Hey there and welcome back to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. Today Rick continues in his series called

Connecting with God, the Lord's Prayer. In this series, Rick shows us what it means to be truly

spiritually connected to God and to each other through the power of God's love and God's word.

Now let's join Pastor Rick for the final part of a message called the Prayer of Release.

Number three, I have to release them because I need forgiveness every day.

And the Bible teaches very clearly that we cannot receive what we are

unwilling to give. You want to be forgiven? The Bible says you need to be forgiving. That's what

the Lord's prayer says. Forgive us our sins as much as we forgive everybody else. Do you really want to pray that?

God, I want you to forgive me as much as I forgive them. That's what the Lord's prayer is.

I want you to forgive me as much as I forgive everybody else. You see, forgiveness is a lifestyle.

It's not just something you do one time.

You need it every day of your life.

You've got to ask for forgiveness.

You've got to accept forgiveness from God, from others, and you've got to offer forgiveness.

Forgiveness must be constant and it must be continual.

It must be enjoyed and it must be employed. You receive

it because you mess up a lot and you need it and you enjoy forgiveness, but you've got to employ it too. You've got to give it to other people. Constant and continual.

One time a person came to John Wesley and said,

you know that person?

I could never forgive them.

And Wesley said, then I hope you never sin.

Because the Bible says we will be forgiven as much as we forgive.

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