Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Welcome to the month of November! While we Thank God for bringing us this far, let's also Trust Him to see us through to the end of this year! Today's message on Forgiveness not just focuses on Forgiving people when they offend or sin against us (while that is very important in our relationship with God & with our fellow humans); Yet in this edition, I want to focus on the Need & Power of Forgiving Yourself! Although the most important fact is the Truth that God can and does FORGIVE us when we Repent of & Confess our sins to Him; Yet after He Forgives us, we also owe it to ourselves to FORGIVE ourselves for the very Failures, Sin, Mistake or Actions which we asked The Lord to Forgive us of! 

Many people can Forgive others & maybe Accept the fact that God will or has Forgiven them; Yet they find it difficult to Forgive themselves! There are even people who are still Confessing and asking God to Forgive them for a Sin or mistake that He has already Forgiven them a long time ago when they first confessed it to Him & asked for His Forgiveness! Some often think that it takes God 'forever' to Forgive us when we Repent & Confess to Him. Not so! God Forgives us instantly once we genuinely Repent & ask for His Forgiveness! He does not Remember that sin or mistake again! So we must also learn to Forgive ourselves once God has Forgiven us! While it may not be humanly easy or even possible to 'Forget' certain things in our lives or past, yet there is a degree to which we allow them to continue to 'hold' us to the point that we 'Self-Imprison' ourselves by holding Unforgiveness against ourselves over our past mistakes! You can be sure that the enemy will do everything to keep you in this self-prison & make you never to Forgive yourself! Some people may even try to do certain acts of 'Penance" - that is, trying to beat up or punish themselves as a result of some mistakes or sins in their lives or past which they've refused to Forgive themselves of. 

 As you look back through the year or even through the past years of your life, maybe there are mistakes, wrong choices or decisions that you've made; or maybe there are consequences of those mistakes today which you may not have direct control over, as to Changing them, & because of those losses, setbacks or the consequences of those mistakes, you find it even more difficult to Forgive yourself; But the question is: For how long are you going to keep yourself in this Self-Prison? It's Time to Set Yourself Free & FORGIVE Yourself of those mistakes! Ask God to Forgive you (if you haven't done so); & Receive His Forgiveness by Faith; Ask whoever you've wronged to Forgive you (if you need to); Then FORGIVE Yourself too! Trust God to Restore what the enemy stole from you or what you've lost, & see Him do wonders when you hand over that situation in your life over to Him! 

I Prophesy over You that: The Spirit of God will help you to deal with any issue[s] in your life, and give you the needed Grace to Forgive yourself, & to Free You from every self-prison & move ahead with your life & with God's Plan for your life & future! I see you being set free from every self-prison! I see you FORGIVE yourself - in Jesus Precious Name!