In the short 5 minute video above, I share an analogy of how to forgive when it is hard because of the hurt and harm that was done to you. It is indeed possible and in fact it is necessary if we want to receive all that God has in mind to do for us, too. Jesus has made a way for God’s children to have peace of mind (instead of fear & anxiety). He gave a remedy to restore broken relationships (family, friendships, marriages) and has provided us with a Helper to give us the ability to do hard things. The Lord pours out help into & onto those who belong to Him, but if we’ve blocked the flow, we can’t fully receive from Him or release His comfort, love and help to others. The block has to be removed. Listen to this short teaching & hear how my marriage was saved. The short story I want you to know is there is FREEDOM for YOU WHEN YOU FORGIVE, and it releases the ability for you to truly live and love and laugh & be at peace with God, even if ____________. “As much as it depends on me, live at peace…” (google that “quote”)
Listen! What do you hear God speaking to you?
GOOD NEWS from the Word of God:
“The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.”
Isaiah 57:15 NLT
In the last few weeks, the word “restore” has come up in various forms to me. I see and hear it everywhere. After meeting with a lady recently and coaching her on how to get started writing her God story, she texted me a week later. While she was praying and asking the Lord’s purpose in having she and I meet at this time, the Holy Spirit spoke to her heart in response, “because my daughter is a restorer.”
These texted words are from Scripture the Lord put on my heart in the middle of the night at a time when my mind was not at rest, and I now teach on it in my Bible Study, “Healed by the Word” which will be available this summer (after new edits are complete). My new friend has an amazing testimony of how the Lord rescued her from addictions and put His Spirit in her heart. Her marriage was not saved, but she too is walking in forgiveness. God had given her the same verse as He had me (Isaiah 58:12) years ago, and in her prayer time, He reminded her “that it takes a crew (the body of Christ) to rebuild.” When she shared this with me last week, it was a confirmation that the word “restore” I had been hearing and seeing, was because He is desiring I focus on it and speak about it. We (the crew) need one another and others need what we have. Together, let’s receive and release the forgiveness flow!
I, like you, have friends, family, neighbors and strangers in my life that have lost hope for restoring their broken relationships. Many are seeking hope but they do not know where to find it. If we have received THE HOPE of Christ, we hold the keys to release hope to others but in order to do that, we need to unblock the blocks so we can let it flow. Confused? Scroll up or click here to watch the 5 minute video I included in this eNews because my friend, it is GOOD NEWS for you and for me. We CAN restore, rebuild and receive help to do it. Freely we’ve received…freely we release (give). Let it flow!
As always…If you have a specific prayer request you’d like me to pray for you, I’d be honored to come alongside you this way. Just simply contact me.
Suzanne: He Reveals to Heal!
Greg: Keep Faith’n it!
Greg & Suzanne Grimaud,
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