Forgive from the Place of Repentance

Word for February 20th, 2021

Don't be so quick to forgive. And you ask, "What does God mean by that?" What I mean is, don't be so 'quick' to forgive. Be ready to forgive, because forgiveness does not just come with you thinking something and speaking it, quickly saying, "Oh, I forgive," or even asking Me, "Father forgive me." That can just come from your thinking and not from your heart. You must humble yourself and truly repent to feel the fullness of the action that you've taken and the harm that it has brought to yourself, to others. When you truly understand that, and the Holy Spirit within you will convict you of that when you ask, then you are ready to forgive. It must come from the heart. It must come from there, because when you realize the hurt that you have caused yourself or others, you are also filled with the desire not do that again; to turn away from those things that harm you or others and turn towards Me; to turn your back on the wickedness and turn to Me - the Life, the only Way, the True Love. So don't be so quick to forgive just from your thinking because that is not true forgiveness. Humble yourself. Repent. Decide in yourself that you will turn from those things that you know you are not to do and turn towards Me. Holy Spirit it always there to help you with that.