Unresolved Offenses Hinder Prayer
“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.”
Psalm 119:165
“Harboring unforgiveness, resentment or bitterness is like swallowing poison and hoping the other guy dies.”
One night as I was praying for faithful people still struggling with health or family problems, I was wondering (asking the Lord), why haven’t they been healed yet, or had a positive breakthrough in their families?
I knew the usual reasons – weak or wobbly faith, unbelief, doubt, fear, and overt or covert sin being the primary ones. None of those seemed to apply here.
Were positive answers in the will of God? Yes, I am certain they are. Are the hindrances in me? In the needy person? Or both? So I kept on praying, meditating, and asking the Lord to show me the reasons.
“Offenses,” the Holy Spirit said.
The Greek word for offense is
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