Dear God,
On this earth from the beginning there was only Your divine love, expressed to Adam and Eve and they to You in the garden of Eden. After they had to leave the perfect, love filled garden because of their sin, the darkness of sin was in them and around them. 1 John 3: 11, 12 “For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”
Because of the written Holy Word and the influence of the Holy Spirit, I/we have learned to love You Father God and Your blessed Son, Jesus. I have accepted Jesus as my heaven sent Saviour and soon to be Redeemer. 1 John 1: 6, 7 “If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” Thank You God, for Your Holy Word and for the life of Jesus who never sinned, so therefore had none of the works of Satan in Him, and was full of the light of perfect love.
In the scriptures we have many passages that challenge each reader to really examine their works, for some works may not reflect the light of Jesus. Ephesians 4: 31 “Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.” 1 John 2: 9 “He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.” This comes close to me Lord, for sometimes there are some of these unlovely behaviours in my repertoire of sinful deeds. I understand in scripture when it says ‘brother’ does not mean just blood brother, but anybody in our sphere of friends. Some of the Scriptures that outline for me, the way I will walk in the light of Jesus, with Him in my heart. Ephesians 4:32 “And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave You.” Also I read with conviction, that we are not blessed by You, if we hold hardness and hatred in our heart. 1 John 2: 11 “But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.”
Let none of us delay our repentance/ forgiveness any longer, for it is not worth indulging in inward focused, self-motivated, perpetuated thoughts and attitudes; no matter what the other has done! We dare not allow such to take us away from Jesus.
Thank You Jesus for hearing our prayer.