Why Forgive

What is the aim for Forgiveness Ministries

Sharing our testimony Preaching doctrine of Forgiveness
In accordance with the word of God in the Bible

Forgiveness Ministries was started up to help people learn to forgive. We hope to visit churches and give a testimony on our experience on how to forgive
after the murder of our son.

Please contact us if you want more information about booking us for your church or maybe you would like us to pray for you or if you need someone to talk to.

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Why Forgive We have seen people on the TV where a member of their family have been murdered saying “I will never forgive them,
they should be hanged
and I would pull the handle”.

This is bitterness at its worse. The media loves it when people talks like this, and they stir people up into thinking the same way and before we know it half the country wants to hang the murderer, even though that person hasn’t done anything to them or their family.

This is a bitter seed that can be planted so easy but must be pulled up by the roots before it can damage people lives. When we make a statement like the one above what we are doing is shutting a door that will be hard to open because if the person decides to forgive they would start to think the media would think them weak, it is like painting yourself into a corner it seems at the time there is no way out, but what we forget is the paint will dry in a few hours and we can walk over it

Forgiveness is not a sign of weakness in fact it is the other way around. There is a saying that say’s "I've heard people say that forgiveness is for wimps. Well, I say then that they must never have tried it.

Forgiveness is hard work. It demands diligent, self- discipline, constant corralling of our basest instincts, custody of the tongue, and a steadfast refusal not to get caught up in the mean-spiritedness of our times." Marietta Jaegger - Lane: Mother of a murdered child.

Never a true word has ever ben spoken To forgive is a selfish act your saying "I am not letting you destroy or control me any more and I chose to forgive and set myself free from all wicket thoughts anger and bitteness I have towards you.

When people don't forgive they are only destroying themselfs they are also destroying their families and those around them. We always say people who don't forgive are like someone going through a divorce all they talk about is their X partner and the court case and very soon their friends get smaller and smaller

Hatred gets passed on from generation to generation this is how wars starts. A leader of a country plants a seed of hatered for another country and before you know it nearly everyone in that country will join in the leaders hatred

And for no reason they want to see the other side dead And before you know it WAR is declared. And it all started with a small seed, that roots grew so deep into the ground that there was no way of pulling them out.

We still see this today, there is hatred towards certain countries from both the first and second world war.

Jesus words are alive today as they were two thousand years ago when he said
"LOVE YOUR ENEMIES"

We need to learn that to forgive is not only Gods way, but also it is a way of freeing yourself from all kinds of sickness

A doctor friend of ours told us how the body reacts when we carry unforgiveness. He said "When we don't forgive our body doesn't function right and can cause all kinds of sickness.

He then went on to tell us what happens to our body when we come face to face with the people we don't forgive. He then said "Our adrenaline rushes around our body at a fast pace and causes the body not to function right,and we open the door to all kinds of sickness

You don't wake up one morning and say I forgive so and so it doesn't work that way forgiveness is an everyday thing.

Before we get up every morning we pray,

Lord please get us through the day, without any bitterness towards the people that has hurt us.
And everyday it gets easier and easier to get through the day without bitterness towards them.

Here is a prayer that may help you on the road to forgiveness
Father God, Please help me as I struggle with forgiveness Help me by giving me the strenght I need to forgive those who have wronged me. I am sorry for the wrong I have done in my own life and for the way I have hurt others and saddened you. Help me to make a new start in life and get o know you better Amen