A Time Of Refreshing - February 24, 2022

i can't take a heart that's broken making it over again [Music] bless the name of the lord what a wonderful day for us to be alive and well today we give god thanks for this privilege and this wonderful opportunity to be in this presence and to be sharing with you and diluted word of almighty god good afternoon my brothers and sisters and welcome to a time of refreshing your weekly powerpoint spiritual program designed with you in mind to lift your spirit body mind and soul also to take you to higher dimension in god because we don't want to stay at one place we want to be reaching forth and going higher and higher in christ so that we can experience the riches of his glory and for us to be communicated with in these last days hallelujah we are very excited to be coming to you coming to your homes or wherever we find you with the gospel of the good news jesus saves jesus keeps and he's sanctified and so we are very very happy to be coming to you each day proclaiming the word of christ and i'm sure that your souls have been blessed over the period of time that this program was designed for you to be connected to the word of almighty god so we are coming to you from the live studio at paul faith ministries international right here in portmore town center where god is moving in a mighty and powerful way and we give god thanks for the work that he has been doing in our bishop lives minister davis and the general christian body poor faith ministries we are happy to be serving you in these last days and so we have our theme scripture that i love to read because it gives us the basis on which we this program was established so i read acts chapter 3 19 through 21 and it read this repent e therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the lord and he shall send jesus christ which before was preached unto you whom the heaven must receive until a time of restitution of all things which god has spoken by the most of all his holy prophets since the world begone the word of god my brothers and sisters the foundation of life the word of god is what we should live by each day and so our wisdom will increase when we enter upon the word of god when we seek diligently the word of god and he will show us why we were created what purpose for which we were created and how we should live that victorious life hallelujah i just want to remind us that uh our broadcast days are mondays tuesdays thursdays and fridays between the hours of 1pm and 2pm on wednesdays 12 noon to 1 p.m in the san diego so i'm asking everybody to just right on those dates the days and we and attend upon the different time and the services that is offered right here at poor faith ministries uh we're looking forward to having you let me just give honor to god who's the keeper of my life and i would like to give special acknowledgement to our founders bishop dr delphi davis and reverend dr petrova davis for their sterling contribution to kingdom building and to the nation on the whole they are doing a tremendous job in this nation and around the world and we want to give god thanks for them they have exposed their lives to the entire world and they are showing the world that we can live holy and god is keeping them and we just give god thanks for them i wanted them to know that we do appreciate them and we are praying that god will continue to sustain them and use them as vessels as he sees fit in these end time so brothers and sisters we know that the task is not easy and bishop and minister davis would have separated themselves onto the gospel and you can see the manifestation of their lives through serving christ in spirit and in truth so i want to welcome your faithful viewers on facebook youtube and all the cable network dj player 20 flow channel 602 and 672. i'm minister michael smith and i on the prophet from the prophet headquarters here again i always want to remind you that i was born right here at headquarters and i want to thank you for tuning in and i wanted to invite somebody to just listen to the word of god and to participate in whatever god is doing in this ministry so i also want to thank our faithful partners for tuning in and i've been making your contributions to the development of the church and also for the propagation of the gospel we do appreciate you and we love you and we just wanted to continue to support the work of almighty god i want to remind you of the numbers to call and the numbers to call they are 876 two six 988-6262 and eight seven six nine three nine one five zero zero nine eight eight six two six two and nine three nine one five zero zero of course eight seven six before those numbers at this time my brothers and sisters just want to go before the lord in prayer before i'd end upon entered upon our discussion for today let us pray father we acknowledge you as our savior our god our creator the one that created heaven and earth and every living thing everything that moves today great god was created by you it's because of your goodness it's because of your mercies it's because of your grace why great god almighty you would have gone through the trouble to create us lord because men we give so many problems so much problems almighty god and you're still tolerating us and each day we call on you you never fail to answer this our great god will come before your mighty presence in the name of jesus christ so oh god entered upon your words oh god i pray in the name of jesus christ that you will visit with us that your anointed presence will take full and complete control god i pray that every wave will be saturated with your presence and power i pray that god almighty those who are in need right now of a mighty touch from you lord there'll be no luck on you great god almighty to touch us in the name of jesus christ this program was designed in the name of jesus christ to propagate the gospel lord and to tell people more about you lord and so father as we come in the name of jesus christ this hour pray that god almighty will take full and complete control let your holy spirit speak oh god over the airwaves oh lord and you will get you'll get the glory lord you'll get the honor in the name of jesus christ because god your greatness extend to every boundaries and borders of this world we bind up the hands of evil right now and those who god almighty the need of a healing god i pray in the name of jesus christ that you will touch such person oh god i pray that lord you'll lift them up i pray that your mighty presence god will transform their situation in the name of jesus and god almighty they will testify that lord you intervene because oh god we prayed and you're delivered father i pray that you'll take full control of this program right now we deliver all in our hands in jesus mighty name we pray amen and amen and so this afternoon brothers and sisters i want to engage your mind in a little technical theme that i got from the holy spirit this morning and the theme that i want to look on is jesus the model of forgiveness jesus the model of forgiveness and um would we read in matthew chapter 6 1 through to 15 but i'll be placing emphasis on the 14 and 15 verses so matthew chapter 1 in matthew chapter 6 verse 1 through to 15 and it read thus take ye that you do no arms before men to be seen of them otherwise you have no reward of your father which is in heaven therefore when thou doest and arms do not sound a trumpet for thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may have glory of men verily i say unto you they have their rewards but when they'll do his arms let not thyroid their left hand know what their right hand do it that their arms may be in secret and thy father which see in secret himself shall reward thee openly and when they are praised though shall not be as the hypocrites are for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corner of the streets that they may be seen of men verily i say unto you they have their reward but thou with their praise enter into thy closet and when thou has shot thy door pray to thy father which is in secret and thy father which see it in secret shall reward thee openly but when he pray use not vain repetitions as he then do for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking be not therefore like unto them for your father knoweth what things you have need of before he asked him after this honor therefore ye pray our father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done in earth as in is it in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our depths as we forgive our adapters and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory for ever amen for if you for forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father will also forgive you but if he forgive not mend their trespasses neither will your father forgive your trespasses jesus the model of forgiveness many people brothers and sisters around the world today find themselves in a situation that i call the imprisonment of unforgiveness unforgiveness this is so because many of us refuse to be obedient to the word of god god gave a clear instruction for us to forgive one another hallelujah verse 14 and 15 of the same passage of scripture just read informed us that if we forgive men their trespasses your heavenly father which will also forgive you so as you can see that if we are not prepared to forgive our brothers and sisters we will not be forgiven it is the word of god verse 15 says but if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your father forgive your trespasses brothers and sisters forgiveness is reciprocal we need to forgive because god says so we need to forgive because it is the right thing to do we need not to hold things against people because it doesn't add any value to our lives and i want to say that the more we forgive the fear we are to live when we do not hold grudge against each other and it doesn't matter what happened brothers and sisters we need to find it within ourselves because if we do not do so i tell you that our father will not look in our directions so we need to forgive because it is the right thing to do we need to forgive because it's free us it releases us and so if you are in an in order are at odds with somebody today i beg of you it is something that sue the mind it releases brothers and sisters the tension from your life you and i need to forgive because it is the right thing to do even though some of the issues that you might have with somebody or somebody might hurt you in a way that it is it's card your emotions you need to find a way to say listen i understand that we are not perfect being and we will make mistakes any human being on planet earth will make a mistake and some of those mistakes will affect our emotions very deeply and for that we need to forgive and we need the forgiveness of others sometimes even when you're communicating truth brothers and sisters it can be a hard thing and it will affect some people and they will not want to forgive you for it but if you know that you are saying something that will hurt please say it in a way that will bring comfort to the hero let it bring grace to the hero and if you recognize that you offend the person you first need to make reconciliation need to go tell that person that you know i'm sorry that i have said it this way i have done it this way i didn't know that it would have affected you that way but forgiveness is i would say brothers and sisters is one of the greatest medication for the soul when you forgive you move as a free human being so that is why jesus had to teach peter real and true forgiveness from the mistakes peter would have made peter went to jesus and he asked jesus how many times he should forgive his brethren you know peter was so um sure that what he was saying to jesus it was the right thing because in those days it the in those days brothers and sisters when you forgive it was a ritual for you to forgive your brothers three times if they would have offended you peter increased it to seven and went to jesus and believed that he was doing a great job hallelujah and jesus looked at peter and when he peter asked him the question he said till seven times jesus said unto him i say not unto thee until seven times but until seventy times seven i believe that he thought that he was doing a great work to say seven times a generous thing by saying seven times but he was pleasantly surprised brothers and sisters as jesus answered him as to the answer that he got from jesus i say men and women of god jesus was saying to peter here that you cannot put a cap you cannot put a cap on forgiveness you cannot say that you're going to just forgive your brother once twice four times six times jesus was saying that you cannot put a cap on forgiveness and so 77 times 7 in my mind jesus was saying that the time it takes for you to count 77 times forgiving your brothers you'll forget about the issue it gives you sufficient time to cool down it gives you sufficient time to rethink what has happened it give us sufficient time brothers and sisters to look into ourselves and to see if the things are the issue hollywood that caused the problem it's worth malice in the person for or about so 77 times seven said by the time you reach that number or that figure you should have sufficient time to look into the situation and by then you should be able to respond in the positive you should be able to respond as jesus would have responded in a very loving cordial way hallelujah so we should forget about our hard-hearted unforgiving spirit and start to demonstrate love and forgiveness towards each other because brothers and sisters many of the things that we are hard-hearted about it's earthly things there are things that we you and i only can use to brighten our lives on earth some of them not even have that value and we hold on to them not looking at humanity and our christianity that our christianity is greater than holding on to unforgiveness and for unforgiveness will affect our relationship with god unforgiveness will create brothers and sisters a barrier between us and our savior because he said that if we do not forgive we will not be forgiven and it is not about who you are the status you are of unforgiveness do not have any boundaries about us it means that anybody who offends or anybody who have an art against somebody it we need to take the high road to forgive because forgiveness bring us closer and in into a relationship with our father for on forgiveness will take us into a realm where god wants us to be and there will be no barriers or inhibition nothing will inhibit us from getting into the very presence of god once we follow his words so we need to come out as a hard-hearted unforgiving spirit and start to demonstrate love and forgiveness one towards each other jesus had our right to be upset with peter but instead brothers and sisters jesus chose to teach him he was taught jesus said to him listen let me sit down and tell you what happened you are to forgive your brothers and sisters more than seven times this is a lesson that we need not to put a cap on or us forgiving our brothers and our sisters and so we live in christendom as i've said before human beings are imperfect we're not perfect being and there will be mistakes and there will be several things that many of us would do that will you you'll find it offensive and it will offend others but i hope that you'll find it in our heart to forgive our brothers and sisters we cannot be functioning in the kingdom of god and we have ought against each other god doesn't like that god doesn't want that to happen brothers this is he want us to come together and when we come together to pray there should be no barriers in our lives we should be able to greet each other in a godly way we should be able to love each other in a loving way with all these barriers once we forgive we have that love and peace and joy within us that we can embrace our brothers and sisters without having any reservation many of us today we cannot because guess what happen we do not forgive we are unforgiving we cannot embrace each other when we meet in certain circles they try to avoid each other that is not the godly way to live we should be able to embrace our brothers and sisters because that is the will of almighty god that we love each other hallelujah god jesus was looking at peter's godly characteristics with in his human frailty hallelujah so peter was there you know trying to be that person to say that he was doing well but jesus was also looking at peter's characteristics um in peter hallelujah so when things are not going well in your families you know with friends brothers and sisters how do we see them is that when something comes up we automatically take a stance and to say all right we are going to write off the person because the person does this i did this this is not the god the way how do we see them are we patient enough to engage them and to teach them the right things are we patient enough to show them the way the truth and the life are we patient enough to say let me hold your hands and take you in the direction that will fulfill your true potential or we just write them off because we are we are perfect and they are imperfect are we can we forgive them should we forgive them i said yes hallelujah we must be patient with our brothers and sisters we need to engage him in a very positive way so that brothers and sisters we can see they will see the god in us and especially when we function in christendom we all should demonstrate godly characteristics godly characteristics we should demonstrate so god should be manifest in our lives at all times not some of the time because jesus is the same yesterday today and forever it mean that he's a consistent god he's consistent in love he's consistent in peace he's consistent in provision he's consistent in all areas of our life god is consistent jesus is consistent and so us as children of god we need to be consistent in his word and in living for him so that others will see we cannot have unforgiving spirit we're not a cultivator not to harbor it we need to kill it we need to embrace our brothers and sisters because we are here time is short and we are here to serve the kingdom of christ and we cannot do it with unforgiving spirit so we need to be patient we need to be humble hallelujah even brothers and sisters you know i love when i study the life of peter peter wasn't an ordinary person i would say that peter always get himself in some trouble or the other hallelujah and so god had to be jesus had to be forgiving him and to be coaching him and to be taking him in the right direction peter was one of those person who was very active when he was with jesus hallelujah so even in the god don't forget ceremony jesus had to show compassion on peter james and john he had to because he took them to support him when he was going through the darkest hour of his earthly life brothers and sisters he was feeling the pain of death he knew that his all was come and it took the three closest persons to him to go further and pray and he expect and anticipated that they would be there to support him hallelujah he took them and what happened while he went to pray they fell asleep instead of getting upset when when jesus saw them he demonstrate brothers and sisters a forgiving spirit he demonstrated a forgiving spirit jesus had all right to be upset because jesus knew that they were the closest to him he selected them and took them with him and instead of supporting the cause they're praying because of what he was going through and the task that he was going to be entered upon they fell asleep just like for instance some of us when we come to prayer meeting and bishop the bishop there is anticipating us going through the night on our knees praying and crying out to god and not you know many other pastors you find that people will sleep how is it dealt with jesus came and found the three disciples sleeping and he did not abuse them jesus demonstrated a forgiving spirit and what he said i know that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak mark chapter 14 32 to 41 says and they came to a place which was named gethsemane and he said to his disciples sit here while i pray and he take it with him peter james and john and began to be so amazed and to be very heavy that stage of his life he was very heavy he was so amazed and he took those three disciples with him and he said unto them my souls exceedingly sourful unto death terry here and watch tara here and watch watch for me give me some coverage hallelujah i wanted to be part of the team that protect me pray with me because i am exceedingly sorrowful unto death and he went forward a little and fell on the ground and prayed if it were possible the hour might pass from him and he said our father all things are possible unto thee take away this cup for me nevertheless not what i will but what thou wilt and he cometh and finded them sleeping and said unto peter simon sleepers though could not though watch one hour almighty god one hour you could watch with me because i'm you know i'm this i need to help i'm sorry i'm heavy watch with me couldn't you watch with me for one hour watch and pray unless he entered into temptation the spirit truly is ready truly is willing but the flesh is weak and again he went away and prayed and spake the same words and when he returned he found them asleep again for their eyes were heavy neither was they what to answer him and he commit the third time and said unto them sleep on now and take your rest it is enough the hour is come behold the son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners so jesus my brothers and sisters had all right to be upset instead he chose to be forgiving as i've said before and so when things happen to us as children of god and it will what we need to do is to model the behavior of jesus christ because he demonstrated the characteristics for us to live by his word and how we should function as children of god so that god will get glory from our behavior from our operations from our living god will get the glory once we conduct ourselves within the realm and wisdom of almighty god so i'm saying here brothers and sisters that jesus had all right to be upset just like when people offend us it doesn't mean that when we're offended that we are going to respond in the negative at all times we must find the right words we must approach the situation the way jesus would have what's our approach or situation when things are not going well what is our approach to situation when we think that it is not going the way we want it to go do we get angry do we fight do we curse do we swear do we go against the word of god or do we entered up on prayer jesus demonstrated that in his last hour that he got heavy jesus was amazed he was sorrowful and he knew that his hour came but what he did he used the opportunity to pray jesus went and prayed it's a demonstration brothers and sisters that when we are faced with challenges the best option we have is to pray is to get before our god and when we get before god we need to ask him is this ours when we get before god we should say god in this cup ours we get before our god we just open our spiritual eyes so that we can see in the depths of your will what would you have us to do it is not for us to get angry and get upset and you know and do things that are outside of the will of god but to function within the will of god so that god will get the glory if you notice in job's time when job was going through what he was going through and when he was in sacramento and ashes job remain focused he remained in the presence of god he didn't do anything that he would have regretted even though he cursed the very day he was born job remained focused powerful and god came through for him so we are going to be tested we are going to be tried it's just part of the natural process of living as christian we must be tested we are going to be tempted also it's just the normal purpose of life but how do we react to our temptation how do we react when things are not going well do we get into the word of god and say what is the word of god saying about this particular subject at this time i will seek his face from his and through his word or we go our own way brothers and sisters i'm here to say that we need not to get angry and fight and coil and murder people there is a way and the way i suggest to all of us today is a way of praying we need to see god's face in every situation that confronts us i want to say that we pray even before we are confronted with these situations but when we come up on difficult situations brothers and sisters we need to recognize that there is an omnipotent god and an omnipresent god we need to recognize that he is consistent and he never failed god never failed he will never disappoint us he will never leave us he will never forsake us god remain consistent in all he does from the creation of earth until today god is consistent that's why the bible says jesus is the same yesterday today and forever he is he remain consistent he's the same yesterday to them for that mean we can lean on him any hour of the day any situation confronts us i tell you he is right there waiting for us to call on him to pray to him to make requests known to him and the god of peace brothers and sisters will show up in ways in which we cannot solve our problems he will show up and take us over our red sea he will show up and he will calm the storm even when you are on the sea in that boat and it seems like all hope is lost i tell you that jesus will show up in a mighty way and he will transform your situation so you don't need to get angry you don't need to get the bible said you must be angry and say not and that is a dimension that i'm talking about so even if you get upset it doesn't mean that it should spill over that you create mayhem or you have a unforgiving spirit that is not what god requires of us so we must brothers and sisters find that better way to react to situations when they do because it is in the word of god it tells us about or we use wisdom the word hallelujah so i tell you children of god that if jesus had behaved another way when he came at that hour and he saw the disciples sleeping and he had gotten angry and chose another way i tell you that he would have thought the purpose for which he came on earth but he had to remain and it's the same thing with us once we start to walk out of the will of god if we walk out of the will of god it means that the purpose of which god has called us would have defeated that purpose and so we need to stay in his word so that we can be properly directed each day he would have spoiled god's plan for salvation for us today god's plan would have been spoiled because he would have gone and done something that it was not part of the will of god and that is why my brothers and sisters we who serve the kingdom of god must seek to cultivate and demonstrate the characteristics of christ and the characteristics that christ demonstrated in his early life it is very very important it is very very necessary and why it's important and necessary is because we are seeking to win souls for the kingdom and our life will demonstrate the people that there is a god and our life should demonstrate the person who watches that god has a particular way in which he operates and wants us to operate and once we are in his presence we should be demonstrating those characteristics and so in doing so that's how people will look at us and we will win soul for the kingdom of god we'll win souls the last would say well there's a better way because i have seen bishop davis and others minister smith and others minister maharaj and others minister peter and others they have been living and demonstrating a christ-like characteristics because when i saw some things that happened to them and they are still holding on to their faith in jesus christ there must be something good why they are still doing that so brothers and sisters i wanted to understand that don't let go your relationship in jesus christ we are talking about sowing seeds into eternity we are on our way to eternity which has more value than every earthly thing that we can accomplish don't be fooled by the early things that people sometimes flash before your very eyes and you think that well you don't have this i don't have that let me say this once we have jesus christ in our lives we have every single thing it's because some of us do not know how to go to our father why we are maybe in poverty and we are not complying with the instructions that he has given us why we find ourselves in certain situations and for unforgiveness is one of them we need to learn to forgive that our father will release what he has in store for us because we are living a christ-like life and hallelujah we are demonstrating to others that god is a god that is consistent and never fail hallelujah we need divine forgiveness every day of our mortal life because you know as i've said before we us human beings we are not perfect and be not perfect you find ourselves better than sisters that you might offend people and we must do the right thing at the right time but i would want to say to you that jesus demonstrated that in such a good way in an excellent when i looked at the passage of scripture and i looked at the disciples that he loved i know he took them aside and brought them in at a place where he jesus christ was going through that i would say turbulent he was going through a difficult period and he was relying on them to hold his hands and they slept and jesus came and saw them sleeping on how jesus responded to that situation many of us would have gotten upset and so children of god it is jesus demonstrated to us how we should treat with situations when they confront us irrespective of where we are in leadership there's a humble way to treat with it inspected in spite of where we are in positions god expect his children to be humble to behave respectful holy and to lead to model the way to show the way to lead the way to model the way to show the way it is our responsibility to ensure that those who are following and those who need leadership that we demonstrate the christ-type the christ-centered leadership and look at what the master teacher did and i tell you i guarantee you brothers and sisters that our lives will be very productive we will be producing fruits and god will be in the vessel with us and we can do exploit for his kingdom matthew chapter 26 69 to 72 says now peter sat without in the palace and a damsel came unto him saying thou also was with jesus of gatherly but he deny denied before them all saying i knew not what those says and when he was gone out into the porch another maid saw him and said unto them that were there this fellow was also with jesus of nazareth and again he denied with an oath i don't know the man oh great god you're talking about the man who you're talking about a man who lived with jesus jesus provided for him jesus preached jesus teach jesus model away and each time when he does something brothers and sisters look at how jesus responded chapter 14 66 to 68 says and as peter was beneath the palace there comet one of the maids of the high priest and when she saw peter warming himself she looked upon him and said and thou also was with jesus of nazareth but he denied saying i know not neither understand what thou sayst and he went out into the porch and the crew and the maid saw him again and began to say to them that stood by this is one of them and he denied it again and a little after they that stood by said again to peter surely thou art one of them for thou art a galilean and this thy speech agree even is very speech was speech unto salvation speech was different from the other persons who were there his very speech gave him away brothers and sisters to see how close he was to jesus but he began to curse and to swear saying i know not this man whom you speak verse 72 says and the second time the cockroach and peter called to mind the word that jesus said unto him before the car quote twice thou shalt deny me twice and when he taught thereon he wept he wept hallelujah hallelujah so brothers and sisters we must understand that peter was going through his stress but if you look at how jesus if you look at how jesus dealt with it at all times he showed us that he forgave peter peter went because he at that time must have felt up the pain in his spirit felt a pain he's been holding terribly failed jesus he just came back to him when the clock crawled and he was reminded and at the time he would be overwhelmed brothers and sisters with emotions he must have felt that there was no hope for him and so you and i might find ourselves whilst we go through life in situations where we are abundant by people because of what we do and i say to you as long as you ask god to forgive you and you live for god if you notice peter didn't not even though he found himself in the situation that he was he did not leave the company of brethren it means that they were still together and he will had some contact and some internal connection to his father his conscience came alive hallelujah hallelujah and he was able to respond let me just take this public note um announcement on this sunday february 27 2022 please be reminded that there will be only two services 7 a.m and 9 30 a.m please know that there will be no third service right here at the paul faith ministries this sunday february 27th i say again be reminded that there will be only two services 7 a.m and 9 30 a.m please note that there will be no third service here at the paul faith ministries on sunday so spread the news do not let anybody turn up for a third service thank you very much so peter what because he was feeling the pain and so sometimes when somebody comes to us because they would have hurt us and they recognize that you know their they had made a mistake we need to embrace them we need to show love we need to show that the god of the universe reside within us and this is the way he wants us to operate do not allow the person to be slave to you because you want to exact your own punishment you want to exact that type of punishment that is going to be excruciating hurt no brothers and sisters we need to demonstrate love god is a forgiving god god is a forgiving god and peter wept you know and if you notice if you read read that story ladies and gentlemen for yourself after jesus was resurrected if you notice jesus attitude towards peter i tell you mighty god hallelujah jesus told his brethren to come and call peter also he did not excluded peter was not excluded because he would have done all those things no neither the three peter james and john the other two with him jesus called all of them no one was left behind to see the compassion that jesus had jesus forgave all of them he not only forgive them but he restored them and so forgiveness brothers and sisters means that it doesn't matter how deeply we are hurt and it doesn't matter by whom we're hurt that we need to forgive and restore our brothers and sisters to the place where they were before they would have done what they did that's should work if we're not prepared to do that we are shortening the process we are to restore our relatives we ought to restore our brothers our sisters our church family the ordinary person we have met we ought to restore them because that is god's expectation of us hallelujah it is god expectation of us and we need to we do not need to respond to the flesh because the flesh will tell us not to do it but if we are children of god we have to demonstrate that the god that living us expect us to behave in a particular way and the way in which he expect us to behave is that we should restore our members we should restore our brothers even you notice brothers and sisters while jesus was on the cross he asked the father to forgive all those persons who would have tried him would have beaten him would have spat on him would have done all those atrocious things even the man who pushed the spear inside those who drove the nails in his hands and his feet jesus himself said forgive them my father the importance of forgiveness jesus didn't want to hold anything against them while he was dying on the cross even though he did not do anything for him to be there he did not want to hold anything he wasn't the one who offended them he might have offended them by preaching the gospel and did not take political office but jesus while he was on the cross jesus looked at them all the person who did all what they wanted to do to him jesus looked at them and jesus said forgive them oh my god look at all the things that they did to him how many of us would have gone through anything close to what jesus went through how many of us and yet still we are holding unforgiveness against our brother while jesus was the suffering on the cross whilst he was in pain he found it in his heart to forgive all the men who were guilty of hurting him he found it necessary brothers and sisters it's us who are followers of jesus christ we must find it in our hearts to when we are offended to forgive our brothers and sisters remember that matthew chapter 6 verse 15 tells us that if we do not forgive our brothers and sisters our heavenly father will not forgive us he will not it's not about how we think it's about what is written he will not forgive us so i'm sure that many of us would have had some situations that we need to get done today we need to respond to the word of god forgive and we will be forgiven full stop if we refuse well the father says that we will not be forgiven brothers and sisters i pray that the word of god find your hearts today and then you will give up some of the bitterness and some of the issues that you have holding on to for many many years release yourself from the poison of forgiveness release yourself from unforgiveness and forgive that god almighty will take center stage in your life today if you notice the woman who was caught in the act of adultery there was unforgiving person who took the scribe and the pharisees who took her to jesus and what they wanted to be done but jesus wrote and what he wrote we do not know but it convicted them and they found themselves had to leave without getting their hearts the desire what is your heart's desire today to forgive or not to forgive if we do not forgive our heavenly father will not forgive us hallelujah brothers and sisters god expect us to do the things that he instructs us to do and failing to do so brothers and sisters it has consequences i pray today that we'll all here and for beer it was my pleasure to have brought to you this program today i pray that the lord will enter upon your heart and you will exercise that level of forgiveness necessary so that you can be freed from the grasp of the devil in jesus name let us pray father we give you thanks for your word father we bless your holy name father we magnify your name we look to your consistently god to free us from the bitterness that many of us harbor oh great god we look for spiritual freedom in the name of jesus christ god i pray that your word will find and settled in some hearts or great god and somebody will testify in the name of jesus that they would have heard your word and responded and they are not free o great god to worship to praise to honor and glorify you father these i ask in your precious name amen and amen so again brothers and sisters i just want to remind you that on this sunday february 27 2022 please be reminded that there will be only two services 7 a.m and 9 30 a.m please note that there will be no third service no third service at the power faith ministries thank you for your always participation thank you for your contribution to the ministry and we look forward to continuing the work of christ and until christ come until another program jehovah shalom be with you i can't take a heart that's broken make it over again [Music] but i know a way [Music] i can't take [Music]

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Published: Thu Feb 24 2022