He Has Redeemed

    There have been many times where I have felt the Holy Spirit move, where I have been led to tell someone that they should forgive someone who has offended, mistreated, or hurt them. Different people, different situations, different severities of offense - and all of them I've been commissioned to give them the word that in order for them to have peace in their lives and that situation, that they have to forgive. Most of them have looked at me like I suddenly turned blue and sprouted wings. One person didn't talk to me again after I told them to forgive, they outright avoided me because the message of forgiveness was such an uncomfortable and even unfair concept to them. Mercy and forgiveness do not come easily to our offended hearts. But, there have been some, very few, who have acknowledged that the message of forgiveness was a true and right one.      Is there someone or something that you have not yet forgiven? How about yourself? Have you been ab...

  Isaiah 47 1 "Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate. 2 Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, take off the skirt, uncover the thigh, pass through the rivers. 3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame will be seen; I will take vengeance, and I will not arbitrate with a man." 4 As for our Redeemer, the LORD of Hosts is His Name, the Holy One of Israel. 5 "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no longer be called the Lady of Kingdoms. 6 I was angry with My people, I have profaned My inheritance, and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; on the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily. 7 And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever,' so that you did not take these things to heart, nor remember the latter end of them. 8 "Therefore hear this now, y...