SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10
“The
curse does not come without a cause.” Pr 26:2 BBE
PRAY
A PRAYER OF RELEASE
Author Stormie Omartian grew up with a mother who
told her she was worthless. She locked Stormie in a closet because she couldn’t
“stand to see her daughter’s face!” Stormie writes: “I was raised by a mentally
ill mother…and…her behavior left me with guilt, hopelessness, helplessness and
deep emotional pain. By the time I was a young woman I was still locked in—only
the boundaries were emotional not physical—a deep, ever-present pain which
expresses itself though self-destruction and paralyzing fear. Years later [with
help from a Christian counselor] I learned that unforgiveness as deeply rooted
as mine…must be unraveled one layer at a time. One day I felt lead to pray, ‘Lord,
give me a heart like yours for my
mother.’ Immediately I had a vision of her as a beautiful, fun-loving, gifted
woman with no resemblance to the person I knew…I was seeing her the way God
made her to be, not the way she’d become. What an amazing revelation! In an
instant I put together the pieces of her past—her mother’s tragic death…the suicide of her beloved uncle and foster father, her feelings of abandonment, guilt, bitterness and unforgiveness…Touching
the heart of God brought such forgiveness that when she died…I had no bad
feelings. In fact, the more I forgave her the more God brought to mind good
memories…People are often the way they are because of how life shaped them, and
only God knows their history. To enjoy everything God has for you, pray a
prayer of release and let go of the past.” Only then can you move on.
Taken
from the Word for you Today devotional
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