Revival started at our church yesterday. When I say revival, I mean so much more than just a series of meetings...revival truly started in the hearts of many of Evangel's people yesterday. People returned to their first love... I seen it with my own eyes. It was amazing. A missionary evangelist named Nick McSpadden brought us the Word... and it was truly the Word for the people. I love the way Brother Nick preaches the Word. He's not concerned so much with whether or not you "like" him. He wants you to hear the Truth--not the Truth the way you WANT to hear it, but the Truth the way you NEED to hear it. He is to the point and straight forward. He is truly a man of God. Sunday morning he preached on forgiveness. I encourage you to read Matthew 18:21-35. We are forgiven when we repent of our sins and accept Jesus as Lord. Our sins are cast as far away from us as the east is from the west. Just as the servant whose debt was forgiven by the king. But then that servant went out and wouldn't forgive someone else's debt. So the king had the servant thrown in prison until he could pay his debt in full. Then notice what is says in verse 35, from the New Living Translation, "That's what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters in your heart." So, we are forgiven, but if we can't forgive our fellow brothers and sisters, the Lord your God will put us in prison until we can pay our debt in full. Who knows we can't pay that debt... only Jesus could pay it, right? Read Luke 6:37. Only when we forgive others can we be forgiven. We can't get into heaven with unforgiveness and bitterness and haterd in our hearts. I encourage you now to leave your unforgiveness at the alter. This is an issue not preached on very much any more. Let the Lord Jesus set you free. And who the Son sets free is free indeed! Shake Loose. Don't let the devil have a hold in your life. If the Lord can forgive you of all you've done against Him... you deserve hell... why can't you forgive those that have done you wrong, when there's no comparison. No one could ever do you as much wrong as you've done the Lord. And He forgave you. Forgive. God's people need to be set free...

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