How to forgive yourself?

I wish I could give you 5 or 10 ways to forgive yourself but there’s no secret or magic way to self-forgiveness. You just have to believe and accept that God is aware of your mistakes (yes, even the ones you committed on purpose), and yet He STILL LOVES YOU! I’m sorry to tell you this but…..you can’t change His mind about loving you.

All the devil can do is make you doubt yourself and make you FEEL like you’re not worth it but that’s all it is…feelings. It’s not the truth. You just have to keep reminding the devil AND yourself of that. Some days will be tougher than others but just stay in the Word.

5 Reasons why you should forgive yourself:

1. Forgiving yourself is just as important as forgiving others.

Before God, unforgiveness towards yourself is no different than unforgiveness towards someone else.

2. It’s a sin and a hindrance to your spiritual advancement no matter who it’s directed towards. (Mark 11:25)

We may think that because it concerns us and not someone else, that it’s less important. (Matthew 18:35)

3. You have to understand that as a believer, you do not belong to yourself. (1 Corinthians 6:20)

You belong to Jesus, so anything you do yourself you do to God’s prized possession, the apple of His eyes.

4. Any self-abuse affects your relationship with Him.

I say self-abuse because unforgiveness usually travels with its associates’ self-guilt, shame, self-blame, and even self-harm.

If you’re anything like me, you tend to be harder on yourself, so you may think it’s easier to forgive others than it is to forgive yourself. I used to believe that being tougher on myself made me “holier”.

I saw self-denial as a measurement of strength and spirituality. As if I was somehow stronger because I could beat myself up harder. But I realized, like most Christians, that I confused self-hatred with self-discipline and self-control.

One time, the Holy Spirit talked to me for about 2 weeks straight about forgiveness and I was confused because I wasn’t holding a grudge against anyone that I was aware of.

It took Him speaking through an Instagram post for me to understand that He was talking about forgiving myself.

5. How can you learn to forgive others if you can’t forgive yourself?

The same Scriptures about forgiving others literally apply to self-forgiveness. It’s the same spiritual obligation! (Luke 17:3-4)

It’s hypocritical to release others from judgment but deny yourself the same freedom. You can’t set others free if you’re in bondage!

It starts with you. If you can’t forgive yourself for the mistakes you’ve made, it’ll be difficult for you to accept that God has forgiven you too.

You’ll spend your life overcompensating for the guilt you feel and won’t be able to accept the new things God wants to do in your life because of the “I don’t deserve it” mentality.

You can’t even pray boldly when you’re harboring unforgiveness in your heart. But the Bible tells us that we should approach our Father’s throne with boldness! ( Hebrews 4:16)

Jesus died so you don’t have to carry that guilt around. You messed up, yes. Learn from it! Be bold and move on!

Don’t let anyone, including yourself, hold you hostage to your past because you’ll continue to live at the mercy of your past mistakes and the enemy will keep robbing you of your future.

If there’s one thing I know about God, it’s that He’s not a liar. When He said He forgave you, He meant it (Ephesians 1:7). Be quick to forgive yourself too, apologize to the person you wronged, and accept God’s forgiveness.

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