Holding Grudges

The Holy Spirit convicted me yesterday about holding grudges.  God is teaching me that my perfectionist nature often prompts me to remember when someone has let me down or failed me.  In the end, holding grudges creates friction and often divides and or ruins relationships.

Holding grudges is also similar to tithing.  If you don’t tithe, usually 10 percent of your days wages to the Lord, God will not bless you, Malachi 3:6-9.  However, if you do give back to the Lord, God promises to open up his storehouse, Malachi 3:10.  In the end, God will open the floodgates of heaven, richly blessing you like never before.

Finally, Jesus talks about holding grudges in the Lord’s prayer.  Matthew 6:14 says if you forgive, letting your grudge go, then the Lord will forgive you.  However, if you hold on to a grudge by not forgiving a person, then the Lord will not forgive.  As hard as it is, let your grudges go and let Jesus carry them to the cross.

by Jay Mankus

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