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Do not let anyone know what someone said about you or did to you.
Do not let anyone be afraid of you or intimidated by you.
Forgiveness is worthless to us if we can not forgive ourselves.
We want them to forgive themselves and never feel guilty.
God will let them and us save face .
Saving Face means preserving ones dignity and self esteem. It is not only
the refusal to make another person feel guilty, it is providing a rationale
that enables what they did to us look good, rather than bad. Or, it may mean
hiding a persons error from people, so they will not be embarrassed.
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Judging:
On the matter of judging, we learn (as did I learn) that it is always
counterproductive. When we judge someone else, most people have good, yet
very misguided motives.
What they may often be thinking is: What I want to do is offer this person
information, advice and counsel, so that they straighten themselves out . Clearly,
it has the opposite effect. Sooner or later,
it always backfires. The other person will become offended, and situations at hand
are never resolved.
FORGIVING OURSELVES - TOTALLY
The person living in fear is obsessed with the idea of punishment. This means at least
four things:
1) The person who lives in fear is already punished by this fear and is truly living
in quiet but very real torment.
2) The person is in fear of being punished by God (Not a valid fear).
3) The person in fear is always punishing himself or herself through their own
behavior.
4) The person who lives in this fear always wants to punish others.
How To Forgive Ourselves Totally
One of the reasons we have difficulty forgiving ourselves is that Satan is working
behind the scenes day and night. His chief weapon is accusing us, making us
feel guilty, telling us how bad we are, how unworthy and how stupid we are
to believe Gods promises. That is his job. Never forget it.
He points the finger at us. He keeps a record of wrongs, has a memory better than
ours and will remind us of things we thought we had forgotten.
Satan has one goal: to bring us down and keep us from pure joy. Remember, he
does not want us to forgive ourselves. Yshua (Jesus) does want us to forgive
ourselves.
The devil knows that his time is short (Rev. 12:12). He knows his final destiny
(Matt. 8:29; Rev. 20:10). The next time the devil reminds you of your past,
you remind him of his future.