We prevent God from forgiving us, when we refuse to forgive another!
Unforgiveness turns us over to torment.
Unforgiveness blocks deliverance.
Unforgiveness stops our prayers from getting answered.
Unforgiveness binds us to the one we despise.
Unforgiveness imposes no conditions. (Trust is a separate issue!)
Forgiveness is a debt we owe to another, ourself, and God.
Forgiveness is an act of the will (and NOT a feeling).

Hammond, Frank D & Ida Mae   Pigs in the Parlor              book www.thechildrensbread.net
Subtitle = A Practical Guide to Deliverance
Unconfessed or unrepented sin gives a demon a legal right to remain to oppress or indwell us in that area of demonization. Not only do Christians need to go to confession, but they also need to resist reentry. We do NOT say, "No darling, sweetheart, demon of anger, you cannot have a voice." Rather we do say, "In the name of Jesus Christ, anger does not belong in the temple of God, me. Get lost." Direct your anger towards the enemy, not yourself/family/friends/etc.
Scripture = James 4:7-8 NIV Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
(Spiritual insight = The medical name for schizophrenia is double-mind. If we listen to ourselves or God and then listen to Satan, we get confused. It is imperative to know scripture and to meditate on it day and night, so as not to allow the enemy to trick us into believing/doing things contrary to Father God and thus place our spirit and soul /mind in turmoil.)
Unforgiveness is the most common reason for not being able to be set free.
A specific area of unforgiveness and not being able to be delivered is that of not repenting for an abortion or not repenting for participating in/encouraging the abortion of another.
Hammond, Frank D                 Overcoming Rejection        booklet www.thechildrensbread.net
Chapter 3 Reactions to Rejection shares that a "spirit of memory recall" is a companion spirit to bitterness, which keeps painful memories of past hurts alive by continually replaying old tapes. Hammond explains that self-pity is self-affliction whereby one permits thoughts of unfairness to replay until one becomes miserable. It is sort of like a drunk drowning himself in alcohol.
Judgmental people tend to "project" their own faults into others, to the extent of blaming others wrongly for a sin/problem in themselves!
Hammond, Frank & Marzullo, Frank     The Tales of 2 Franks booklet www.thechildrensbread.net
Authors share story of woman who needed to confess an abortion. Having told demons in her room to leave in the name of Jesus, they did not obey, revealing that they had a legal right to stay. She confessed her abortion as a sin, repented, commanded (in the name of Jesus) the evil spirits (abortion, murder, child sacrifice, lust, fornication) to leave and not return, plus asked the Holy Spirit come in. Then she read aloud Psalm 18 in every room of her house. The demons never came back.

Hampsch, Father John              Healing Your Family Tree      www.claretiantapeministry.org
Hampsch, Father John              The Healing Power of the Eucharist (Los Angeles, California, USA)

Heflin, Ruth Ward Revival Glory www.revivalglory.org
Chapter 7 Uniting for Revival "God spoke to me and said, 'It's not enough for you to forgive them. I want your heart to be so changed that if they should stand before you, you could prophesy into their lives every great thing you want Me to do for" them.

Heidler, Robert D Set Yourself Free www.glory-of-zion.org
This book is a pre-deliverance, deliverance, post-deliverance, and self-deliverance manual.
One major self-defense against relapse is to forgive. Forgive even those who do not come and ask for forgiveness. If need be, forgive that person daily, as long as/whenever hate/bitterness/hurt/superiority/etc rises in your thoughts. Heidler reminds us to recognize (asking the Holy Spirit to bring to our mind), repent of, confess, plus renounce each sin of which we are aware. (Do this at least yearly, plus before taking communion. Scripture reminds us that many are sick, even unto death, as a consequence of receiving/taking holy communion improperly.)
Chapter 5 Strongholds of the Heart shares a testimony of a disgruntled wife who, upon repenting of her grumbles towards her mate, was immediately healed of her longstanding back pain.
Rehearsing and reliving the past hurts, harms us and not the offender!
Forgiveness does not need the offender to repent/confess/apologize.
Forgiveness does NOT require justifying or explaining the why of another's behavior.
Forgiveness does NOT require forgetting the offense or denying the hurt.
(That often comes later with healing of memories.)
Forgiveness does NOT require telling the offender that you forgive him/her.
Forgiveness may require us to give up our right to hold another accountable for wrong they have done.
Forgiveness is our permission/choosing to release our victimizers into God's hands/justice/mercy.
For each one released to God, we declare them forgiven.
Finally we pray a blessing over each offender.
Forgiveness erases my right to think or speak negatively about the offender.
Forgiveness closes all recognized past doors/offenses, cutting off Satan's entryway into our present.
(If the forgiven past offense, like a Jack in the box, tries to regain our attention, we must - in the name of Jesus - capture it and place it under the blood/feet of Jesus.)

Hinson, Michael                        To Heal the Heart                       www.hinsonministries.com
Subtitle = Live Life to the Fullest                                                     www.tohealtheheart.com
Chapter 5 The Truth about Forgiveness shares that God sent Jesus to separate sin from us, to forgive us, not to forgive sin. (In fact, Hinson says to do the opposite of what many have been taught - to forgive the sin rather than the sinner.) Hinson says to do the opposite, to forgive the sinner, not the sin/offense.
Look closely at scripture to see that people rather than sins are forgiven!
It is the sinner who is purified/forgiven. It is the memory of sin that is forgotten by God (in that He will not hold us accountable)It is the power of sin to negatively influence us that is removed We can repent of the sins of our ancestors to allow God to break a family curse. To summarize: First, a sin, thought or action, is rejected/confessed/repented of. Second, a curse is removed/broken. Third, a sinner, a person, is forgiven. An individual absolved of sin is free to enter the presence of God.
To simplify. Adam's and Eve's act of eating forbidden apple/fruit was disobedience/sin/evil/naughty/rebellious/etc. The individuals needed to be forgiven. Otherwise, they would never be able to be reconciled to God. God forgave them, not their rebellion. Rebellion is always sin. Sin is always sin. Sin always causes death/separation from God. Forgiveness separates the sin from the sinner, like weeds from the harvest.
Hinson also models for us the art of asking what personal incident happened at the time the disease/infirmity occurred. Often the answer is the root of the problem.
Hinson provides significant prayers at the end of the book; superior.
Contrary to most, Hinson contends that one does NOT have to forgive oneself for having/participating in an abortion, because accepting God's forgiveness is sufficient to accomplish all that needs to be done for oneself.
(However a problem arises when the individual does not accept God's forgiveness, or listens to Satan's accusations rather than to what God says in scripture. When we believe or listen to a lie, then we need to repent and ask the Holy Spirit to help us. Additionally we need to allow others to love us, plus we need to reach out in love to others who are wounded.)

Horrobin, Peter                        The Most Powerful Prayer on Earth               www.ellel.org
Subtitle = Pray the Prayer That Can Transform Your Life
Horrobin contends that anyone who refuses to forgive, but insists that God forgive him, is a hypocrite. If God forgives us, we MUST also forgive ourselves. Jesus forgave all those who put Him on the cross. He is our example. He is our mentor. Forgiveness is NOT a feeling.   It is an act of the will. Forgiveness has nothing to do with whether or not a person deserves to be forgiven. It has all to do with suffering the spiritual consequences if we do NOT forgive. Forgiveness does NOT mean we need to trust an untrustworthy person. Forgiveness may come in layers like an onion. We keep on forgiving each time we hurt when a memory surfaces, until at last we are pain free and the pus from the wound is gone. Unforgiveness allows the past to haunt the present. Now is the time to forgive.
Horrobin, Peter                               Ellel Ministries                                     The Ellel Story

Houghton, Al The Sure Mercies of David Placentia, California, USA www.wordatwork.org
Chapter 4 8 Steps of Restoration to God and man are as follow -
1 - Acknowledge/own/accept/mourn one's sin.
2 - Repent/confess with expectation of restoration/reconciliation/restitution, especially to God.
(We do NOT need man's forgiveness, although we DO need to ask for it.)
3 - Accept God's forgiveness acknowledging that Christ took away our spiritual consequences/separation from Him.
4 - Forgive self. Allow Holy Spirit to remove self-condemnation/shame.
1st John 3:21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.
5/6 - Receive God's ongoing/renewed/restored unfettered liberty/anointing/empowerment into His ministry/gifting/calling.
7 - Embrace God in worship.
8 - Extend same mercy to others that God extended to us. Reproduce/infect others with God's favor/forgiveness/mercy.

Hunter, Joan (daughter of Charles & Frances) Healing the Whole Man book   www.joanhunter.org
Book identifies problem, prayer to remove infirmity + prayer to remove block (which is often unforgiveness). recommended handbook
1/22-26/2007 LISTEN to Sid Roth radio broadcast Healing the Whole Man book review by clicking onto archives at                       http://www.sidroth.org/radio.htm
Hunter, Joan                   Power to Heal                www.joanhunter.org
Chapter 8 Can I Truly Forgive? prayer "Father, what _______ did to me was a sin, and it hurt me deeply. I forgive this person. Separate this sin from _______ and put it on the cross. On the day of judgment, hold no accusations against _______ for these sins. Father, bless _______!" In Jesus name. Amen.

Ilibagiza, Immaculee                        Left to Tell                                  www.lefttotell.com
Subtitle = Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Chapter 11 Struggling to Forgive shares author's spiritual autobiography regarding trading hate for forgiveness.

Jackson, Tim                    When Forgiveness Seems Impossible booklet    www.rbc.net
Interpretation of      Luke 17:3 KJV    If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
Luke 17:4 TNAB    "If he wrongs you 7 times in one day and returns to you 7 times saying, 'I am sorry,' you should forgive him." (TNAB footnote = The seventh/seven is a proverbial Jewish expression for any large number.)
"When facing forgiveness, think of it as the process of a lifetime."

Johnson, Bill The Supernatural Power of a Transformed Mind www.billjohnstoministries.com www.ibethel.org
Chapter 1 Change Your Mind admonishes born-again Christians to repent enough to be forgiven AND enough to see/experience/operate in/demonstrate the kingdom of God on earth. When we pray for another we are to EXPECT miracles and to observe/ask the person to do something they could not do before the prayer. Born again Christians should not become like dead/smelly/putrid/foul/useless/powerless fish. The puffer fish is full of poison and swollen up like one who is self-sufficient. Let us professing Christians not poison all those who come into contact with Jesus Christ. Rather let Jesus Christ
be a sweet fragrance to His people NOW, today. Allow Jesus living in our flesh be miraculous to those who encounter us.
Chapter 6 Guilt-Free and Forgiven "Jesus got what I deserved, so that I could get what He deserved...When the enemy brings up a (forgiven) sin from your past, he is talking about something non-existent. It's completely legal for you to say, 'I didn't do that. The person who did that is dead. This person has never done that.' Either the blood of Jesus is completely effective, or it's not effective at all."

Jones, David Humble is the Way www.houseofpraiseinternational.org
Chapter 14 Humility and the Ministry "Someone has to take the lead, so don't wait for the other person to repent."

Jones, Stephen E Secrets of Time published by God's Kingdom Ministries, Batesville, Arkansas, USA
Leviticus 25:54 If he be not redeemed in these years (of servitude/indebtedness/obligation), then he shall go out (be released/ relieved of his debt) at the end of the Jubilee cycle (every 50 years).
Chapter 1 has a wonderful section on "jubilee" where we are instructed to remove bitterness and forgive God - for not delivering on His promises, thus allowing God to deliver in His time. We know the law of God and obey, but many of us do not know God experientially in may of these same legal areas.
Job is used as an illustration of having a right/forgiving/humble attitude towards God before, during and after God's "temporary injustices".
Another illustration of Biblical forgiveness is that of Joseph forgiving his brothers. Genesis 50:19-20 (Brothers,) fear not; for am I in the place of (to represent) God? As for you, ye (you) thought evil against me; but God meant it (my betrayal by you) unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive (from the great famine).
Jones contends (1) that God has a "left hand" (tough love of justice/parenting), (2) that we should not be so quick to blame the devil, (3) that some evil may be deliberately allowed by God as a "temporary" injustice/hardship.
Such would be the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Sometimes evil can be God's permissive will, allowing Satan to have temporary/partial victory. This tricks the devil; let it not trick us! Remember, for each offense against Job, Satan had to have permission. Satan also had perimeters! During the trial of Christ, Jesus reminded the authorities that God was in control and not them!
Father God, forgive us for blaming You for not providing what You promised in Your Word or for what we feel are legitimate needs. Help us to trust You implicitly and humbly. Please give us a right heart. Help us to hear and obey any instruction. In the name of Your Son Jesus, we pray. Amen.
Appendix C says, "An Amen always settles a legal matter in the divine Court. It signifies that a person bears witness and is in agreement with the proceedings or with a statement..." In scripture "God's witnesses are in agreement...and say 'Amen' to it."

Jordan, Mary and Sullivan, Kevin    The Prison Angel
Subtitle = Mother Antonia's Journey from Beverly Hills to a Life of Service in a Mexican Jail Authors who are foreign correspondents won 3003 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Mexico's criminal justice system. Mother Antonia rejoices, "I knew that once I choose who I love and who I don't, I am no longer God's servant." Much of her prison work entails the embracing of forgiveness - for oneself and for others.

Kendall, R T                           Once Saved, Always Saved        www.rtkendallministries.com
British Kendall now ministering from Key Largo, Florida, USA says this is a new understanding.
Kendall, R T                           Tales of Total Forgiveness          www.rtkendallministries.com
Kendall, R T                           Total Forgiveness book or audio www.rtkendallministries.com
Once we have received forgiveness from God and others and given forgiven God and others, we need to forgive ourselves! That may be the key to set us free. (See Joyce Meyer TV broadcast web link below.)
Kendall, R T                           Total Forgiveness Experience workbook www.rtkendallministries.com
6/4/5 convention CD or DVD on forgiveness                        www.healingstremsministries.com
Kendall, R T                           The Torn in The Flesh                www.rtkendallministries.com
2nd Corinthians 12:7 says Paul had "a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment".

Kelley, Earthquake Order book #1122 "Bound to Lose, Destined to Win" http://earthquakekelleyministries.org/books/ Chapter 14 Questions & Answers - "Offense causes us to hold a grudge, which makes us angry and bitter. Anger and bitterness lead to unforgiveness, which causes us to hold on to the belief that we have a right to feel the way we do because of how we were treated. We might spend our lives wanting to make the person pay for what they did to us...
Our health will be destroyed as we develop a multitude of physical and mental disorders...Anything less than complete forgiveness is an open door to the enemy...See them (offenders) as people who have allowed the enemy too much control in their lives, just as you are (now) doing when you live with bitterness and unforgiveness (which)...could keep us out of heaven." When we say, "I'm not going to forgive because I have a right to feel this way after what this person did to me," then you are committing rebellion which God calls the sin of witchcraft which will keep you out of heaven! In the final analysis, you have offended God and sabotaged your own eternal life - unless you immediately repent! Ouch! Jesus said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do NOT forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." Matthew 6:14-15

Liardon, Roberts God's Generals www.robertsliardon.org
Chapter 9 Kathryn Kuhlman, the Woman Who Believed in Miracles
Kathryn believed that self-centered persons often draw disease to themselves like a magnet.
Self-pity, self-centeredness, self-hatred, self-indulgence or any other introspection/self sins cause self-condemnation/judgment and an inability to apologize/repent/allow forgiveness. The only one who cannot be forgiven is the one who cannot say I am sorry (or who is unable to appropriate/receive/accept Jesus' forgiveness). This is a dangerous place to be.

Lozano, Neal The Older Brother Returns www.heartofthefather.com
We need to repent for any sinful response to any hurtful experience. We are accountable to God for our responses to life. [On the cross Jesus said, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do." Unforgiveness is an open door to sin and disease. A negative response to an offense is accepting a lie of Satan. For instance, if our mate divorces us, we might say, "I'll never love again." The real enemy is not our former mate, but rather, self-criticism, false-expectation, co-dependency, control, bitterness, resentment, rejection, unworthiness, hate or any other hurtful evil spirit. When we personalize an attack of the devil, we accept the lies (self-talk) of the devil. We become the victim, not of our mate, but of the devil!] The devil has a legal right to accuse/blame/shame/molest/disqualify us as long as we continue to believe his lies. We need to repent and place all wrong thinking under the blood of Jesus. Then we can tell the enemy of our thoughts to decease and desist, in the name of Jesus.
Lozano, Neal Unbound www.heartofthefather.com

MacNutt, Francis Deliverance from Evil Spirits www.christianhealingmin.org
Chapter 12 How the Demonized Person Prepares for Deliverance encourages the person seeking deliverance to confess his known sins, especially those contributing to the onset of his illness; preferably aloud to a mature Christian.
James 5:15-16 The prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other; pray for each other, so that you may be healed.

Madison, Richard L. Raised from the Dead www.rickmadison.org
Chapter 5 Running out of the Wheelchair "The Lord showed me a picture of some people toward whom I had hatred in my heart...I said, 'Lord, what are You showing me?' The Lord said, 'Call them and tell them that you love them and forgive them, and that you want them to forgive you. You want to be healed, but I want you to forgive first'...I said, 'Lord...You know how badly they hurt me." The Lord said, 'Do you want to walk again?'"

McKenna, Briege with Libersat, Henry Miracles Do Happen www.sisterbriege.com
Chapter 2 The Lord Lives in a Battered Tent "Peter forgave himself. If he hadn't, he couldn't have taken on the task the Lord gave him...The difference between Peter and Judas was Peter's ability to say, 'Well, I sinned and denied my Master, but He has forgiven me.' Judas couldn't forgive himself and couldn't accept God's forgiveness. We must not allow guilt to beat us to the ground...into discouragement or depression."

Nori, Don Breaking Generational Curses www.destinyimage.com
Chapter 6 No More Sour Grapes! expounds on the ability of generational blessings being able to flow down to our descendants only as we are able to forgive our ancestors PLUS repent for those inherited flaws in us which we do not want passed down. Understand "that within you is the (inherited spiritual/mental/physical) wealth of the generations." The invisible spiritual blood of Jesus filters out the bad and into our lives the good, the same way our human blood behaves.

Pennington, Mary Jo Big Angels and Flaming Wild Horses www.6bigangels.com
Chapter 14 Bedtime Stories shares that Jesus' apostle "Paul did not even know how many Christians (Messianic Jews and gentiles) got killed because of him, until he met them in heaven. He told them he was sorry for that."

Perez, Benny Upside Down www.pacesetters.org www.thechurchlv.com
Chapter13 The Power of Letting Go "Forgiveness allows you to continue to move in God's realm...Our sin matters to God and it hurts Him...Unforgiveness kills your faith and leads to torment...Unforgiveness will torment you until you forgive...
Your bitterness and anger torment you...God is not going to torment you, but you have opened yourself to torment because of unforgiveness...If you have bitterness and unforgiveness in your heart and you ask God to forgive you, He does not even hear you (unless we first forgive our brother his trespass per Matthew 18:35)...Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a choice."

Pierce, Chuck D and Sytsema, Rebecca Wagner Protecting Your Home from Spiritual Darkness
Chapter 8 Ten Steps to Protecting Your Home from Spiritual Darkness shares that one will benefit from repenting for any sins committed in one's home or vacation spot. Not your own sins but the sins of former occupants. Demons can be territorial and have legal permission to stay until evicted, in the name of Jesus. One can pray that the Lord will heal any past trauma which occurred in your home and resulted in the residency of demonic forces. One can pray that the Lord will heal any present trauma which occurred in your home or due to the residency of demonic forces. For instance, a family member may have demonically induced nightmares resulting from trauma of former occupants (abuse/murder/etc). That does not mean that a home is haunted. Rather it means an evil spirit has permission to occupy until it is discovered, bound, and placed under the blood/feet of Jesus. After the evil spirit is gone, one can ask the Lord to restore to you/your family whatever blessings were stolen by the enemy through demonic forces that occupied in your residence.

Paton, Alan Cry the Beloved Country
South African author shares a hard African law that - when a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.

Podesta, Connie Life Would Be Easy, If It Weren't for Difficult People www.conniepodesta.com

Prince, Derek                            Blessing or Curse                                  www.derekprince.org
Subtitle = You Can Choose - Freedom from Pressures You Thought You Had to Live With
Chapter 14 Soulish Talk shares the consequences of gossip/negative talk towards a peer/clergy. Prince was struck with an invisible blow to the lower abdomen area. Then he saw in his mind 2 associates 6,000 miles away condemning/criticizing him for a course of action he had taken. In order to eliminate the pain, Prince had to (1) forgive, (2) in the name of Jesus, bind the satanic forces working against him, and (3) in the name of Jesus, loose himself from the effect of the negative words, all according to Matthew 18:18.
Prince, Derek                         Derek Prince on Experiencing God's Power    (includes 9 books) www.derekprince.com
1 - The Holy Spirit and You
2 - God's Medicine Bottle Speaking Scripture aloud with each meal is medicine to mind, body, and spirit.
3 - God's Remedy for Rejection        "Recognize the nature of your problem and call it by its right name - rejection."
Forgive. "Decide "to get rid of the bad fruit that rejection has produced...bitterness, resentment, hatred, and rebellion...are poison...
Receive and believe what God('s son Jesus) has already done for you. [God] has made us accepted in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:6 NKJV."
Chapter 6 How to Apply the Remedy
"Jesus prayed...'Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing' (Luke 23:34)...Why do I need to forgive...? Whether he is dead or alive is NOT important. It is for your sake that you are forgiving, not for the other person...The failure to forgive is one of the most common barriers to God's blessing...Forgiveness is NOT an emotion; it is a decision."
"Accept yourself. Sometimes this is the hardest step of all. I tell Christians, 'Never belittle yourself. Never criticize yourself. You did not make yourself. God made you'...You can no longer evaluate yourself on the basis of the way you lived before...As you repeatedly declare who you are in Christ according to God's Word, you will begin to override the old negative self-talk and learn to accept yourself."
"It is time now for you to claim your release and pray a prayer that will set the seal...
Lord Jesus Christ, I believe that You are the Son of God and the only way to God. You died on the cross   for my sins, and You rose again from the dead. I repent of all my sins, and I forgive every other person as I would have God forgive me. I forgive all those who have rejected me, hurt me and failed to show me love, Lord, and I trust You to forgive me.
I believe, Lord, that You do accept me...
Now Lord, I proclaim my release from any dark, evil spirit that has taken advantage of the wounds in my life. I release my spirit to rejoice in You. In Your precious name, Amen....
(Ignore any and all negative feelings/manifestations that the enemy may exhibit.)
Thanking God (out loud) sets the seal on your release."
4 - The Marriage Covenant
5 - God's Plan for Your Money
6 - Does Your Tongue Need Healing? God creates with His mouth and we are His mouthpiece.
7 - How to Fast Successfully
8 - Shaping History through Prayer and Fasting
9 - Spiritual Warfare
Prince, Derek                            Rules of Engagement                              www.derekprince.org
Chapter 18 Principles of Spiritual Protection warns us to never refuse to forgive another and never refuse to submit to spiritual authority, lest we make ourselves vulnerable to evil angles. This provides us spiritual protection/covering.
Prince, Derek                            War in Heaven                                      www.derekprince.org
Chapter 12 By the Blood of the Lamb contends that no total deliverance can occur as long as there is any unforgiveness in our heart.

Roberts, Oral    When You See the Invisible, You Can Do the Impossible    www.orm.cc
Chapter 7 How I Discovered God Is a Healing God notes that forgiveness is an integral part of physical and emotional healing, so much so that salvation and healing can be synonyms.
Matthew 9:2 TNAB         2When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Courage, child, your sins are forgiven."...
Matthew 9:5-6 TNAB   5"Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise up and walk'? 6That you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - He then said to the paralytic, "Rise. Pick up your stretcher and go home."

Saint, Steve The End of the Spear book/movie/CD www.bennyhinn.org
Steve forgave the man who killed his missionary father, eventually resulting in the whole tribe coming to Christ (and later with the assistance of another family member).

Scanlan, Michael & Cirner, Randall Deliverance from Evil Spirits www.servantbooks.org Catholic
"Repentance is often overlooked by whose who assume that the person in (demonic) bondage (seeking deliverance/simple exorcism vs solemn exorcism) has repented of all sins...The person could be actively nursing resentment or hatred, or he or she may not want to discontinue immoral sexual relationships or sinful addictions. Frequently, the person may not have forgiven someone because he thought he had to feel forgiveness before he could forgive...
Christians believing in the Sacrament of Penance should utilize the sacrament...If a priest is present, confession can take place as part of the (healing) ministry. If no priest will be present, confession should precede the (laity deliverance) ministry...A person may avoid repentance because a lying spirit has influenced them to this conclusion, because they do not understand repentance, or because they do not realize that they must forgive others who have not repented of their own sins."

Scherman, Rabbi Nosson    Viduy   (lyun Tefillah or confession or teshuvah/repentance) www.artscroll.com
Subtitle - The Linear Translation of the Yom Kippur (This is one of many such translations.)
(from the ArtScroll Yom Kippur Machor) An ArtScroll Mesorah Series booklet. Reads from back to front. Rabbi Rambam believes that "there can be no repentance unless it is accompanied by a verbal confession."
To help with confession, the penitent person is to recite his sins in the order of the Hebrew alphabet, for G-d created the world with the 22 letters spoken in the Hebrew language; evil deeds destroy G-d's work.
Yom Kippur serves as a required annual holy day when Jews are to seek from G-d atonement and purity (cleansing). The prayers of forgiveness are excellent, which all citizens of the universe would benefit from offering to G-d.
"Our G-d and the G-d of our forefathers, may our prayer come before You...
We and our forefathers have sinned.
We have become guilty.
We have betrayed.
We have robbed.
We have spoken slander     (publicizing falsehood and/or mistakes).
We have caused perversion (corruption of minds/hearts).
We have caused (premeditated) wickedness.
We have sinned willfully    (defiantly),
We have extorted               (victimized with trivial crimes the poor and/or defenseless who have no legal recourse).
We have accused falsely     (attached falsehood).
We have given evil (insincere/false/deceitful/misleading/dishonest) counsel.
We have been deceitful.     (Sanhedrin 103a = Liars cannot receive God' Presence.)
We have scorned               (mocked/ridiculed/joked about/put down/shamed/derided).
We have rebelled               (spit in G-d's face/refused oversight or supervision).
We have provoked            (angered/showed disrespect).
We have turned away        (and failed to perform God's positive commandments).
We have been perverse     (perverted/brazen/rude).
We have acted wantonly    (picking and choosing which parts of scripture are valid/relevant to oneself).
We have persecuted          (wounded/hurt/injured/oppressed/compromised).
We have been obstinate.
We have been wicked.
We have corrupted.
We have been abominable.
We have strayed...
Nothing is concealed from Your eyes,
and so may it be Your will, Hashem, our G-d and the G-d of our forefathers,
that You forgive us for all our errors,
You pardon us from all our iniquities, and You atone for us for all our willful sins.
For the sin that we have sinned before You
For the sin through immorality
For the sin through harsh speech
For the sin with knowledge and with deceit
For the sin through inner thoughts
For the sin through wronging a neighbor
For the sin through insincere confession
For the sin in a session of vice
For the sin willfully and carelessly
For the sin by showing contempt for parents and teachers
For the sin by exercising power
For the sin through desecration of G-d's name
For the sin through foolish speech
For the sin through impure lips
For the sin with the Evil inclination (putting ourselves in situations that incite our lusts and urges)
For the sin against those who know and against those who do not know (behind their backs)
For all these, O G-d of forgiveness, forgive us, pardon us, atone for us.
for the sin by subservience through bribery
For the sin through denial and false promises
For the sin through evil talk
For the sin through scorning
for the sin in commercial dealings
For the sin with food and drink
For the sin through interest and extortion
For the sin through haughtiness
For the sin with prying eyes
For the sin with the idle chatter of our lips
For the sin with haughty eyes
For the sin with brazenness
For all these, O G-d of forgiveness, forgive us, pardon us, atone for us.
For the sin of throwing off Your yoke
For the sin in judgment
For the sin through entrapping a neighbor
For the sin through a begrudging eye
For the sin through light-headedness (frivolousness)
For the sin with obstinacy
For the sin with legs that run to do evil
For the sin by gossip-mongering Gossip/Slander/Leprosy
For the sin through vain oath-taking
For the sin through baseless hatred
For the sin in the matter of extending a hand (failure)
For the sin through confusion of heart (towards G-d)
For all these, O G-d of forgiveness, forgive us, pardon us, atone for us.
For the sins for which we are obligated to bring
an elevation-offering...a sin offering...a variable-offering...a guilt offering for a definite or a possible sin
For the sins for which we incur lashes for rebelliousness
For the sins for which we incur 40 lashes
For the sins for which we incur the death penalty at the hands of the Heavenly Court
For the sins for which we incur spiritual excision and childlessness
For the sins for which we incur the 4 death-penalties of the human court -
stoning, burning, beheading, and strangling
For a positive commandment (failure to carry out any of the 248 positive Torah commandments)
For a negative commandment (violation of any of the 365 negative Torah commandments)
whether it can be remedied by a positive act or whether it cannot be remedied by a positive act.
Those that are revealed to us and those that are not revealed to us
Those that are revealed to us we have already declared before You and confessed them to You.
Those that are not revealed to us are revealed and known to You.
As it is said, "The concealed (sins) are for Hashem, our G-d),
but the revealed (sins) are ours and our children's forever, (that we may) fulfill all the words of this Torah."
For You are the Forgiver...in every generation.
Beside You we have no king, Who pardons and forgives.   Only You...
Behold. Before You I am like a vessel filled with shame and humiliation.
May it be Your will, Hashem, my G-d, and the G-d of my forefathers, that I not sin again.
What I have sinned before You, may You cleanse (absolve us) with Your abundant mercy,
but not through suffering or serious illness.

According to Catholic sundaybulleltins@liguori.org it is a Jewish custom to present one's children to a scribe for a blessing on the eve of the Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur, a 25 hour fast, from sunset to after sunset, to atone for one's prior year sins.

Schlink, M Basilea Repentance-The Joy-Filled Life www.kanaan.org
(founder of Sisterhood of Mary in Darmstadt, Germany & Phoenix, Arizona)

Sheets, Dutch & Ford III, William History Makers www.dutchsheets.org www.willfordministries.org
Appendix B Breaking Generational Curses presents various prayers. It includes the admonition to not only forgive but to also release to God any individual who has harmed us.

Smith, Eddie and Alice Spiritual Housecleaning

Stone, Perry The Meal That Heals www.perrystone.org

Tikkun, YM (pseudonym)             Whispers of the Shepherd    publisher    www.destinyimage.com
Spiritual insights/inspirations =
Thorns      "In the beginning, My human children were without hazard. They only needed to feel vulnerable to My love - never to pain...Many of My wounded children bear in their bodies, minds, and spirits the wounds of embedded thorns...
There are so many ways and so many points of entry for these thorns of pain...Expose your woundedness to Me. Become vulnerable to My love and touch again. I shall gently extract the thorn and...heal...
Then turn with forgiveness to the who who inflicted the wound upon you and perhaps you will bring healing to the very one who caused you the pain.
There is a mystery...about thorns that have been thrust upon the innocent. When the wounded one turns to Me and asks both for forgiveness and healing for the perpetrator of the pain, an act of redemption begins. Such love and compassion bring to bear many circumstances and conditions you cannot know, but which all work toward restoration...
[John 20:22-23    Jesus said..."Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive (pardon) anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."
(Let us be the generation that stops the family curses. Let us be the generation that begins the family blessings. Let us be God's first miracle of healing of mental illness/depression/cancer/you-name-it in our generation.)]
It was no accident that an innocent victim was impaled with a crown of thorns. Within that crown of thorns there was the painful payment - the price for every thorn which would ever pierce My children. In the midst of that great pain came the cry of which I have spoken to you (now and to My/our heavenly Dad), 'Forgive them.' [Luke 23:34 KJV   Then said Jesus (dying on the cross of crucification), "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."]
[Compare to      Keyton, Bree    Heart and Soul Surrender   CD    www.breekeytonministries.com   www.americarepent.com   Kansas City, Missouri.                 Jesus' healing comes for our minds via His crown of thorns, for our bodies via His stripes, for our deliverance via His nails, and for our soul (sins/spirit) via His blood.]

Walden, Franklin (senior) The Unmistakable, Visible Anointing- Following God's Calling for over One-Half Century www.franklinwaldenministries.org autobiography - A must read!
Final Chapter Conclusion - You Can Be Anointed, Too! Final chapter tells us to both forgive AND to forget. Ouch.
That means we cannot gossip, tattle, resent, murmur. We cannot backbite, defame, disparage, put down, belittle, judge.
Christ reminded Franklin that when He forgave him of a specific offense written in His book, that it had been erased/blotted out/was no longer documented. Therefore it was accomplishing nothing for Franklin to repent again for the same thing (which was nonexistent in His book and forgotten by Him).
[Likewise, if we tattle about a sin that is covered by the blood of Christ (forgiven by us or by Christ), then we are a liar, because the sin does NOT exist in God's eyes. At least that is true of any sin which we personally commit. If we have forgiven another, we do NOT want/need to share/expose/reveal that information with another; instead we cover him/her with the blood of Christ and pray blessings upon that person. (Due to medical/legal/spiritual needs it might be necessary to share/document that information, but that would be a one time private incident and not an ongoing/repetitious accusle/slander/ incrimination.) Finally, we need to forgive ourselves. Otherwise, we call God a liar, when He does forgive us - the first time we asked.]
There are WONDERFUL examples where incomplete forgiveness resulted in personal ill health, but when dealt with resulted in complete healings.
There are GREAT examples of spiteful words causing illnesses or at least keeping people in ill health, but when retracted resulted in immediate healing.
[If when we think/remember/recite a hurtful past incident and feel pain/woundedness/agony/sadness/anger/rage/etc. rising up in us then we need to put the cover on/refuse those emotions and go back to confession. They are an indication that there is puss/infection/incomplete forgiveness/rottenness/venom/ crumbs of leaven hiding in our hearts. We need to forgive (and then to forget) to the degree that any memory does not take us hostage and rewound us or harm another. We need to be able to pray for and bless the injurer to the same degree that we would pray for a family member! Like God.
Father God, accomplish this in us for Your purposes. In Jesus name. Amen.]

Walters, Kathie Macon, Georgia, USA Living in the Supernatural    www.goodnews.netministries.org
Chapter 3 Our Inheritance tells of a diabetic being healed and subsequently relapsing due to unforgiveness, the door she opened for this sickness to return. Repentance solved this issue.
Chapter 8 The Judgments of the Lord Are True "God had been unable to use me because I judged the man in my own heart...My heart was not righteous or full of compassion. But Arthur did not make that kind of judgment; he waited until the Spirit of the Lord spoke."
"If you have judged anyone according to your own judgment, repent and ask the Lord to reveal His heart for that ministry or person, before you try to fellowship with the Holy Spirit. If you have been judged with a false standard by another person or by a church, first forgive them, and break the spirit of false judgment and (the spirit of) false standards over you. Even God's standards, if given in a legalistic spirit, do not manifest the heart of God, because they do not contain His grace.
When you receive a word from the Lord for someone, and it contains correction or rebuke, be sure that your own emotions and biases are not involved. Wait on the Lord. Jesus never reacted; rather He always acted under the direction of the Holy Spirit. If you react, your emotions will distort the word of the Lord, even though what you say may contain some truth. A correction will become accusation.
If someone has judged you wrongly, and you want to set him straight, wait on the Lord. He will tell you whether to keep silent or to speak."
Walters, David                          Equipping the Younger Saints    www.goodnews.netministries.org
Chapter 2 True Salvation   "Salvation still has to come through the Lord touching their spirits inside. We need to pray that God will grant them the spirit of repentance (see 2nd Timothy 2:25)...If our children do not receive a genuine conviction of sin, they will take salvation very lightly...I tell them the cost of their salvation was very dear to God. He sent His only Son to die for them He did not have10 sons. Just one...Jesus...died and rose again to raise up extraordinary kids...Salvation may be free, but it's not cheap."
Walters, Kathie                        The Spirit of False Judgment        http://www.goodnews.netministries.org
Chapter 11 Acceptable Sins? "I have cast out the spirit of shame from many Christians who have had failures during their spiritual walk. Although they have known they were forgiven, the feeling of condemnation, shame and guilt was still present. Those things are spirits and have to be prayed against...Our self-righteous attitude can keep people bound in shame for a long time."
Chapter 12 The Button "As regards personal hurts and wounds, we individually have a responsibility to get healed...
In my experience, healing is linked to forgiveness. We have to forgive and then healing will come. Forgiveness is NOT a feeling, its an act we make by faith. Don't afterwards let the devil tempt you to receive those negative feelings of unforgiveness back again...Take authority over them (negative feelings) in the name of Jesus, and command them to leave."

Wilkerson, Ralph Beyond & Back - Those Who Died and Lived to Tell It
Chapter 5 I Saw the Living Dead shares the miracles in Indonesia beginning in 1967 when God turned water into wine. 3 natives saw a vision of Jesus Who instructed them to wash themselves and their hearts by prayer and confession of sin.

Wood, Gary A Place Called Heaven www.garywoodministries.com
Gary warns that, "There are Christians who are in danger of losing their forgiveness from God because of their inability to forgive others....There is no place in heaven for those who are unforgiving...Never gossip or be jealous." Jesus told Gary, "Above all else love one another and always be forgiving towards each other."

Wyns, Peter Fighting Death and Other Desperate Battles www.peterwyns.org
Chapter 18 Desperate Prayers for Fallen People section What About You reminds us to, "Pray out loud, in an audible voice...Furthermore, renounce the sins of your forefathers and the sins of your youth. Leave no stone unturned."
Chapter 20 Desperate Prayers That Make Us Holy reminds us to always, forgive another, pray for good to come to the offender, and to bless him in practical ways.
Chapter 21 Desperate Prayers to Save a Nation warns us that each battle is not with people, but rather with spiritual powers of wickedness. Recognize the real enemy is not a person.

Yoder, Dr Rebecca Brown Prepare for War www.harvestwarriors.com
Chapter 16 The Spirit and the Spirit World contends that 1st John 3:15 (Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer.) is a spiritual law which can be used by evil spirits to cause ill health/death/tragedy by our human spirit to harm another individual to whom our hate is directed. One can pray for the Lord to shield himself against hatred + repent for any hatred in his own heart.

Antonia, Mother www.servantsllth.org headquarters San Diego, California author of Prison Angel
2/6/2008 Ash Wednesday newsletter
"Today is a special day. 29 years ago, we started the day of forgiveness & instead of giving up chocolate, we each wrote a note on a small piece of paper, with the name or names of people who shamed us in life
& we gave theses papers to be burned for the ashes to be blessed for Ash Wednesday.
We skipped from Ash Wednesday to Good Friday & said, 'Father forgive them for they know not what they do.'
& then WE (repented to God) asked in our hearts all those WE have rejected, shamed or gossiped about, to forgive US & we invite you to join us in forging."

Colbert, Dr Don www.drcolbert.com The Cleansing Power of Forgiveness editorial in 5/2006 magazine Enjoying Everyday Life www.joycemeyer.org
Synonyms of unforgiveness are buried anger, resentment, bitterness, shame, grief, regret, guilt, hate, and revenge, which contribute to or even cause nightmares, headaches, elevated blood pressure, flashbacks, confusion, and frustration.
Accumulated unforgiveness can create toxins in the body triggering such diseases as acidosis, autoimmune illnesses, gallbladder, cancer, and heart disease.
Forgiveness can reverse medical conditions! God, not us, is the One Who decides if a person deserves to be forgiven; scripture commands us to forgive now, immediately, with or without another's repentance. Those who know that Jesus Christ has forgiven them before they asked and for free/no strings attached, are also expected to do the same for others, but only in the strength of His Holy Spirit. Dr Colbert's daily prescription for us is to forgive daily.

Experiencing Forgiveness tract www.goodnewstracts.org
"Forgiveness is something we give to those who don't deserve it. God offers us full pardon through Christ, though we surely don't deserve it."

Narramore, Bruce Psychology for Living winter 2007 newsletter editorial True & False Forgiveness www.ncfliving.org

Wood, George O          WHEN LIFE'S NOT FAIR
How do you handle an injustice? Recently I was talking with a person who had given years of dedicated service to her local church and had suddenly been removed from her position.
The hurt was obvious and deep as she shared with me how unfairly she felt she had been treated.
The advice I gave her is the same I give to myself when I feel another has done wrong to me.
WHAT HAPPENS *IN ME* IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT WHAT HAPPENS *TO ME*.
There are many things which happen to us in life that we do not like. But we are really powerless most of the time, to change our external circumstances. We cannot rearrange someone else's behavior toward us, nor can we undo moments which have brought us harm.
If we keep reliving the untoward event, and devoting endless hours in "appealing the verdict," we will be left spent at the end of the day. Our best recourse is to ask the Lord to change our inner life.
Joseph knew that truth. Rather than rail against his brothers for their unjust treatment of him he decided to concentrate his energies on being the best person for God he could be in the circumstances he was in. Over the process of a lifetime, he was able to live out the indelible truth regarding unjust treatment from another: "Ye meant it for evil, but God meant if for good" (Genesis 45)
OUR REACTION to the UNKINDNESS of OTHERS REVEALS THE DEPTH of OUR OWN WALK WITH GOD.
Suppose you held a glass of liquid as you walked toward me, and I carelessly or deliberately reached out and bumped you. Whatever you carried inside the glass would spill out.
That is the way our lives are. When we are bumped whatever is inside comes out.
That is why being filled with the Spirit on a continual basis is so important. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Bump that kind of person, and you will get the personality of Jesus.
In my present capacity I am called upon to assist congregations in resolving disputes. We call such conflicts "church trouble." I have found it impossible to see such conflicts healed when people are waiting for someone else to change. Most of the important changes that need to be made in our world lie within ourselves.
Jesus said that out of the heart come the issues of life. When I find a "saint" who is unkind, critical, or trying to "straighten out the church or pastor," I know I am ministering to someone who has been bumped: and what they are spilling out is the content of a life lacking the Spirit's presence. The Holy Spirit is not filled with hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissension, faction or envy.
The LORD HAS GIVEN US CLEAR DIRECTION on HOW WE ARE to RESPOND to the PERSON WHO HAS INJURED US.
Our human reaction is to retaliate, blame, and feel self-pity. All these emotions while understandable, lead us down dead-end streets. In yielding to them we permit ourselves to become victims rather than victors.
A fascination passage from Jude says, "Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee". (Jude 9)   We may not know much about the mystery of the dispute over the body, but we can see the plain spiritual applications: Don't become like the devil when you are fighting the devil. Michael did not slander the prince of all slanderers.
Jesus plainly told us how to respond to bad treatment from another person: We are to love that one.
ACTIONS LEAD, FEELINGS FOLLOW.
Love does not necessarily mean our feelings will be positive: in fact, Christian love means feelings follow actions. Jesus does not say: "Have good feelings toward the other person."
Instead He exhorts us to action - "Do Good!"
Here are questions from the Lord's teaching in the Sermon on the Mount. (Matt 5:38-48, 6:12) We must ask ourselves when we are treated unfairly:
Am I returning good for evil? Jesus tells us to turn the other cheek and walk the second mile.
Am I praying for my adversary? Jesus tells us we are to treat our opponent in the same way God himself responds to the just and the unjust - He blessed both with rain and sun.
Am I blessing rather than cursing the one who hurt me? The underlying word for "Bless" literally means "to speak well of." When someone else has injured our hearts, we can think of a lot of mean and unkind things to say. But that is a form of cursing - a diminishment of the other person's character. Watch your tongue and say good things.
"FATHER, FORGIVE THEM."
Am I forgiving the other person of the debt or transgression against me? A wise person defined forgiveness as the odor flowers give when they are trampled on.
People are going to take advantage of us - they did to Jesus. But His opening word from the cross was not one of vengeance, nor did He seek to get even. He prayed, "Father, forgive them" (Luke 23:34).
How are you responding to unfair treatment? Mrs. Charles Cowman said it well" "The opposing force becomes a lifting force if faced at the right angle." And, "The same wind that uproots a tree lifts a bird."
Our ability to rise above the hurt will depend on whether or not we are willing to let the Lord alter us rather than expecting the other person to change. And His way of altering us is to bring us to an alter of commitment where we say: "Lord, Your will be done in my life. Give me the strength to do what You ask of me."
WHY do the above? Click onto Healing Offenses
Additionally, let us make a word picture.
Our flesh/self is like a puppy wanting lots of love/affection/attention/patting/hugging/caressing/time.
Scripture tells us that our self/flesh/"puppy" needs to DIE. Satan (the lier + contradictor) tells us that flesh/self needs to live,
for demons (who are spirits) manifest/gain power when we meet the selfish NEEDS of the flesh (self-pity/self-absorption).
If the flesh/self/"puppy" is DEAD, then it does not (make demands) need to be defended/protected/soothed/comforted.
If the flesh is DEAD, it does NOT say ouch when hurt. It does NOT react to humiliation/neglect/offense/unforgiveness.
If the self/human nature is dead, then we have a vacancy. This vacancy needs to be filled with the Holy Spirit/God's nature.
Holy Spirit, we invite You to come dwell in us permanently, to unite with our human spirit,
and to permanently evict and prohibit all evil spirits from us, in Jesus name we pray and thank You.
May Your nature permanently replace our human nature and all evil nature.
Grow Your spiritual roots so deep in us, producing so much prized holy behavior, that many will be attracted to YOU.
In Jesus name, we thank, praise, bless and love You. Amen.
We or Jesus allow demons/negative circumstances/hurtful situations to crop up in our gardens like dandelion weeds because we have yet to learn - to NOT to react negatively, to NOT be offended, to bless and pray for those who offend. Dandelion and other pesty weeds can be de-headed, but if the roots are not eradicated or if the seeds blow away, we will have to contend another day with the same issues reappearing in the same or another location.
Father God, forgive me for allowing HURT to wound me and poison others as I spewed out negativity. Please use your weed killer to exterminate each type of hurt/harm that has come against me and my family. I repent of hatred, self-pity, anger, hate, revenge, hurt, retaliation, bitterness, low self worth, low self esteem, depression, isolation, failure to pray for the offender, lack of forgiveness, pain, thoughts of murder, and __________________________ .
In the name of Jesus, I bind the hurtful issues of ____________ in this situation
and loose Your blessings into this situation.
I place these situations under Your blood.
I NOW forgive ___________ & __________   for all hurtful intentions & deeds including ________ & _________
I genuinely ask You to bless ___________ and to bless ____________ mightily,
especially in the areas for which You designed ____________ & ___________. In Jesus name I pray & praise You.
These thorns that are needling me are blessings in disguise, prodding me on to become dead to me and alive to You. I am beginning to get the message, Father God. These things which I notice hurting me so much are really those same things which I so often do which hurt You. If I were not so readily wounded, I would not recognize/appreciate Your bleeding heart. Thanks for waking me up to the times when I have rejected Your presence. Each morning and each evening You wait for us to run into Your arms with a hello and a hug and a smile, but Your arms and heart remain empty/abandoned/lonesome. So when my parents, brothers, sisters, kids, mate, date, friends, relatives or business associates stupidly reject me, it helps me appreciate Your rejection in Your generation and each successive generation. It helps to remind me that you are still waiting for Your daily hug from me and each of us. Forgive us. How stupid Your kids are. How self-absorbed. I will be glad when this self part of us is, at least the wrong aspect of it, is demolished, leaving only room for You to express Yourself in us, to be our eye glasses and our heart, just for beginners. Amen.
                                                              Audio/Visual

Arnott, John and Carol Importance of Forgiveness DVD www.tacf.org
Forgiveness free us from the pains/chains of the past.

Austin, Jill Abba Father: The Heart of Forgiveness audio www.masterpotter.com

DeGrandis, Father Robert Take the First Step - Forgive video www.catholicfocus.com

Ferrell, Emerson & Ana Mendez Experiences in Heaven 2 CD set www.voiceofthelight.com
Ana shares her Patmos visit to heaven. God shared with her that every time a sibling or other person fails to love and fails to forgive, His wounds hurt and our wounds fester. Love is a must! God needs us to love each other & to love HIM, because everything created has a piece of Him in it. SUPERIOR CD.
(Self-absorption/preoccupation/adulation is selfish and unacceptable to God.)

Hampsch, Father John H Healing Through Forgiveness video www.claretiantapesministry.org

Hickey, Marilyn Forgiveness Needs to Be Our Lifestyle cassette/CD I&II www.mhmin.org

Hunt, June Forgiving Others audio www.hopefortheheart.org
12/2005 radio broadcast stresses our need to "release" our resentment plus our need to "release" our right to hear another say, "I am sorry." One can visualize letting go of balloons full of pain.

Meyer, Joyce Keys to Enjoying Every Single Day of Your Life #S715 www.joycemeyer.org
Meyer, Joyce Restoring Fellowship With the Father CD#S907 cassette#S908 www.joycemeyer.org

Nutt, Diane

Valenta, Father Stephen Forgive Everyone? I'm Sorry, I Cannot video www.catholicfocus.com

Wilkerson, David The Power of Forgiveness editorial in 7/25/2005 Pulpit Series newsletter www.worldchallenge.org
In 1869 Hudson Taylor found that the secret to tapping into (getting) all of Christ's blessings ("into my vessel") was "not by striving, but by resting on the (spoken/confessed) promises of God" found in scripture."
"Do you wake up with a dark cloud overhead...have feelings of guilt and immediately begin by replaying your failures...Then rise up in the morning and say to the devil, 'This is the first day of the rest of my life. I'm leaving behind those things in the past - all my past failures and sins - and I'm pressing on...Today (and thereafter) is the day of the Lord's salvation."

Bob Jones had a nervous breakdown resulting in a prognosis of permanent disability, SSI and VA benefits. His Christian doctor helped him reduce his medication. God did the rest. The key was his obedience in forgiving ALL who had mistreated him. www.bobjones.org/bio_bob.htm

Colbert, Dr Don God's Way to Living in the Fullness of Health 2/12/2008 Watch WM Video MPEG4 Video MP3
http://www.kcm.org/media/webcasts/ Dr. Colbert incorporates "forgiveness therapy" into his medical practice. The forgiveness of self is of significant value to healing.

Copeland, Ken and Gloria    Ken Copeland Ministries    www.kcm.org
Watch/download present or past TV broadcasts on links below.
http://www.kcm.org/media/webcasts/     http://www.kcm.org/media/webcasts/archive.php
Copeland, Kenneth   Love Entitles You to THE BLESSING
10/21/2007 and/or 11/1/2007 - GREAT PROGRAM on FORGIVENESS
God says we can obtain a blank/erased memory/clean slate and
subsequently in the name of Jesus declare only what we want God to remember.
Apply this to your our forgiven children, to better understand.
Copeland, Kenneth   Learning How to Supernaturally Forget Past Sin 11/5/2006
Copeland, Kenneth    The Believer's Convention Week Special - The Time for Change is Now
3/12/2008 webcast on Guilt and on Forgiveness is especially wonderful. Watch WM Video MPEG4 Video MP3
It clarifies how to separate feelings/emotions and wrong thoughts from God's thoughts and words.
One reminder. Conviction is usually the Holy Spirit showing us the necessity to repent. Condemnation is often accusation, usually by the enemy, after we have repented and placed any error/sin under the blood of Jesus Christ.
Copeland, Gloria      Speak Your Victory   7/3-7/2006
Copeland, Gloria      Don't Talk the Problem - Talk the Answer 7/2/2006
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Copeland, Gloria            Forgive and Receive Your Healing    12/13/2008      http://www.bvov.tv/asx/bvov/081213.asx
Copeland, Gloria              Forgive and Receive Your Healing    12/14/2008      http://www.bvov.tv/asx/bvov/081214.asx
Copeland, Gloria & Ken     The Open Door to Your Healing      12/19/2008     http://www.bvov.tv/asx/bvov/081219.asx

Cordeau, David 6/25-29/2007 - Sid Roth's Messianic Vision #1545 LISTEN by clicking onto web archives. www.sidroth.org
God allowed others to die that David would live. God showed David that although he had been forgiven and although he had forgiven others, he still did not have the love for others that God had. Forgiveness is fine, but insufficient. Love is more important. Love is what takes us over the finish line. The Tuesday radio broadcast zooms in on these issues.

Corrie Ten Boom Foundation www.corrietenboom.com
Corrie survived the Jewish holocaust and forgave those guards who personally harmed her.

Cox, Paul L Dominion http://www.aslansplace.com/insights/dominion.htm
"When the Lord revealed the truth about (evil spirit) dominions I immediately went into her office and ask her to pray. I led her in a prayer to release of any connection she had with the court case (,to release from her passing judgment/judging) and to release the case to the Lord. The next morning she called and reported that the case had been dropped! How we rejoiced in what the Lord had done!"

Ferrell, Emerson 7/30/2008 Tema Emerson http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/ Healing comes via the spirit not via the mind. Sin comes via the mind. Emerson admonishes us to forgive in the high priestly manner expressed in John 20:22-23 Jesus said..."Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive (pardon) anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."

http://www.kingdomfaith.org/LiveFreePDF/LivFree-Session%204%20%20LearningForgiveness.pdf "Heavenly Father, I ask Your forgiveness for my anger, my resentment,
and all of my bitterness toward ____________ for what they did to me.
I have already forgiven ___________ for their actions, and now
I ask You to forgive me for the evil thoughts of my heart and
for the wrong things that I took out of the situation.
I take authority over the (negative/evil/wrong/harmful) thoughts of my heart, and
I cancel Satan's authority in this matter.
I ask You Father to heal my heart and
speak Your truth to me about this, in Jesus’ wonderful name, Amen."
http://www.kingdomfaith.org/LiveFreePDF/LivFree-Session%204%20%20LearningForgiveness.pdf
"Watchman Nee, in his book The Normal Christian Life exhorts believers to apply the blood of Jesus Christ no only over one’s sin,
and sin nature (iniquity),
but also over the voice of the accuser of the brethren
in order to shut down his (Satan's) subtle (demonic) accusations...
Father, I plead the blood of Jesus Christ over the accuser of the brethren who is trying to accuse other believers in my heart.
I refuse to participate, and
I ask You Holy Spirit to reveal to me any false information, presumptions, suspicions, or accusations about other people, or about myself.
I ask Your forgiveness Father for any such wrongs I have harbored (festered/incubated) in my heart, and
I ask You Holy Spirit to cleanse my heart, and to heal (exterminate) it from such wrongs in the past, and
to guard my heart from receiving any such false accusations in the future.
I ask You to tell me Your truth about these things, in Jesus’ holy name, Amen."

Wednesday radio broadcast shares God's instruction to Richard to ask forgiveness of those who had hurt/offended him.
After obeying, he realized/recognized that he "had" held bitterness in his heart.
Immediately after, the Lord began to heal his feet, allowing him to walk again.

Mathias, Art Biblical Foundations of Freedom www.akwellspring.com
"Father, I choose in my heart to forgive ___________ who hurt me by _______________.
I choose to release them from their obligation toward me.
And I choose to forgive them for the pain they caused me.
I now cancel Satan's power and authority that he has gained over me in this issue, and
I ask You Holy Spirit to heal my heart and tell me Your truth about this matter, in Jesus’ name, Amen."
Mathias, Art scripture references http://www.akwellspring.com/forgiveness.html

Nutt, Diane guest on Sid Roth's Messianic Vision Radio Broadcast 4/16-20/2007 Intimacy with God
LISTEN by clicking onto archives. To order ONE free copy, please call Sid Roth's order only line 1-800-548-1918.
Former drug addict, now hug addict who permits God's presence in her to heal others with a word, a hug, or just being in someone's presence. God was able to minister love to her, after she first forgave herself. Forgiving others including God, plus receiving forgiveness from others including God, worked - short term for her. The final key to her freedom from (self accusation/shame/guilt and) ongoing relapse into drug addiction was both forgiving self and also receiving that self forgiveness.

Rolland and Heidi Baker http://www.irismin.org/wordpress/
11/28/05 blog "The Lord spoke to me that there were 10 women in the meeting who had severe back pain because of issues of unforgiveness. As soon as they came forward and repented, Jesus healed all 10."

Joni Lamb TV shows http://ww2.daystar.com/daystar/joni+show/
3/2/2006 Louise Kendall, wife of RT Kendall, shares that when she asked God to forgive her negative attitude towards the ministry of Rodney Howard-Browne, God began a great work in her. Just prior to that, God had healed her major depression caused by a chronic disabling cough. http://www.rtkendallministries.com/

From Darmstadt’s Ruins to a Worldwide Mission SEND TO FRIEND http://www.bennyhinn.org/television
"The Lutheran Evangelical (Protestant) Sisters of Mary were founded by the late Mother Basilea Schlink in Darmstadt, Germany, shortly after WWII. Bombs had fallen upon the city on the night of September 11 in 1944, the city became a sea of flames, and in 18 minutes it was almost completely demolished, reduced to a mass of rubble. Young girls throughout Germany had been meeting for Bible studies for several years throughout Germany, against the will of the Nazis. These women not only miraculously escaped the bombing of Darmstadt, but they continued calling the nation to repentance, especially for the atrocities suffered by the Jewish people under the third Reich. Out of this group and these leaders was born a Sisterhood...living completely by faith and committed to prayer...in Darmstadt, Phoenix, Jerusalem, and Canada. They do missionary work among the poor, perform religious plays, and run retreat houses."

Roberts, Oral This Is Your Day TV broadcast 1/14/2008 The Prize of God's High Calling -1 www.bennyhinn.org
Roberts, Oral This Is Your Day TV broadcast 1/15/2008 The Prize of God's High Calling -2 www.bennyhinn.org

Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets, a Jewish holiday) http://www.kolel.org/pages/holidays/RoshHashanah_intro.html
"A...beautiful custom of Rosh Hashanah is Tashlich (casting off). On Rosh Hashanah afternoon, Jews gather around a body of flowing water, such as a river or lake, and empty our pockets into the river, symbolically casting off our sins. At the waterside, Tehillim (Psalms) are recited as well as the words of...Micah...(below), and then bread crumbs, previously installed in one's pocket as surrogate sins, are shaken out into the water to demonstrate our desire to be rid of our sins. This practice is inspired by the words of the Prophet...who wrote:
'Who, O God, is like You? You forgive sins and overlook transgressions
for the survivors of Your people;
He does (You do) not retain His (Your) anger forever, for He loves (You love) kindness;
He (You) will return and show us mercy, and overcome our sins,
And You will cast into the depths of the sea all their sins;
You will show kindness to Jacob and mercy to Abraham,
As You did promise to our fathers of old.' (Micah 7:18-20)
Of course, Teshuvah (ridding ourselves of sin and seeking forgiveness) is the main theme of this season. Therefore, it is also common on Rosh Hashanah to seek out people you may have wronged during the past year and ask them for forgiveness. The Talmud maintains that the Days of Repentance atone only for sins between man and God. To atone for sins against another person, you must first seek reconciliation with that person, righting the wrongs you committed against them if possible."

Saint Antony http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/VITA-ANTONY.html Capture/Reject/Refuse/Repent of Wrong Thoughts, in Jesus name "Especially he counseled them to meditate continually on the apostle's word, 'Let not the sun go down upon your wrath? And he considered this was spoken of all commandments in common, and that not on wrath alone, but not on any other sin of ours, ought the sun to go down. For it was good and needful that neither the sun should condemn us for an evil by day nor the moon for a sin by night, or even for an evil thought. That this state may l be preserved in us it is good to hear the apostle and keep his words, for he says, 'Try your own selves and prove your own selves [4].' Daily, therefore, let each one take from himself the tale of his actions both by day and night; and if he have sinned, let him cease from it; while if he have not, let him not be boastful. But let him abide in that which is good, without being negligent, nor condemning his neighbors, nor justifying himself, 'until the Lord come who searcheth out hidden things [5],' as saith the blessed apostle Paul. For often unawares we do things that we know not of but the Lord seeth all things. Wherefore committing the judgment to Him, let us have sympathy one with another. Let us bear each other's burdens [6]: but let us examine our own selves and hasten to fill up that in which we are lacking. And as a safeguard against sin let the following be observed. Let us each one note and write down our actions and the impulses of our soul as though we were going to relate them to each other. And be assured that if we should be utterly ashamed to have them known, we shall abstain from sin and harbour no base thoughts in our mind. For who wishes to be seen while sinning? or who will not rather lie after the commission of a sin, through the wish to escape notice? As then while we are looking at one another, we would not commit carnal sin, so if we record our thoughts as though about to tell them to one another, we shall the more easily keep ourselves free from vile thoughts through shame lest they should be known. Wherefore let that which is written be to us in place of the eyes of our fellow hermits, that blushing as much to write as if we had been caught, we may never think of what is unseemly. Thus fashioning ourselves we shall be able to keep the body in subjection, to please the Lord, and to trample on the devices of the enemy."