Renewed Mental Health Devotions

What makes forgiveness difficult is the intensity of the offense, the motive, your relationship with the offender, the persons attitude regarding the offense, as well as the external and internal emotional damages. Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

When God forgives you and removes the penalty of sin, that is death, He may also lift from you the burden of sin, but choose not to cover the consequences and visibility of sin in your life. Psalms 32:1 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven and sins covered

The Hebrew word Salach (forgive/pardon) is a forgiveness only God can offer. It is includes the divine restoration of an offender into favor with God, whether through his own repentance or in the intercession of another on his behalf. Psalms 13:2-5 Bless the Lord O my soul and forget not all his benefits. Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from des...

One of the Hebrew words for forgiveness is the word Nasah. Meaning to lift, bear and carry sin away. Truth be told no one can do this for themselves: we cannot lift, bear or carry our own sins. But sometimes you may stubbornly try to do so, or even expect others to carry it on their own. 2 Corinthians 5:21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be m...

Jewish tradition, ranks sin in 3 categories 1. Sins of ignorance. (Which means if you don’t know its sin its hard to repent) 2. Intentional sin (where you know about it and need to make a conscious choice to stop) 3. Or Rebellious sin (Where you don’t care that you are sinning and therefore will see jo need to repent). Psalms 103:13 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our tr...

God in His mercy teaches us when we ignorantly sin, he may chastises you if you do what is wrong knowingly, and in love he will punish you when you rebel so that he can bring you back and save your from ruin and death. Ezekiel 33:12 “Son of man, give your people this message: The righteous behavior of righteous people will not save them if they turn to transgression(rebellion), nor will the wicked...

All types of sin is characterized by a going away from God and moving towards an allegiance with satan. Its like walking into a dark forest, first you wander away a little just a few steps, and can still see the entrance and easily leave the forest again. But then you go further and further so that when we try and turn back we cant find the path anymore or see the light anymore. Romans 1:23-24 And...

Sin has a way of removing God from your life, when you allow the cup of intentional sin to overflow it switches over to full scale rebellion. The word translated ‘transgression’ seems literally to signify separation, or rending apart, or departure, turn your back , and hence comes to express the notion of apostasy and rebellion Psalms 53:1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt a...

Most people know the wrong they do… there are occasions where people have ignorantly and accidentally hurt you, and there are times where its happened and the person was fully aware of their actions. And God knows and sees the hearts and intentions of man. Psalms 56:8 You have kept count of my tossings; you put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?

Intentional sin starts in the mind with your thoughts and grows and spreads like a crack in a windshield. It effects your emotional wellbeing, your sincerity and leaves you with so many regrets. Engaging in intentional sin is like volunteering to go to a maximum security prison. Isaiah 5:18  You are doomed! You are unable to break free from your iniquity.

When you sin ignorantly, we will be shown our faults and offered an opportunity to repent and be forgiven. When new knowledge of sin is rejected, one starts to play the dangerous game of becoming involved in intentional transgression of Gods moral laws. Psalms 5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity

The word iniquity in the KJV (Hebrew: Avon) means to commit wrong intentionally. When you know something is wrong but do it anyway, giving in to your desires. It is something twisted or distorted, the purposeful breaking of God’s moral law and a turning from the perfect will of God even though you know its wrong. Psalms 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee

The seed of sin grows and that is the danger. Sin is sin regardless of the liability and the various ways God deals with it. And it poisons the soul. It leaves a stain on the soul Exodus 34:6-7 The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin

When it comes to the sins people commit towards you, you may Want permanent change: before forgiving. You may feel the offender must remove the hurt: before you can forgive, or pay for their offense or somehow work to earn your forgiveness. Knowing how to respond correctly to being hurt is very important. FORGIVENESS is not the only response to the ignorant sins people commit. John 5:16 If you see...

Throughout your life you will committed many wrongs inadvertently, or in ignorance. The problem is although not intentional, the cost can be quite high. So even where there is low accountability in wrong doing it should be taken seriously. The ride is short but the cost is high. Leviticus 4:27-28 If any of you people sin and become guilty of breaking one of the LORD's commands without intending to...

Dealing hurts, transgressions and sins towards us (accidental sins caused by ignorance) may be difficult because we have over simplified it with sayings like “forgive and forget”, or “time heals all wounds”. Forgiveness does not magically give amnesia allowing you to just forget past hurts. Dealing with transgressions & sins is not that simple. To know how to respond to the sins of others, we need...

There are many different words in the hebrew and greek scriptures for the word sin. On the lower level of liability is the wors used for sin: Katah (Hebrew), or Hamartia (Greek) meaning to miss the mark, or to fail, or stray from the path. It denotes the idea of meaning to do what is right but failing in your attempt. Romans 7:15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want,...

There are so many people whose minds do not belong to them. Their thoughts have been highjacked by the hurts caused by people. They have made those people kings and queens of their thought. Robbing you of your sleep. When the offenses of people occupy your mind, your mind becomes saturated with the offenses of people instead of filled with your own thoughts and plans and dreams. Work to have your...

Identifying WHO & WHAT the source of your bitterness is the first step towards breaking open the prison of bitterness. * External sources of bitterness: Tragedies, losses, disappointments, violations, crime, hurts, betrayal, injustice. * Internal sources of bitterness: Expectations and the sense that everything must always go right. Dwelling upon past hurts & injustices, Comparing your life to oth...

Bitterness has been identified as a mood... to deal with bitterness you need to differentiate between an emotion, feeling and mood. * The initial response of shock is termed an EMOTION (a chemical reaction due to the realease stress hormones and certain neurotransmitters) * Feelings are evoked as you begin to integrate the emotion, to think about it, to “let it soak in. * Moods are more generalize...

By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene * Take note of the reality of approaching death. * This will clear up your priorities, and help you focus on whats truly important in life. * When you clear up your priorities and focus on whats truly important. * You will be ready when death knocks at your door. While I thought that I was...

All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life. Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to arrive at deaths door feircely in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn o...

Be careful of becoming attached to the feeling of suffering. Although it may be constantly appearing in your life. Do not let your eyes adjust to dark. How you react to the shadow of death is important- DON’T SIT DOWN, keep moving. Isaiah 16:3 Protect us like a tree that casts a cool shadow in the heat of noon, and let us rest in your shade. We are refugees; hide us where no one can find us

You may three very important emotions while on holiday... peace, joy, love. But in this sinful world- and everyday life you may struggle to reproduce these emotions. As a matter of fact you probably experiencing the direct opposite, irritation, feeling miserable and sad, and even angry at times. Displacement needs to take place. Galatians 5:22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our...

Righteous as well as unrighteous anger can kill you. It kills your morals, and it kills your health. Harvard University scientists found that in healthy people, simply recalling an angry experience from their past caused a six-hour dip in levels of the antibody immunoglobulin A- compromising your immune system. Romans 12:19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God.