I cant hear you11/19/2022 ![]() Thorp, saying, “ Now’s the time to let it go.” Whenever Dad made a mistake - because he still wasn’t perfect - the bitterness of my childhood rose up. I still had nightmares, fits of fear and trigger points of panic. Yes, I saw the change, but no, I didn’t trust him. However, I had a nagging resentment toward my dad, which I clung to with a closed fist. Only Almighty God could have orchestrated the twists and turns that led my father to the cross. The change was (and still is) one of the most miraculous transformations I’ve ever seen. When he gave his life to Christ, he was truly a new creation. Dad hit my mom, terrorized my brother and treated me as if I were non-existent. He’d been a violent, heavy drinker with a rage disorder who gambled, indulged in pornography and had affairs. My father came to Christ six years after I did. “But, Sharon, God can’t talk to you about your future until you obey Him regarding your past.”Īt that time, I’d been a Christian for seven years. “I came here to pray about my future, not talk about my past.” Thorp had walked with me on my spiritual journey and knew very well what had gone on in my home.) Have you forgiven your father for what he did to you and what he withheld from you?” (Mr. He stopped reading, looked me in the eye, and said, “Sharon, I sense that God is telling you that you have unforgiveness in your heart. Thorp turned to regarding God answering prayer had verses about forgiveness either before it or after it. “ Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.’” For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." “ Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. Thorp suggested.įirst he turned to Matthew 18:19-22, which says: “Let’s read some Scripture about prayer before we pray,” Mr. After a Bible study meeting, I asked him to pray for me. Thorp was an older, godly gentleman who mentored my Christian friends and me in our teen years. I was a single 20-year-old who needed to make an important decision about my future, but I wasn’t hearing from God. I was talking to God, but it seemed He wasn’t talking to me. “Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.’” Matthew 18:21-22 (NIV) ![]()
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