SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN

Hidden unforgiveness is the root cause of many sleepless nights yet how many of you are aware of it? Sometimes our negative hold on others keeps our own spirits in a vise far below our conscious thoughts. Unforgiveness can be a tormentor.

One very powerful testimony is from a man named Bob who didn't believe God wanted him to forgive his neighbor for molesting his child, yet ever since the incident he had been plagued with many tormenting physical ailments. A clergyman convinced him to go to his neighbor and freely forgive him. The impact of this meeting was so powerful that the neighbor accepted the Lord several weeks before he died. Meanwhile, every one of Bob's symptoms was healed.

Jesus once told Peter to forgive his brother "seventy times seven." Why? I think it may have taken Peter that many times to deal with unforgiveness in himself! Forgiveness is a very serious matter for God says: "...if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses" (Matthew 6:14-15, NKJV).

Ask the Lord to search your heart tonight and reveal any buried resentments of which you may not even be aware. Once they are purged, you will have sweet dreams...

from Morris and Theresa Cerullo