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If you catch yourself repeatedly reliving the past, especially those incidents where you were wronged, then let me suggest that you need to forgive as freely and fully as God has forgiven you. To forgive means to let go, to let go of the hurts, the grudges, and the feelings. As long as you are reliving the hurtful incidents, either in memory or conversation, you haven’t released them or truly forgiven those who caused them.
“Forgive us our sins,
–Luke 11:4 (NLT)
as we forgive those who sin against us.”
Lord Jesus, we confess that we have made a shrine out of our hurts. We revisit it again and again and each time we do we experience the hurtful emotions all over again. Change our feelings. Replace our hurts with grace to forgive. In Your holy name we pray. Amen.