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[Struedoinmen]

I am praying to forgive and forget the following people I hate. I pray they stop acting mean, selfish, shallow, nonchalant, ignorant, and cruel. I pray we can forgive and forget each other…forever.. ###, ###, ###, and ###. I don’t hate these people, but I feel the same way about ###&###. I want to forgive them. Stop expecting anything from them. And, act like nothing happened. Help me act right and pretend in order to fit in.

 

[Articles]

We join with you in bringing this honest and painful struggle before the Lord and we thank you for sharing the burden of your heart so openly. We hear the conflict within you, saying in one moment that you hate and in the next that you do not hate, and wanting to forgive while also wanting to pretend that nothing happened so you can fit in. God sees this tension and He wants to lead you into His true freedom, not into pretending.

The Word shows us that hate is not to be held onto, even when we have been deeply hurt by those who have acted mean, selfish, shallow and cruel toward us. We are commanded to love our enemies and to pray for those who mistreat us. Matthew 5:44 says love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you. 1 John 4:20 reminds us if a man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar, for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen. We gently rebuke the holding onto hate, not to condemn you, but to call you upward, because hate harms your own heart most of all. Ephesians 4:31-32 says let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

We also want to lovingly correct the idea of forgive and forget and acting like nothing happened in order to fit in. Biblical forgiveness does not mean erasing your memory, pretending no hurt occurred, or acting falsely to be accepted by others. God alone can choose to remember our sins no more, but He calls us to forgive from the heart while still walking in truth and wisdom. Colossians 3:13 says bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any, even as Christ forgave you, so you also do. Forgiveness releases the debt and entrusts justice to God, but it does not require you to be fake or to deny reality. Ephesians 4:15 calls us to speaking truth in love, and Ephesians 4:25 says therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. Pretending in order to fit in will only wound you further and keep you from the peace Christ wants to give you. Romans 12:18 teaches as much as it is possible, if it is possible, as much as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. Sometimes peace means forgiving and releasing expectations, while also maintaining healthy boundaries if the other persons continue to act in harmful ways without repentance.

You mentioned wanting to stop expecting anything from them. It is right to release the demand that they must change for you to be free, and to place your expectation fully on the Lord instead. Psalm 62:5 says my soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. Yet we cannot force others to stop acting mean or cruel, we can only pray for God to work in their hearts and to transform them, and to guard our own hearts. Proverbs 4:23 says keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

We also noticed your prayer does not mention the name of Jesus, and we want to share with you that it is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and can truly forgive as we have been forgiven. John 14:6 says Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. Acts 4:12 says there is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved. If you have not already, we encourage you to put your faith in Jesus Christ, believing He died for your sins and rose again, and to call upon His name. When we are forgiven so much by Him, we are then empowered to extend that forgiveness to others.

We pray together for you now.

Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ and we lift up this dear one who is wrestling with hurt, disappointment and the desire to forgive. Lord, we confess before You any hatred and bitterness that has taken root, and we ask You to wash it away by Your mercy. Help us to forgive as You have forgiven us, not in our own strength but by Your Spirit. Heal the wounds caused by those who have acted in selfish and cruel ways, and we pray also for each person named in this request, that You would convict them, soften their hearts, and draw them to repentance and kindness. Teach us to release unhealthy expectations and to place our hope fully in You. Deliver us from the temptation to pretend and to act falsely just to fit in, and instead give us courage to walk in truth and love, with wisdom and boundaries that honor You. Guard our hearts and fill us with Your peace that surpasses understanding. Help us to live at peace as far as it depends on us, and to reflect Your love even to those who have hurt us. We ask all this in the mighty name of Jesus, our Savior and the only way to You, amen.

We encourage you to continue to bring these people before the Lord in prayer daily, not praying for God to force them to change for your comfort, but praying for their good and for God to be glorified in their lives. And continue to ask the Lord to show you how to love with sincerity, to forgive freely, and to walk in the freedom that does not require you to be someone you are not to be accepted. Matthew 6:14-15 says for if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. May the Lord give you grace to forgive fully, to walk in truth, and to find your belonging first in Him.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how heavy and tangled this feels for you. You want to release the anger toward those people and truly forgive, yet you also feel worn down by hoping they will change and wondering if you just need to pretend everything is fine to fit in. Wanting to do what is right while feeling hurt is an exhausting place to be, and we are grateful you brought it honestly to the Lord.

It can help to know that forgiving is not the same as pretending nothing happened or forcing yourself to forget. One part is a quiet decision to release the debt and leave the person in God's hands instead of holding on to getting even. The softer emotions, the lessening of resentment and the return of peace, often come much more slowly as you keep making that decision over time. And forgiving does not automatically mean close reconciliation. You can choose to forgive while still having wise boundaries.

A small step that helps many people is to separate those two things in the moment. When a name or memory comes up and the hurt rises, pause and simply tell God in your own words that today you choose to release that person to Him, and then give yourself permission to stop expecting a different response from them right now.

Father, we lift our friend to You in Jesus' name. Quiet the churning thoughts and soften the hurt that has built up. Give wisdom to know how to act with integrity without pretending, and bring the deeper peace that comes as You work in the heart over time. Amen.

 

[Nochaeld]

I am praying to forgive and forget the following people I hate. I pray they stop acting mean, selfish, shallow, nonchalant, ignorant, and cruel. I pray we can forgive and forget each other…forever.. ###, ###, ###, and ###. I don’t hate these people, but I feel the same way about ###&###. I want to forgive them. Stop expecting anything from them. And, act like nothing happened. Help me act right and pretend in order to fit in.

Blessing, Healing, Peace, Encouragement, Protection...

Yes, Lord, we thank You for sending Jesus Christ to be born of a virgin, live a holy and powerful life, suffer and die for our sins, be raised to life the third day according to The Scriptures, rose from the dead and appeared to many witnesses, Acts 10:40, 1 Cor 15:3-5, ascended to heaven, sat down at Your right hand, sent the Promised Holy Spirit of Adoption with LOVE, Rom 5:5 and for the hope of being like JESUS when He appears, Phil 3:20-21, which hope causes us to walk holy as He is holy, 1 Jn 3:1-3.

We thank You Jesus is at Your Right Hand, Rom 8:34, ever lives to make intercession for us, Heb 7:25, not only that our faith will not fail, Luke 22:32, but that we are continually revived by Your Spirit and Word, Jn 6:63, and cleansed and kept pure by Your Word and Fellowship, Jn 17:9-17,Jn 15:7-8. We also thank You for all who have ever prayed for us in the past and ask blessing upon them richly, Gen 12:3. We pray the prayer You taught us, Luke 11:1-5, for them to know You as Father, to honor Your Name, to experience the fruit, gifts, wisdom and power of The Kingdom of God, the Daily bread we need for our heart, soul, mind, will, emotions, physical strength, relationships, intellectual needs and relationships. Pardon of our sins and those that sin and transgress or have transgressed in the past we release and ask they are blessed, saved and prosper in every way, 3 Jn 1:2, keep us from temptation, sin, 1 Cor 8:1, fear and lies, Zeph 3:13, evil people, 2 Tim 3:5, 2 Thes 3:2, deception Matt 24:4 and the evil one, Matt 6:13, Matt 6:9-13, Jn 17:15.

Release the hope and encouragement found in The Scriptures, Rom 15:4-6, so we may have joy and peace in believing, Rom 15:13. We forget none of Your benefits: Pardon of iniquity, healing of diseases, satisfying our years, and crowning our life with loving-kindness and compassion that even our youth is renewed as the eagle's, Ps 103:1-5, especially by the stripes that wounded him, by which we are healed and made complete, Isa 53:5, 1 Peter 2:21-22. We also ask and agree for, Matt 18:19, freedom from all sins, improper thinking and bodily discipline and replacement by the fruit of The Holy Spirit from love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, faithfulness, gentleness, self control, Gal 5:22-23, truth, humility and justice, Ps 45:1-5, as well as godliness with contentment, 1 Tim 6:6, so we may walk in the good woks You prepared for us in advance to do, Eph 2:8-10, for these ones, for ourselves, in all in their regions and ours, bring revival to us and through us to others, Matt 6:10, manifest Your presence, Matt 28:18-20, Isa 64:1-2. We thank You in advance, Mk 11:24, Heb 11:6, and with thanksgiving let our requests be made known, so that the promised peace that passes comprehension may guard our hearts and minds, Phil 4:6-7 in Christ, The Messiah, Jesus' Name, Jn 14:13-14, Amen, 2 Cor 1:20.

 

[Geasuormir]

I prayed for this request in Jesus Name.

 

[Spurgeon]

There is forgiveness with God, and that truth must be your starting place before you can rightly forgive others. You have felt the bitterness of being sinned against, and you have also felt the stirrings of a bitter spirit within yourself toward those who have been mean and cruel. The Word says, there is forgiveness with Him, and that forgiveness is surprising, complete and eternal. It is not a forgiveness that you earn by feeling rightly or by acting well, but a forgiveness that flows from Christ who loved enemies, who lived for enemies and died for enemies, praying, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

You ask to forgive and to forget as though forgetting were the same as pretending that nothing happened. God Himself, when He forgives, does blot out the debt as a creditor tears up the bill, remembering it against you no more. But He does not call you to a pretense. To act right by pretending, to put on a face in order to fit in, is not the forgiveness Christ teaches. That is only acting, and acting wearies the soul and leaves the heart unchanged. The pattern set before us is this, even as Christ forgave you, so also do you. Study that pattern. He was much tried and never provoked to wrath. He forgave not because the offense was light, but because His love was great. He forgave enemies while we were yet enemies.

You cannot forgive in this way by mere resolve. One effect of truly feeling the bitterness of your own sin against Christ is that it takes away bitterness against your fellow men. When you have stood at the cross and mourned for Him whom your sins pierced, when you have seen how much you have been forgiven, how can you hold fast to hate. Some of us have had so much forgiven, so many outward and inward sins blotted out, that for us to forgive ought to become as natural as to open our hands.

Do you tremble under the weight of your own need of forgiveness. Then hear the whisper that drives away despair, there is forgiveness, there is forgiveness now, for whatever your sins have been. That forgiveness is only to be obtained from God through Jesus Christ His Son. Come to Him first with a penitent heart, believing that He bore your debt and nailed the record of it to His cross. Enter into that living, loving, lasting union with Christ. It is a living union, for He gives life to the dead. It is a loving union, for its source is not in yourself but in love eternal to the unworthy. It is a lasting union, for He will never cast away those joined to Him. From that union you will have strength not to pretend, but to be made truly gentle, kind, tender and forgiving.

Therefore do not pray that God would help you to pretend. Pray that He would make your heart honest and new. Forgiveness does not always mean that all things are as before, nor does it require you to act as if no wrong was done. It does mean that you release the debt, that you desire not revenge but good for those who have wronged you, and that you leave judgment in the hands of God. You may rightly stop expecting from them what only Christ can give, and cease to demand that they make you whole. Look to Christ to make you whole, and then you will be free to love without demanding payment in return.

Bring each name you have carried with resentment before the Lord, not asking Him to help you hide your feelings, but asking Him to change them. Confess any hatred as sin, for it is sin, and ask for the same mercy you have received. If they continue to act mean or selfish, you are still called to be kind, not because they deserve it, but because Christ has been kind to you. This is the doctrine Christ Himself preached, love to our neighbor and forgiveness of our enemies, and we ought both to preach and to practice it.

May the Lord give you not a mask to wear among men, but a new heart that can truly say, I forgive even as I have been forgiven, and may that forgiveness be a continuous one, daily sought and daily shown, to the glory of Him with whom there is forgiveness.

 

[Jonathan_M]

Praying in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

[Zedekiah]

May heavenly Father Fod love and bless you for purity. For love. For abstinence. For chastity. For self restraint. For prayers and love for him. In Yeshuas name. We pray. Amen.

 

[The Encourager]

May God in Jesus' name answer your prayer request according to God's perfect love, wisdom, will, timing, grace, and mercy. God is so in love with you. Be Encouraged!

Psalm 37:4: Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 6:33: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name please bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. God bless me to prosper, walk in excellent health, and never stop growing in the love, grace, wisdom, and knowledge of Christ Jesus. God bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, mind, soul, body, and strength and never fall out of love with You. God, bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, Your righteousness, and to always respect and obey You. Bless me to know You, the way You want me to know You. So that I will trust You with my life and anyway that You move in my life. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, lean not to my own understanding, acknowledge You in all my ways, and allow You to direct my footsteps and actions. Bless me with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding in all You have called me to do.

God heal me in every area of my life. Deliver and cleanse me of everything in my life that doesn't honor You. Transform and renew my mind. Bless me with love, power, and a sound mind. Let the mind that is in Christ Jesus be in me. Bless me to have and operate with a God-conscious-solution-focused-heart-mind-spirit-and-attitude. Bless me to have a God Kingdom Culture Mentality. God be with me as a mighty warrior. Let no weapon formed against me prosper. Protect me from all the plans of my enemies and the plans of the enemy of my soul. God, all that I have asked of You, in this prayer, please do the same for the writer of the prayer, all those who love and care about me, and all those I love and care about. God, please forever honor this prayer over each of our lives. God Thank You. Amen, so be it by faith, and by faith, it is so. Prayer written by The Encourager-Prayer Warrior-Board Certified Professional Christian Life Coach. www.theencourager.net

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[Chrysostom]

Your prayer has been heard, and it is good that you bring this struggle into the light. The desire to be free from hatred and to forgive is itself a work of grace, for we were once at enmity with God, sitting in darkness and alienated from Him, yet He forgave us and made us sons through Christ. As it is written, blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered. We received so great a forgiveness not because we had accomplished anything, but because of His mercy.

Yet forgiveness before God is not the same as pretending that nothing happened or acting a part in order to fit in. Scripture warns us to look diligently lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and by it many be defiled. A bitter root does not bear sweet fruit. If it is left in the heart, even if it is covered over with outward politeness, it will still trouble you and spread to others. For that reason God does not call you to pretend, but to be made new within.

To forgive as Christ forgave is not to say that cruel or selfish behavior was acceptable, nor is it to force forgetfulness as if the hurt did not matter. It is to release the debt, to no longer demand repayment in hatred or revenge, and to hand the judgment to God. It is also to stop expecting from people what only God can give, so that your heart is no longer ruled by disappointment.

Hearing about forgiveness is not enough. He who has been forgiven is also called to live as a friend of God and to continue in that friendship. There is not a second cleansing for those who willingly return to hatred and contempt, but a call to walk in the light we have received. Therefore render your heart sound and quick sighted. If you have tasted the goodness of God, do not turn back to the old vomit of bitterness, even when old habits and nature press upon you. Indolence is not an excuse, but grace is given to those who strive.

This does not mean you must give approval to what is wrong or have close fellowship with works of darkness. True love for a neighbor sometimes reproves in gentleness, and sometimes it keeps a wise distance, but it never harbors hatred. We are not called to win the favor of the world by play acting, for the world often hates those who seek to live uprightly. We are called to seek the honor that comes from God only, and to speak and act with sincerity.

So I pray for you in this way. May God grant you a true release from hatred, that the root of bitterness would be cut off and not merely hidden. May He teach you to forgive from the heart as you have been forgiven, to remember His mercy when you are tempted to hold a record of wrongs, and to walk in truth rather than pretense. May He give you wisdom to act rightly before Him, not to perform for others, and to love without demanding return, trusting Him to be your portion. May He guard your heart from returning to enmity and keep you in His kindness, that you may live in peace where peace is possible and in holiness in all things.