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<p style="text-align: center;">YOU MUST FORGIVE &amp; LET IT GO</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">“The Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others- Be merciful to others” Col 3: 13 NKJV</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">By washing the dirt from His disciples’ feet, Jesus demonstrated His willingness to forgive their</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">sin before they even committed it. This takes love to its highest level. You say, “I am not the</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">guilty party here.” Neither was Jesus. Of the men in that room, only one was worthy of having</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">his feet washed. And He was the one who washed the feet. The genius of Jesus’ example is that</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">the burden of bridge-building falls on the strong one, not the week one. And do you know what</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">happens? More often than not, if the one in the right volunteers to wash the feet of the one in the</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">wrong, both parties get on their knees. Don’t we all think we are right? Hence we washed each</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">other’s feet. Understand this: relationships don’t thrive because the guilty are punished, but</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">because the innocent are merciful. The mercy of Christ preceded His disciples’ mistakes, and our</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">mercy must precede the mistakes of others too. Those in the circle of Christ had not doubt of His</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">love, and those in our circles should have no doubt about our either. Paul writes, “Be kind and</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">loving to each other, and forgave each other just as God forgave you in Christ” (Eph 4: 32</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">NKJV). Because Christ has forgiven us, we can forgive others. Because He has a forgiven heart,</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">we can have a forgiven heart. When Christ truly lives within us, we have no better alternative.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">There is incredible power in the words, “I forgive you; I love you; let’s move on.” Are there any</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">sitting around your table today who need to be assured of your forgiveness. Lamentation 3: 22-</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> – GOD BLESS YOU.</p>
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Have a blessed week.