Speaker 1: I will bless the old Lord. I will bless thee
Speaker 1: old Lord with a hatful of thanksgiving. I will blessed
Speaker 1: the Old Lord. Sharllom, wonderful family, God richly bless you
Speaker 1: for tuning in to Radio ACI today for our morning
Speaker 1: glory devotion. Privilege to be facilitating today's devotion are the
Speaker 1: Brucemets from Harvestrapel International Commercy. Let us kind of share
Speaker 1: a word of prayer. Gracious Father, we thank you for
Speaker 1: the privilege to look into your word. Our hearts are open,
Speaker 1: our minds and as spirits are receptive. Let your word
Speaker 1: bring light into our darkness and transformers in Jesus Mighty name,
Speaker 1: with pray, with thanksgiving. A man, let's kind me a
Speaker 1: formal scripture our conversion from Joshua chapter one, verse eight.
Speaker 1: Joshua chapter one, verse eight. This book of the Law
Speaker 1: shall not depart out of my mouth. But I shall
Speaker 1: meditate in a day and night that I may observe
Speaker 1: to do according to all that is written in it.
Speaker 1: For then I will make my way prosperous, and then
Speaker 1: I will have good success a man. The theme for
Speaker 1: today's devotion is let go for good. Let go for good,
Speaker 1: written by Pastor emesistgraph detailer and a scripture reading will
Speaker 1: be taken from Genesis chapter fifty, verse twenty Genesis chapter fifty,
Speaker 1: verse twenty, reading from their new Living translation. You intended
Speaker 1: to harm me, but God intended it all for good.
Speaker 1: He brought me to this position so I could save
Speaker 1: the lives of many people. May the Lord add his
Speaker 1: blessing to the reading and hearing of his word, and
Speaker 1: or respond thanks be to God. Let's go for good.
Speaker 1: Some heads are so deep letting God feels impossible. But
Speaker 1: what if the very thing meant to break you is that?
Speaker 1: Then God wants to use to build you and others up.
Speaker 1: After Joseph lost his father, Jacob, his brothers, fearing he
Speaker 1: would repay them for all the evil they did to
Speaker 1: him in the past, sent word to him assent for forgiveness.
Speaker 1: Very interestingly, Joseph answers them in Genesis chapter fifty versus
Speaker 1: night through into one, saying, don't be afraid. Am I
Speaker 1: in the place of God. You intended to harm me,
Speaker 1: but God intended it for good to accomplish what is
Speaker 1: now being done, the saving of many lives. So then
Speaker 1: don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your children,
Speaker 1: and he assured them and spoke kindly to them. Amen,
Speaker 1: Dearly Beloved. Today's world is no different from Joseph's. People
Speaker 1: still hurt, betray, and backbite. People still plot and implement evil,
Speaker 1: trying so hard to destroy families, friendships, destinies, and careers.
Speaker 1: This seemingly gives us more reason why we may have
Speaker 1: kept grudgeous, bitterness and pain in our heart for years.
Speaker 1: We all can, at every point in time, give an
Speaker 1: explanation to why the betterness we feel less justified, or
Speaker 1: why forgiving those who have offended us is not fair.
Speaker 1: But like Joseph, let us learn to always simply forgive
Speaker 1: and see things from God's perspective, prescious One, Forgiveness is
Speaker 1: not always easy, especially by a human effort, but with
Speaker 1: the help of the Holy Spirit, we can let go
Speaker 1: and trust God with what remains undone. Therefore, as the
Speaker 1: Lord forgives us daily, let us also learn to forgive.
Speaker 1: Forgive that beloved who hurt you beyond your wildest imagination.
Speaker 1: Forgive that parent who was never there for you. Forgive
Speaker 1: that brother or sister who sold you out to your enemies.
Speaker 1: All these trials have somewhat contributed to who you are today.
Speaker 1: All the disappointments and hats from the past have somehow
Speaker 1: made as better people today. We have become wiser when
Speaker 1: we were negligent, stronger also where we didn't know we
Speaker 1: had strength. Like Joseph said, we are not God to
Speaker 1: hold people up in judgment. We don't give the verdict
Speaker 1: of their lives. It is not for us to condemn
Speaker 1: or wish evil for anyone. We don't have the financy
Speaker 1: in their lives. Their actions may have been intended to
Speaker 1: harm you, but God always has a greater purpose for
Speaker 1: why you have to be the victim. So learn from
Speaker 1: the experience. Use your experience to teach others to do better.
Speaker 1: They may have intended to harm us with their actions,
Speaker 1: but God definitely intends it for our good. Amen, our memory.
Speaker 1: Verse for today will be taken from Genesis chapter fifty,
Speaker 1: verse twenty. Genesis chapter fifty, verse twenty, reading from the
Speaker 1: New Living Translation. You intended to harm me, but God
Speaker 1: intended it all for good. He brought me to this
Speaker 1: position so I could save the lives of many people.
Speaker 1: You intended to harm me, but God intended it all
Speaker 1: for good. He brought me to this position so I
Speaker 1: could save the lives of many people. Amen. Let us
Speaker 1: kind of share a word of prayer. Father, We thank
Speaker 1: you for your word that has come to us. We
Speaker 1: pray God for grace to let go any hurts, any paid,
Speaker 1: any betterness, and unforgiveness in our hearts. As daily you
Speaker 1: forgive us, help us to also forgive them who offend us,
Speaker 1: so that we can bring healing into our relationships. All
Speaker 1: to the priest and glory of your name. In Jesus
Speaker 1: mighty name, we pray with thanksgiving. Amen. Beloved God, literally
Speaker 1: bless you for being a part of today's devotion. As
Speaker 1: we step out there today, you want to let go
Speaker 1: of anyone who has offended you, knowing that God is
Speaker 1: behind the scenes working together everything for your good. Shallop
Speaker 1: and have a blessed day, Amen,