--(Ephesians 4:30-32) -"Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."
-"Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice."
"Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you." ---
Are you carrying wounds around with you wherever you go? Maybe someone said or did something hurtful to you yesterday, and you can’t seem to get it out of your mind. Or perhaps the offense occurred many years ago, and it’s still affecting you today. Despite your attempts to bury the pain, it keeps rising to the surface.
God doesn’t want us to live under a cloud of emotional pain. In today’s passage, He provides the way out if we’re willing to take it.
Recognize our own sin (v. 30). Although the other person’s guilt seems much greater, we can’t hide behind the label of “victim.” Wrongdoers will be held answerable to God for their actions, but we are accountable for our response. That’s why we’re warned not to grieve the Holy Spirit.
Let go of sinful responses (v. 31). The only way to move forward is to drop all bitterness, anger, and malice toward our offender. Each time we rehearse the wrong, relive the pain, and feel resentment rise up within us, we’re responding in a sinful manner instead of walking in obedience to the Spirit. To be healed of our hurts, we must put away such things.
**Forgive (v. 32). As people forgiven of every sin we’ve ever committed, we have no right to hang on to others’ offenses.
Each time we submit to the Spirit, He moves us forward in forgiveness. If the pain is deep, the progress may be slow. Nevertheless, continue obeying God in an attitude of forgiveness. You’ll discover that as you let go of the offense, the hurt you’ve been carrying will be lifted as well. --IN TOUCH~~ ------- [ Because we live in a sinful world, as a result of the curse in the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree, the apple tree, they gave into sin. They disobeyed their Creator Jehovah. G-D saw them, and He told them because of their disobedience they would be moved out of the Garden of Eden. Now, Adam and Eve and all the rest of man kind are living in s sinful world. We can not restore this. We all still sin, in some way. Jesus said, "Even if you look on another person with lustful thoughts, you have sinned." I HIGHLY recommend you get the 30 minute video, "Road to Emmaus." It explains more about this. I'll see if I have the Video number. Remember, we are commanded by our Lord Jesus, "Forgive others as I have forgiven you. Love covers a multitude of sins."] ~ **SPEAKERS ARE NEEDED/ WORDS NOT ON SCREEN!**
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Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]
Because we live in a sinful world, as a result of the curse in the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree, the apple tree, they gave into sin. They disobeyed their Creator Jehovah. G-D saw them, and He told them because of their disobedience they would be moved out of the Garden of Eden. Now, Adam and Eve and all the rest of man kind are living in s sinful world. We can not restore this. We all still sin, in some way. 
