Choose Too

And a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her hemorrhage stopped. And Jesus said, “Who is the one who touched Me?” And while they were all denying it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing in on You.” But Jesus said, “Someone did touch Me, for I was aware that power had gone out of Me.” When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed. And He said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.  Luke 8:43-48 NASB

Lord, we choose to forgive those who hurt us, offended us, abused us, despitefully used us, or wronged us. Forgive us when we have been those people! Help us, Lord, to recognize the enemy’s strategy to trap us in resentment, bitterness, and unforgiveness. Help us to be peacemakers, not to hold people’s sins against them. Teach us to avoid responding with a judgmental heart when we are frustrated or hurting. Heal our emotions and renew a right spirit within us. We pray hope, we pray healing, we pray joy, we pray deliverance, we pray reconciliation, we pray love, we pray rejoicing, we pray salvation, we pray revival, we pray forgiveness in the name of Jesus Christ, amen!