How Unforgiveness Blocks Your Breakthrough

Let me start with a quick review. James 2:17 reads: "So too, faith, if it does not have works [to back it up], is by itself dead [inoperative and ineffective]."

Faith without works is dead. Meaning, if I'm in faith, there should be an outward expression of what's happening on the inside of me. Since my heart is changed on the inside, my action should change on the outside. Because if they don't see a change on the outside, I can't see if there was a change on the inside.

Number two, we have to exercise our faith. 2 Peter 1:5 says: "For this very reason, applying your diligence [to the divine promises, make every effort], in [exercising] your faith to, [develop virtues]."

Exercise your faith. I know that you have ab muscles, abdominal muscles. You may not have seen them in a long time, but neighbor, they're in there.

For some of my family, some of my members in here who've been in the military, raise your hands. Look around. There was a time. There was a time it was tight. Say neighbor, I can do it again. In the next life. Focus.

You have to work by faith. You have to exercise it.

Key Point: God's Promises Aren't Automated, They're Activated

God's promises aren't automated. They're activated. God's promises are not going to just happen. There are steps you have to take.

Let me prove it. I'm going to give you three scriptures to prove that point, and then we'll get into the main text. This is a good restaurant. So we make sure you have a good appetizer before we get to the main course.

Condition #1: Seek First

Matthew 6:33 says: "But first and most importantly, seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right—the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also."

All things. What are these things? All things. So all things will come to me if I first do what? Seek Him.

So the prerequisite is if I seek Him, then stuff seeks me. That's the condition. I got to seek Him, stuff will seek me. The trick of the world is you seek stuff and don't seek Him. But if you seek Him, stuff seeks you.

Condition #2: Give First

Luke 6:38 says: "Give, and it will be given to you."

So if I want stuff given to me, what do I have to do? Give first.

Now, let me help you. Because every time we talk about giving, people get real tight in church. "All they want is my money." You've been broke your whole life. You ain't put a brick up here yet. Stop it.

Now, let me help you. I want all of you to do an object lesson with me. If you have a breathing condition, don't do this. But we're all going to hold our breath for 10 seconds.

How about this? Do you know if you held it in the whole time, you would eventually pass out? Meaning, you were built to breathe. When you go to the beach, everything alive goes like that. Your heart valve. Meaning everything that's alive moves.

Everything goes like this. So when you stop moving, you start dying. How does a heart attack happen? You had a clogged artery. So then your heart stops working. When you have a stroke, a clog. So everything that's clogged dies.

So what you have to realize is your goal is to flow. And when you're flowing, that's where the Spirit moves. Is when you're flowing.

So therefore, if you hold everything so tightly, you can't receive anything. Because the only way to receive is you have to keep your hands open. So you often block your flow because you're trying to hold on, not realizing the only way to catch something is to keep flowing.

Conditional.

Condition #3: Forgive First

Matthew 6:14 says: "For if you forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you."

Condition. If I want God's forgiveness for my sins... Let's ask a question. Raise your hand in here if you've ever sinned. If you didn't raise your hand, you're lying right now. If you didn't raise your hand, you're already lying, and there's no truth in you.

Because Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned and all [fall short]." So what are you saying, Pastor? All of us need forgiveness.

So He says, "I cannot forgive you until you forgive them."

Now, here's the real, y'all. Here's my interpretation of the Bible. Urban vernacular. Here's the real.

The whole game of the enemy is this: He wants you to be angry, bitter, and mad at someone who was reckless with you. And you have every right to be offended, angry, and mad, and even hate them.

The problem is if you hate them and you go before God, the devil who's called the accuser of the brethren says, "Now God, You can't go against Your law because You abide by Your law. You said Your name is above every name."

So he says, "You can't do what they're asking because they have offense."

The Bible says in 1 Peter 3:7, if a man and wife have an issue and they're praying to God, their prayers are limited or blocked. Because see, you can't go to a righteous God hating your brother and asking for a breakthrough. You got to fix that.

So what the devil does, he makes you feel good in your wrath. "They did me wrong. I hate them. I hate them. I hate them." And then you come back. "Father God, I need a breakthrough."

The Bible says it can't come out the same mouth. You can't have fresh water and bitter water at the same time. So what happens? You come to the Lord, and the thing they did wrong... we're not debating that. They lied. They stole. They cheated. They hurt you. They abused you. That's right. They're wrong.

But the Bible says, "Vengeance is Mine," says the Lord.

So every time you decide to be the judge, jury, and executioner, you've disqualified yourself from grace because you changed the seat. You put yourself in the judgment seat.

The Breakthrough Story

A sister came to me in the lobby. She says, "Pastor, you were so on point today." I said, "What's up, sister?"

She says, "Pastor, I was praying for a breakthrough for my nursing exam, but I had an issue with my sister-in-law. I hated her. I started calling, saying, 'Let's work this out.' The next week, I passed the test."

I said, "You know what? Sometimes you don't realize your breakthrough is not God holding it. Your breakthrough is you. Because you have an issue with somebody."

Have you ever had an issue with somebody. Come on, let's not lie. And they did something wrong to you, which was wrong, but you held on to it thinking that you're right.

Well, guess what? How can God forgive you if you haven't forgiven them?

So the devil makes you feel good in it. "You're right. You're right. You should hate them." And if you have some raggedy friends, co-signers: "Girl, you right. You right, girl. I'd kill them too."

You get the wrong person around you. They will not encourage you to do the right thing. They will encourage you to do the wrong thing. "I'm with you. I got the bail money."

What are we talking about with the bail money?

Faith Works Through Love

Galatians 5:5-6 says: "For we [not relying on the Law but] through the [Holy] Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness [the completion of our salvation]. For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only faith activated and expressed and working through love."

Here's a key point: Your faith works through what? Love.

So the goal of the enemy is to get you out of love. Because if you're out of love, your faith doesn't work.

Gangster, ain't it? That's how he plays you. He gets you hating somebody. "I hate them." Well, you just canceled your prayer.

So now you're asking God for breakthrough, but you can't get a breakthrough because you're not walking in love.

So I have to graduate to the place of saying, "Lord, I let it go."

Let it go so you can grow. So you can grow. Because man, people are stuck in unforgiveness.

Unforgiveness is you drinking poison thinking it's hurting them when it's hurting you. Unforgiveness will always corrupt the container that holds it. So the longer you hold it on the inside of you, it's really hurting you.

If you study medicine, one of the keys to healing is forgiveness. Because unforgiveness makes you bitter. And the Bible says bitterness hurts your bones and it makes you sick.

So a lot of sicknesses is because you won't let it go. So one of the things doctors tell people, they said, "Do you have an issue with anybody?" What do you mean, do you have an issue? Because see, if you're trying to get healed, you're going to have to let that go.

Different Gifts, Same Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 teaches us about spiritual gifts. Let me break this down.

"Now about the spiritual gifts [the special endowments given by the Holy Spirit], brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed."

Who's he talking to? Everybody.

"Now there are [distinctive] varieties and distributions of endowments (spiritual gifts, each used in its own way) [but they are all] from the same [Holy] Spirit. And there are [distinctive] varieties of ministries and service, but it is the same Lord [who is served]."

Different ministries. Different ministries.

People will come and try to change me. "Pastor, you should do this. You should do that." I said, "I hear you." I said, "But God's called me for the love ministry. Now, if you want to do something, you can start your own church and do what God called you to do."

I said, "Because see, the Bible says there's different ministries, different gifts, different flows, and none are bad. It's just different."

Because see, sometimes in the body of Christ, we hate somebody's flow because it's different. But it doesn't mean it's not God. It's just different.

Some of y'all like hot dogs. Some of y'all like steaks. Some of y'all like ribs. Some of y'all like fried chicken. And some of y'all just want a salad. It's all food. Either way, you're going to be full. It's just different.

See, people have a tendency to attack what they don't understand. Not saying it's bad. It's just different.

So if God calls us to flow in love, we're going to flow in what? Love. That's it.

So I'm longsuffering. So pastors be like, "Pastor, man, you take a lot of stuff." I said, "Because I'm flowing in love." I said, "I realize where God brought me from. So I'm not going to judge you because I know where God brought me from."

See, because sometimes you forget where God brought you from, where God brought you through. I said, "So I'm not going to be judgmental."

Because see, they may be at a different stage in God maturing them. Because sometimes you have the audacity to judge a person for where they are, and you forgot about your nasty butt where you used to be.

All of us need grace.

So sometimes you get one scripture memorized and you think you're spiritual. "Well, Jesus whipped them." I memorized that. If you don't get out my face, you're wrecked.

Your Gift Is for the Body

The Bible continues: "But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit [the spiritual illumination and the enabling of the Holy Spirit] for the common good."

Each one. That means all of us have one. The gift. For whose good? Your gift was never for you. It's for the body.

So here's the reality: If every believer had the same gift, we would be malnourished. That's why we need all the gifts so the whole body can work.

The Bible talks about the fingers, the toes, the eyes, the head. Meaning they all have different functions. So stop tripping if you're the pinky toe. Just rock that thing. Rock that thing.

You don't realize how important a pinky toe is till you hit that toe. You don't realize how important it is. So what happens at times, since you don't understand their purpose, you think they're not valuable until crisis. We all have purpose.

Just because my purpose is not your purpose doesn't mean you're not anointed. My anointing is just different than yours.

Verse 8-10 lists the gifts: "To one is given through the [Holy] Spirit the message of wisdom; and to another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit; to another [wonder-working] faith [is given] by the same [Holy] Spirit; and to another the [extraordinary] gifts of healings by the one Spirit; and to another the working of miracles, and to another prophecy [foretelling the future, speaking a new message from God to the people], and to another discernment of spirits [the ability to distinguish sound, godly doctrine from the deceptive doctrine of man-made religions and cults], to another various kinds of [unknown] tongues, and to another interpretation of tongues."

What happens sometimes in the faith walk, people feel discouraged because they can't do what someone else can do, and they feel like that person is more anointed. But it's not that. It's just the gift that God gave them.

So stop hating on what you don't have because see, that's not what God called you to. Because see, with every gift there's ridicule. You think you want to be a prophet? Okay. Until you're about to get stoned.

So you have to be mindful what you ask for.

All From the Same Spirit

Verse 11 says: "All these things [the gifts, the achievements, the abilities, the empowering] are brought about by one and the same [Holy] Spirit, who distributes to each one individually just as He chooses."

Now, here's a key point: So be mindful when you hate someone's gift. Because if you hate the gift, you have to hate the giver of the gift. Because it's one God who gave the gifts.

So if you don't like their gift, you're really saying, "I don't like the God who gave them the gift." Stop hating on what you don't understand because God might have called you to something different. It doesn't mean it's wrong. He says you just don't understand it.

Recently my wife got me some outdoor tools. I'm working on me. Pastor didn't grow up in the city. Pastor grew up in the city. So I didn't have a front yard. So since you don't have a front yard, I didn't need all these tools. But now I got a big front yard.

So she said she went to the store at Lowe's. She bought all this stuff. I like to be outside now. It's peace.

Now, God has called some of you to be a tree cutter. Cut the tree and stop worrying about everybody else. What did God gift you with? Rock your tree cutter.

Versus worrying about what you don't have. What did God give you to do? Just focus on what God called you to do.

Some of y'all are weed whackers. Keep whacking your weeds. Some of you, God says y'all just blow hot air. Now here's the key thing, y'all. The leaf blower is the most powerful thing on the job site. Most powerful.

All of them have ability, but the root of it all is love. And sometimes in your faith walk, you want someone else's gift, not realizing it all comes from the same source.

The Greatest Gift

Verse 29-31 asks: "Are all apostles (special messengers, personally chosen representatives)? Are all prophets (inspired interpreters of the will and purposes of God)? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?"

The answer to all of these is no.

"Now look what he says. But earnestly desire and strive for the greater gifts [if acquiring them is going to be your goal]."

What's my goal? Acquiring the greater gift is my goal.

"And yet I will show you a still more excellent way [one of the choicest graces and the highest of them all: unselfish love]."

So that means there's something greater. One of the choices, graces, and the highest of them is what? Love.

So if I go after love, that's the greatest gift that will give me access to everything. And that's why the enemy fights you to keep you mad, angry, frustrated with people. Because he knows if you step into love, you get access to everything.

And that's why the devil works so hard to keep you mad. "I can't let it go, Pastor. I can't forgive them."

Well, guess what you just did? He got you.

Two Things That Stop Believers

Listen to this. Every believer who does not master two things is in self-check.

Now, if you don't know basketball, self-check is this: When you see a guy who's wide open and he's like this, "Throw me the ball," and no one throws him the ball, it means they know he can't shoot. So it's no need. They say, "Don't worry about him. He's self-check," meaning he's already defeated.

So you are in self-check when you, number one, cannot confess. Why? Jesus says if you confess your sins, He is faithful and just, and He will cleanse you from all unrighteousness. So the only way for God to cleanse you is you have to confess it.

Then part two: Jesus says if you don't forgive, I can't forgive you.

So two things: If you can't confess when you're wrong and forgive when you're wronged, you're already done. The devil doesn't even fight you because you are self-check. That's right.

And so many believers don't even realize they are no threat to the devil. Because you can't go to God if you haven't confessed your sin and you haven't forgiven them.

So he's sitting there laughing. "Oh, they're no problem. They think they're praying. They're wasting their energy because you have anger."

Remember Jesus said this: "If you have an altar with your brother, go to them and fix it." Because we ain't talking until you fix it. If a husband and wife have an issue, God says your prayers are being hindered because you got to fix it.

Because see, He's the God of all of us. So though they may be ratchet and they hurt you, He is still their God.

So you can't allow this bitterness, this anger, this unforgiveness to eat you up because what you're doing is you're stopping your next level of faith. Because faith works through love.

Growing in Love

1 Corinthians 13:1 says: "If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love [for others growing out of God's love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction]."

Everyone say "growing." It didn't say love. It says growing.

Years back when I used to travel, I was a motivational speaker, and we were in DC one time. We just had about four hours before the flight, and we were sitting at Popeye's. A brother was outside. He wanted some money. So JP shot him a $20. And then we had nothing to do. He said, "Let's see where the $20 goes."

So we just drove around, and the brother walked off with his $20. We just kept following him from a distance. Went to ABC liquor store, looked at stuff, came out, popped that thing. I said, "See?"

So based on that experience, I said, "I'm never going to give money to people on the street."

Okay, experience. Recently, Holy Spirit said, "Jomo, you got to graduate."

"What you mean, Lord?"

He says, "You don't know the whole story, and not everyone is that one."

Because see, sometimes we have an experience with one person, and then that's your whole life now. "I'm never going to trust this. I'm never going to do that."

So God said, "You got to let that go. You got to graduate. You're not growing in this area."

I said, "Okay, Holy Spirit. I got You." I went to the bank. I told my wife, Charmaine, I said, "Charmaine, I'm doing something new." I said, "I'm going to get a whole bunch of ones and fives. I'm going to put them in my glove compartment in every car. And when I see something, I'm going to give it. I'm not going to question. I'm not going to think. I'm not going to analyze. Because see, that's what stops you."

"Well, they don't need it. They don't want it. I don't have time."

I want to make sure I'm growing in my love. That dollar ain't going to change my life, but it can change theirs. That $5 is not going to change where I live, but it may help them get some food today.

So I said, "Lord, work on me with this." Because see, I was like, "Man, they could get up on their own two feet. They could do something." But again, I don't know their story. I'm assuming I know.

The ComicCon Story

I took my son. He wanted to go to ComicCon. It's a thing downtown with comic books. It's really bigger than I thought. And you have grown men and women in Spider-Man outfits and Superman outfits, and they have leotards on with no underwear. It was a lot. It was a lot.

So we leave, and then we go to the UPS store and pick up the mail. And I don't know how Josiah saw it because I park in the back because I don't like being in the front because they be hitting people.

So I saw a lady right there. I touched my pocket. I said, "Thank you, Holy Spirit." Because see, I used to make the excuse, "I don't carry money on me." I said, "But if I don't carry, I can't be in a position to bless."

So I got to carry something on me because God may tell me to do something. I don't want to say, "Lord, I can't do it."

I said, "Okay, I got it." So I gave the sister a couple dollars, and I went to the car. I get in the car. Josiah says, "Luke 6:38, give and it shall be given."

I said, "Hot dog, brother. You saw that?" Because see, I didn't think he was in a position to see me.

Here's another thing: You don't know who's watching you. So he quotes the scripture to me of what he just witnessed. See, when you become the Bible, they see it. It changes everything because now the revelation... he says, "Dad, I saw that."

See, it's one thing to see it, but when he quoted the scripture, now the scripture is what he sees. It's one thing to tell your children do something, but you're not living it, man. Now they're double-minded because they don't know what to do because you say this, but you don't do that.

Faith without works is dead. Got to walk it.

Everyone say "grow."

The Definition of Love

1 Corinthians 13:2-3 continues: "And if I have the gift of prophecy [and speak a new message from God to the people], and understand all mysteries [the previously hidden divine secrets], and [possess] all knowledge; and if I have all [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love [reaching out to others], I am nothing. If I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it does me no good at all."

"I don't know what love is, Pastor."

Let's read verse 4-8: "Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant. It is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered]; it does not take into account a wrong endured."

Meaning you forget it.

You know, me and my wife have been married now 26 years. And what I do for me, because I can't control her, she does hers. Every time we're not vibing, I go to 1 Corinthians 13:4, and I put my name in everywhere love is.

If you say you love her, let's read for me. "Jomo endures with patience." I'm done right there. I can't read no more. Because truth be told, when you're not doing well, you've lost your patience. That's right.

I can't even go past that because I know I'm tripping because I've lost my what? Patience. I didn't get my own way. I want what I want. I didn't get it. So I've lost my what? Patience.

"Jomo's kind." No, I ain't thoughtful. See, I wouldn't be here if I was thoughtful.

Think about it. If you can't put your name in there, you have not graduated.

Verse 13: "And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God's love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love."

Wisdom Keys to Land the Plane

Key #1: Don't open the door to the enemy through hate.

We're about to go into political season. It's going to get really rough. And whoever you vote for, they're going to be the next devil.

And so here's my key to you: Never hate. I may disagree with your thoughts and opinion, but I love you.

Because even in politics, the devil works. And he works especially through division. And when we get to heaven, it's not going to be a R, D, or I or incomplete. It's going to be, "Who do you serve?" Jesus Christ, my Lord and my Savior.

Ephesians 4:26-27 says: "Be angry [at sin—at immorality, at injustice, at ungodly behavior], yet do not sin; do not let your anger [cause you shame, nor allow it] to last until the sun goes down. And do not give the devil an opportunity [to lead you into sin by holding a grudge, or nurturing anger, or harboring resentment, or cultivating bitterness]."

So guess what that goes? God calls that a sin. What? Yeah. Bitterness, sin. Holding a grudge, sin. Harboring resentment, sin.

So the question is, what are you feeding? Are you feeding your hate or your love?

Some of y'all be nursing. "I hate them. I hate them. I hate them." What you feeding? "Kill them, Lord. Kill them. Kill them." What are you feeding?

What you feed grows. What you feed grows.

By the way, there's no hateful babies. They're raised. When you see little kids playing, they got no issues. That's right. Who jacked them up? Parents. That's right. It's what they're being fed. Because you're not born in the hate. That's right. You're raised in it.

Key #2: Anger takes us out of position.

James 1:20 says: "For the [resentful, deep-seated] anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God [that standard of behavior which He requires from us]."

Remember, righteousness means right standing or right position. So when you get angry, you get out of position.

The first mention of anger in the Bible is a man named Cain. And God said to him, "Son, if you do right, you'll be blessed. If you do not, sin lies at your door. Its desire is to master you, but you can master it."

Cain let sin in. The next step was death.

Let me break it down for you. John 10:10: The enemy comes to what? Steal, kill, and destroy.

Let me break it down. Adam stole the fruit. Cain killed his brother. Abel was destroyed. Walk out the whole process. They touched something they shouldn't have touched. Stealing. God said, "Don't touch it." When you touch something you're not supposed to touch, what are you doing? Stealing.

Then Cain kills, and then Abel's destroyed. And then everywhere you find the devil: steal, kill, destroy.

That's why most murderers are first thieves. Steal. Because they all are working for the same person.

Key #3: You must learn how to be unoffendable.

This is hard. Really hard.

Psalm 119:165 says: "Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble."

So if I'm offended, I'm about to stumble. So the trick of the enemy is to get you offended. Because when you get offended, the next thing you're about to do is something stupid.

Because when you get in your feelings and someone offends you, what are you about to do? "Oh, you ain't going to talk to me like..." Okay, they got you. They got you.

So when you get offended, you're about to stumble. So you be mindful. "Wait a second. I'm not falling for that, homie. Don't play that. I've graduated. I've graduated. I know you cut me off. I know you cussed me out. I know you gave me the middle finger. God bless you."

No, for real. I was on Big Bend, and a guy came out of Starbucks. Them Starbucks folk anyway. Came out of Starbucks. He gave me the finger, and something in me said, "I need to go talk to him."

So I started following him. Don't do that. Don't do me like that. So I started following him. And Holy Spirit said, "What you going to do, Jomo?"

"I don't know yet."

You know when you're doing wrong, the Holy Spirit says, "What you going to do, Jomo?"

I said, "Well, Lord, I don't like car courage." Anybody do car courage? You got a big mouth in the car. "Come out the car, dog. Come out the car. Let's talk. Let's talk about this." You feel real brave in the car.

But God said, "Jomo, go home. Go home. Go home. This is not it. Go home."

I will not be offended. Say neighbor, tomorrow some joker is going to try to offend you. And you're going to say, "Neighbor, not today, devil. I learned in church. You're trying to make... you're trying to block my blessing."

The Ultimate Truth

1 John 4:8: "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."

So sum it up: Faith works through love, and God is love. So all the gifts work through God's love.

So when you get the revelation that all the gifts flow through love... so whenever you feel that heat in your chest, that's how I do it. I know when I'm hot, my chest gets hot. And I feel... I say, "Okay, Jomo, start praying."

Anybody know how you get hot? You know yourself about to go there. At that moment, start praying. "Lord, help me. Help me."

Because see, whenever you get angry, if you say anger, put a D in front of it. What's that? Danger. Whenever you have anger, you're one letter away from danger. Because you don't think clearly. Because when you're emotional, you're not logical.

Love in the Mess

Love is when I can see the worst but think the best of you.

Long time ago, my baby boy went to the movies. Funny story. And he was in diapers. Raise your hand if you had kids in diapers. Raise your hand if you ever had a blowout situation. Look around.

It's where the diaper just didn't work right. So we're at the movies, and I didn't have a diaper bag. So I went to the bathroom, and I made work happen. Had enough water, enough paper, we made it happen.

And regardless of his situation that I was in with him, regardless of anything, I loved him in his mess. I loved him.

Because see, when you love somebody, you can see them in a bad spot and never see the mess. All you see is that smile. That's right. Because you know with a baby, you must agape people.

That's the highest form of love, where I'm going to love you in spite of you. I know you don't understand why I'm doing this for you, but I'm going to agape you. Because see, that's what God did to me in the midst of my mess. He loved me anyway.

And sometimes in life, we forget where God brought us from. That's right. You have to say, "Lord, I'm going to take one for the team." That's right. "I'm going to love them in spite of."

Let it go. Let it go so you can grow. We got to forgive again so we can live again.

The Final Question

Peter said this. You know, Peter was a cussing cutter. So Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, how many times am I going to forgive them? Is seven enough before I can just do what I got to do after seven?"

Because seven is the number of completion. So he did it seven times. "I can go ahead and knock him out right now because that's number seven. You're about to go down."

And Jesus says, "No, son. Seventy times seven."

Wow. That means I got to keep forgiving. Because see, He says, "I don't want you to get out of love because the flow won't work if you get into that space."

Let It Go and Grow

Faith works through love. God is love. And if you want to activate your faith, you must walk in love.

Who are you holding unforgiveness against? What grudge is blocking your breakthrough? What bitterness is making you sick? What offense is stopping your prayers?

Today, make the choice to let it go. Not because they deserve it. Not because it was okay what they did. But because you deserve to walk in the fullness of God's promises. You deserve to have your faith activated. You deserve breakthrough.

Stop drinking poison thinking it's hurting them. Stop blocking your own blessings. Stop giving the enemy access to your life through unforgiveness.

Confess when you're wrong. Forgive when you're wronged. Walk in love. And watch your faith come alive.

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