Secret Sins #1

As we are packing and purging...I ran across an old message of mine.  Though I would share an excerpt...I'm having to pray about some things this morning!
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There are sins that we would like to try and hide.  We find it easier to stuff them back in the dark place of our heart instead of facing them.

GOD says, "pull it down, cast it out, bring EVERY single thought into captivity."

On the outside you keep the appearance of righteousness but in the deep recesses of your mind there is a hidden chamber with a poison that infects your whole soul.  There is nothing harmless or innocent about evil thoughts.  If they are not CAST DOWN immediately they can poison the soul.

#1  IS UN-FORGIVENESS your secret?

Has someone misunderstood you and said hurtful things about you?
Do you begin to let those thoughts replay over and over again in your mind?
Do you get injured easily? Do you boil inside? Fret? Stay up at night and burn, replaying every word?

There are mothers and daughters, fathers and sons who are enemies.
There are CHRISTIANS that won't even speak to each other.
There are some who say, "I can't forgive what was said.  I can't get over it."

I've been there.  I've thought, "if they would just APOLOGIZE - I could let this go!!!"  :)

But then there came a time when God showed me all that Jesus had suffered...MORE than I have EVER suffered.  And NO ONE apologized.  Ouch.

If we will cast out all thoughts of vengeance and stay sweet, bringing all evil thoughts into captivity, we will live to see the day God balances the books.   Or we will come to see it is not WORTH the pain we have caused ourselves over it.  And we will be so glad we did not take matters into our own hands.

I will try to post #2 and #3 from the "Secret Sins" message soon. Good stuff.  I am having to pray today!