NUMBER 3: FORGIVE WHEN YOU PRAY !

NUMBER 3: FORGIVE WHEN YOU PRAY ! (Mark 11:25-26). "And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses." Before we can expect any answer to our prayer, we must forgive any who may have wronged us. We cannot hold a grudge -- we cannot keep an unforgiving spirit -- if we want our prayers to reach God's throne of grace. Prayer will not work in an unforgiving heart. No one can have an effective prayer life and have anything in his or her heart against another. The you cannot have hatred in your heart. You cannot have revenge in your heart. You are not responsible for that other person's life. You are responsible only for your life; and our life is hidden in Christ Jesus. What is in another person's heart can't hinder you, but, but what you have in your heart against him or her can hinder you. We must watch our inward man with all diligence. In fact, it is written in (Proverbs 4:23). "Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life." The amplified Bible. We cannot afford to allow the root of bitterness, a bit of envy, or a spark of revisions to get in there. It will wreck our spiritual life as well as our physical moral life. It will still our prayer life. It will mar will faith and eventually it will ship wreck us. Some people would want you to pray that they never would have any more trouble with the devil. And I'll tell you I don't know anyone who was free from trouble with the devil, lest of all me. We can't pray that we won't have any more trouble with the death. But we can learn to take authority over him through and with the Word of God. Jesus on the mounting of temptation is our example ! (Matthew 4:1-11). By telling the enemy what is written. And if you don't know what is written, I suggest that you begin reading your Bible primarily the New Testament starting with the Gospel of John. "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (James 4:7). God prepares a table for us in the presence of our enemies. Jesus is that right in the presence of the devil. Right in the presence of the enemies of doubt and despair, we can sit at the table of victory and deliverance with Jesus. In the face of adverse circumstances and situations we can believe we receive. "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints" (Ephesians 6:18).