This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (ts@godspeak.org)
Original Date:  September 15, 2003

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                     Forgive As I Have Forgiven You

I am the Lord your God who arises on you with victory in My wings.
For I have already purchased this victory for you on Calvary in My
death and resurrection. There is therefore now no sting in death.
Sin and bondage can no longer hold you at their mercy. The tormentor
has been stayed on your behalf. I am the overcoming One, and I have 
already overcome for you. I have already won the victory and I have 
given it to you.

So, rise up and walk in My victory. It is yours. No more does sin 
and death have power to wreck havoc in your life and in your health and
in your relationships and upon your possessions. No more can the 
tormentor of your soul lay claim to you. I am the all-conquering One, 
and I have conquered on your behalf. I have set you free.

Now, remain in My freedom. Do not return to the bondages of your past. 
Do not choose to take the cords of the past hurts and bind yourself 
again with them. Do not choose to put your wrists once again into the 
handcuffs of unforgiveness. Do not choose to be tied up with resentment 
and bitterness. Freely you have been forgiven, so forgive just as freely.
If you do not forgive, the very things you hold against others will 
enslave you.

Do not think that your unforgiveness has power over the individual who 
you hold ought against. For I say to you, that it does not. The only 
one held captive by your unforgiveness, resentment and bitterness is your 
own spirit. As you embrace these dark things, you once again pick up 
the bondages that I have removed from you. Unforgiveness will hold you 
in the place of bondage and torment, so that you will not be able to set 
yourself free. So, do not go there, there is no benefit in it for you. 
Freely you have received, freely give. Release forgiveness to those who 
have wronged you and place your cause in My hands. For I say to you 
that I am a righteous judge and I can proclaim My liberty over you. Do 
not take it away from yourself by embracing the bondages of unforgiveness.

I have forgiven you for each trespass you committed against Me. I have
loved you even when you were unlovable and when you were in bondage and 
when you were covered in the filth of your sin. I have washed you clean 
and clothed you in white garments.  I have broken the power of sin and 
death over you. I have adopted you into My family and I have given to 
you all things that you need. Child, I have forgiven you freely. Now I 
ask you to forgive others just as freely as I have forgiven you.

And as you forgive, I will thrust you into the place of victory over 
the torment of the past. I will cause you to prosper and I will lift
you up and I will cover you with abundant life. Your joy shall be full.

Precious one, forgive as I have forgiven you.