ÒAnd forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtorsÓ(Matthew < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>6:12)          < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

A heart that does not know how to give will not know how to receive. Jesus, in His lesson about how to pray, Matthew 6:12, ÒAnd forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.Ó Any heart that does no know how to give is not only on his own but also heading in the direction of temptation and the evil one. It could be that you have not been able to receive yours because you have refused to stop going around carrying and nursing how your brethren has offended you years ago. Jesus taught it and it is clear that you need to go and tear your diary of animosity, woes, anger and plan for revenge. Go and forgive, receive and move forward because there is power in giving and blessing in receiving.

John 1:1-3, ÒIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.Ó This same Word is the one that comes from God. This same Word is the one that comes to give life. John 10:10, ÒThe thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.Ó The Word is here and not that He will be here sometimes. The purpose of the Word being here as stated by Him is to give life. In His giving of life, there will be abundance in it. The life He came to give can only be received by every believer that knows how to receive it. Are you a believer that knows how to forgive and move from the past into life that is in the Word?

How you receive will not be determined by how long you have been in the church. It is possible for you to have been in the church for years and have the challenges of constantly holding on to who takes your seat or who steps on your toes every time you get into your place of worship. How you receive will not be determined by what or how people know you or perceive you to be. How you receive cannot be determined by how active you are in your congregation or your ground of fellowshipping. It is possible for you to be working in the church and not work His works.  The Word that comes from God is to give life and to give it more abundantly. As the Word comes, so does the enemy. The enemy that is around is here on earth to take life and tear it with more destruction. The one that destroys is a specialized destroyer, he will always build on every reason not to be able to forgive and deny entrance of entering a position to receive and be blessed.

It is written in 2 Timothy 1:7, ÒFor God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.Ó It has been given by God and not that it will be given. It is there to operate a spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind. Receive what God has given; all that is not of God has to be released. It is true that you are conversant with the scriptural passages, but are you consciously operating what the passages are saying to you as a believer? To be consciously operating the given Word of God is the evidence of its reception in the life of a believer.  The Word that God has given has so much to offer if every believer will take a position to receive. The word of God is for healing and deliverance. Psalm 107:20, ÒHe sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.Ó Anytime a believer is able to let go what the world is offering and take what the Word of God has already given, there will be a release of deliverance to be received. The Word of God requires giving a commitment and that will enable th grace to receive the blessings of the word. Commitment is a labor and it is not convenient especially for a heart that is fully booked with an unforgiveness in the past. It is only the hearts that are able to release itself from the occupying agents of the world that will  receive–through constant engagement of the Word–the inheritance among the sanctified. The Word of God is true and true to His promises only if the word is received. The same Word of God is the one announced in Psalm 119:32, ÒThe entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.Ó Darkness is what is covering the whole worldof sinners, and its inhabitants refused to free themselves by not receiving the living Word of God. Without the Word that is light, the world that is darkness will always be a trap and a stumbling block. How long will you continue to live your life without receiving the word of God? He has given all  it takes for man to receive all that is embedded in His Word. A failure to receive will bring forth the reason to be reduced.

The pride of your heart will deceive and deny His love for you.

Seperate unto Him and you will operate in Him.

‘Tunde Soniregun