Prayer Requires Forgiving

1986

Number 6 is rather similar. Mark 11:25, Luke 11:5, Matthew 6:12-15. If you’re not forgiving of other people, if you hold grudges, if you hold animosity and bitterness in your heart, not only will your prayers be hindered, but your salvation is in great jeopardy. I want you to realize that. I spent a lot of time talking to somebody in Rochester, Indiana about that. There was a case of a lack of forgiveness that dated back 20 years, and that person no matter how righteous they might have been, their soul is in great jeopardy according to the Word of God. That’s what we are going to be judged by on the last day (John 12:48). So make it right today if there is something that is just seething in your heart—there is a lack of forgiveness there. You need to deal with that.